Festival Fever

    RadioReverb is bringing lots of exclusive coverage of the Brighton Festival to the airwaves during May.

    We’re one of the Festival’s media partners and we're making sure we keep you up to date with the latest news on Festival shows. As well as giving you exclusive access to behind-the-scenes interviews.

    Listen to our breakfast shows Monday-Saturday 8-10am and Monday-Friday afternoons 5-6pm for the latest news, reviews, interviews and behind-the-scenes reports.

    And RadioReverb’s weekday lunchtime show from 1-2pm will feature exclusive recordings from “Morning After” discussions, and special one-off Festival shows.

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    This week's Festival Picks...

    *Patrick Hamilton fans will enjoy the installation of three shabby rooms