– A Double Bill:
The Accrington Pals (scenes from)
+ Picnic on a Battlefield

Directed by Alan Perrin

ACT presents a double bill of plays exploring the theme of war and its effect on those directly and indirectly involved.

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” (George Santayana)

Accrington Pals, first performed by the RSC in 1981, is a play that allows us to enter the minds of the common people who lost so much during the Great War - soldiers who enlisted, in innocence and ignorance, to fight for their country and the women left behind. Whelan pits the idealistic socialism of the artist, Tom, with the individualism of May’s self-help philosophy. The play, inspired by the real tragedy of The Accrington Pals, is based on actual events around the Battle of the Somme and explores how the propaganda machine shaped public opinion.

Picnic on a Battlefield, written in 1958, is set during a battle. During a lull in the fighting at the front, soldier Zapo gets a surprise visit from his parents who have decided to cheer him up with a picnic.  A series of comic situations highlights the family's impossible encounter with the Other.


www.actbrighton.org

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2 April:

Presented byAct Productions

A lively barn-dance evening with a ploughman’s supper, prizes and games.

Featuring Kate's Kitchen Band.

In aide of Crossroads, the charity that cares for carers.


Kate’s Kitchen Band is a vibrant eight-piece band, providing a variety of music for social dance and listening. They believe in giving the audience a good time - a foot-tapping mixture of sounds from start to finish.

They practice and eat hot buttered toast in Kate’s kitchen.

Brighton Crossroads helps and supports people who care for a disabled, ill or elderly person at home. They aim to help relieve stress in families or individuals responsible for the care of disabled people.

City College Collective is a dynamic group of event management students from University of Brighton and City College.






Presented by City College Collective

Special Guests

- GARY MOORE
- THE HALF SISTERS


Also featuring

- The Perils
- The Laylanas
- Strange Animals
- DJ’s Vito Benito & Agenda Blender

An Exciting Charity Extravaganza in aid of the earthquake victims of Haiti.

A night of fantastic music, entertainment and prizes. Raffle and auction, Hoola Hoopas, drummers & lots, lots more…

Hosted by the fabulous Trudi Styles


Band Myspace Pages
www.myspace.com/gmooremusic
www.myspace.com/thehalfsistersuk
www.myspace.com/theperilsarecoming
www.myspace.com/thelaylanas
www.myspace.com/mystrangeanimals

In co-operation with Action Against Hunger




Presented by Hope For Haiti

A showcase featuring creative work produced by young people for The Youth Arts Festival.

Includes art, theatre, photography and music.


Presented by Youth Arts Project

Support Act: Cheeseburger

Damon and Naomi are an American dream pop/folk-rock duo formed in 1991 by Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang - formerly of Galaxie 500 - one of the most influential bands of the 80s.

Compiling the best of Damon & Naomi's records of the course of four albums on the venerable Sub Pop label, their new album 'The Sub Pop Years' commemorates a grand chapter in the career of a band who never planned an existence in the first place. After More Sad Hits, the duo were ready to call it a day to their music careers and concentrate on their book company. However they were convinced to continue onwards by Sub Pop poobah Jonathan Poneman, who saw great potential in their continued collaboration. It was not the first of the last time, his hunches proved right. For the next ten years, Damon & Naomi developed from a simple recording project to a fully fleshed out band, with a knack for articulating sounds and accumulating collaborators that still continues today.

What emerges in Sub Pop Years is something real and human, with both foibles and innovations, resulting in a unique honesty both awe-striking and endearing to witness.

Damon & Naomi continue recording and performing today, ever more focussed on pushing themselves towards new challenges within humble settings.

"I thought it was the most beautiful thing in the world... Damon & Naomi found ten ways of talking about sadness without being sad-a wondrous and necessary achievement.”
- Tom Rapp (Pearls Before Swine)

Domino Records continue their deluxe reissue series during March 2010 with the release of the three original Galaxie 500 albums, ‘Today’, ‘This Is Our Music’ and ’On Fire’.

www.damonandnaomi.com




Presented by Family Entertainments