Kojo is 14, an abandoned minor.

Ara, from Baghdad, hears bombs.

Cheung backflips and is from a 1000 yr old Chinese village.


Orphans - they are now each other’s family. Together they tell Kojo’s story of lost childhood, tall trees and a murder by a child that everyone says is a man.

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Monday 3:



Linked Acting Classes
3rd May for 12-18 yrs.

A wonderfully funny, very candid and un-ghosted personal memoir from one of
Britain's best-known and best-loved actors.

Peter Bowles was born in London to parents who were servants to two of the most influential families in Britain. From New York's Broadway in 1956 to London's Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2006, Peter has starred in many successful plays, whilst playing villains in such iconic TV series as The Saint, The Avengers, The Persuaders, Space 1999 and The Prisoner. He has also starred in many hit TV series including Rumpole of the Bailey, Only When I Laugh, The Irish RM, Lytton's Diary and, of course, To The Manor Born.

'Ask Me If I'm Happy' is the personal story of an actor who was told on leaving drama school that he would never play an Englishman (and didn't), to becoming
known as the quintessential Englishman (and isn't).




Presented by City books at The Old Market

Amateur Transplants (aka deviant doctors Adam Kay and Suman Biswas) sing smutty songs at a piano. They are "Superbly politically incorrect, gloriously funny" (Scotsman), "Very very funny indeed" (Radio 1) and "A cult hit" (Sunday Times). 6 million people downloaded the London Underground Song - you were potentially one of them.


www.amateurtransplants.com

- Potentially Offensive -

Presented by Psycho Management

Continuing his sell out UK Tour, Daniel is bringing his show to The Old Market in Brighton for one night only!

At last...Pop Opera’s fastest rising star, Australian Daniel Koek, is back on British soil with a brand new and exciting show that brilliantly gives a platform to his unique tenor voice, which combines a trained classical sound with popular influences.

With rave reviews and delighting audiences in UK theatres as “Tony” in the 50th Anniversary production of West Side Story, which won The Stage Awards “Best Musical Revival, and with high acclaim for his debut CD “Self Titled Tenor”, Daniel has put together this exciting show featuring a wide range of songs – from the great show stoppers in West Side Story and other great musicals to other songs you will know and love. 

Featuring special guest artist, Emma Lindars, who is currently playing one of the 3 divas in the Phenomenal Smash Hit Priscilla – Queen of the Desert.

If you want a night of music, magic and a truly memorable performance from one of the finest Tenor voices around, then this is one show you cannot afford to miss.      

“Daniel Koek’s Tony melted hearts with his voice” - Birmingham Mail

Whats On Stage wrote “I am sure that everybody will be left truly mesmerised by the voice of Daniel Koek”

Presented by DRK Productions

Tom Fry. Punished for the crime he committed. Punished for being deaf.

Double Sentence uses British Sign Language, captions and spoken word to be accessible to both Deaf and hearing.

Tom Fry is twenty-one and deaf. His passion is climbing, and he dreams of one day scaling the tallest mountain in Europe – Elbrus. When he is told he’ll never realise his dream because he can’t hear, years of repression and living in isolation take hold of him and he reacts violently and without thinking. Tom is sent to prison and finds himself not only being punished for the crime he committed but also punished for being deaf.

In prison, he finds himself alone, discriminated against and an outsider in a hearing environment that is both aggressive and claustrophobic. Life gets easier when he discovers another deaf prisoner, a horse enthusiast with an uncanny knack of picking a winner! Underscoring the entire piece is the Grand National – the greatest day in the horseracing calendar. Bets will fly and money will change hands. And lives will be destroyed. Double Sentence is based on interviews with deaf prisoners and ex-offenders, and charts a young man’s struggle to be understood in a world where even the loudest fight to be heard.


Watch The Trailer Here...





Presented by Deafinitely Theatre

‘Radio Silence’ Tour

In just a few short years, the Neil Cowley Trio have carved out a reputation as one of Britain’s most exciting live bands, and this spring they return to the stage performing tracks from their new and most cohesive recording to date, Radio Silence.

Blurring the boundaries between classical, rock, funk and jazz, pianist and band leader Cowley creates music that is both poignant and powerful.  Delivered with a distinct streak of endearing English eccentricity, he and his bandmates, Evan Jenkins on drums and Richard Sadler on bass, take the listener on an enthralling sonic journey of ferocious exhilaration and heart-shattering tenderness in one dizzy sitting.

www.neilcowleytrio.com




Presented by Family Entertainments

Join our panel of Horticultural experts at the Old Market, Hove to answer your gardening questions.

If you are wondering what to plant, considering growing your own or need to identify a pest or disease, then bring your plants and queries for an evening of Question Time for Gardeners and some answers too!

Presented by The Sussex Beacon
and Garden Gadabout 2010

Directed by Cal McCrystal 

Pluck, the classical string trio with a seriously silly side, presents a tribute 
to the musicians who played on until the end. Nobody knows what filled the days of those brave few before tragedy struck... 

So Pluck have made it up! 

Sensitive lead violinist Wally and brutally sincere multi-instrumentalist W'Theodore are joined aboard the fated vessel by stowaway Roger, a strangely small yet enthusiastic young man.

As they entertain the guests on board, tensions build as Wally and W'Theodore begin to suspect that Roger is not quite the man he claims to be…  

Featuring a real iceberg, one massive porthole and the biggest peanut you may ever see - and NO Celine Dion!! 

“Gloriously funny” 
The Scotsman 

“Classical music for all ages and shoe sizes” 
The Sunday Times 

“A brilliant mix of high comedy, astonishing musicianship and a touch of 
romance” **** 
The List 

www.pluck.me.uk


Friday 14 (7pm Evening)



Saturday 15 (2.30pm Matinée)



Saturday 15 (7pm Evening)




Presented by Pluck

World Premiere

In a bed and breakfast on the Brighton sea front at the end of summer nine people's lives dance around the possibility and impossibility of love. Claire needs more money than she's ever owned. Christopher needs to see her one more time. Michael needs to tell Alison a truth he couldn't dare utter. Alison needs to never hear it. Gary and Ellie need one night alone. Archie needs to save some poor sod's life. Sally needs to get out of town, and Steve, who owns the whole desperate place to begin with, needs to tell her he loves her.

Over the course of 24 hours at the edge of England at the start of its final century all of their lives are changed forever.

A musical about addiction, sex, betrayal and hope, Marine Parade brings together one of England's most exciting new theatre companies Animalink with Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens and American Music Club's Mark Eitzel - 'America's greatest living lyricist' (The Guardian).


Simon Stephens has emerged in this millennium as an outstanding playwright.' Financial Times

Supported by Arts Council England, ETT and Yes/No Productions

Presented by Animalink + Brighton Festival

Paul Watkins is one of Britain’s foremost cellists, regularly acclaimed for his outstanding musicianship and moving performances.


“... is there a better cellist in the UK today?”

GLASGOW HERALD

The 'Fake Control' Tour

In what promises to be a packed out show and a night to remember, Brighton's fastest rising band Rubylux are back on British soil and returning to the fray with their highly anticipated debut album "Fake Control".

After spending 6 months hidden away crafting the record, and the following 2 months touring Asia, Rubylux have blended their powerful songwriting with a brand of electro-synth/guitar driven Alternative/Rock to rival the likes of The Killers and fellow British band Muse.

With the album due for release this summer, the first single 'The Boy Could Fly' out in June, and a string of international live dates being lined up, it's already shaping up to be a stellar year for the Brighton quartet.

‘Under 18’s must be accompanied by an adult

This event will be filmed for promotional purposes.

Rubylux on MySpace

Rubylux Website






Presented by Luxury-B Records

What really goes on behind the doors of a psychiatric hospital?

Throughout this brand new play we hear the stories of six real-life people who recently met as patients on an acute secure psychiatric ward in a London hospital, the writer of this piece being one of them. The entire script is taken from interviews conducted by the writer with each of the patients and combined with extracts from the writer’s own diary about her time on the ward. The result is a unique and powerful piece of verbatim theatre, which explores the experiences of Mental Health Service Users behind locked doors.

The stories that are told in this piece represent the "voices" of the patients that were never heard by the consultants or the nurses on the ward. This ground-breaking piece of theatre reveals the views and personal histories of a group of people who are often hidden and excluded from mainstream society and allows their voices to finally be heard.

Funded by The Arts Council


www.hearingvoicesplay.co.uk






Presented by Clare Summerskill
with Artemis Theatre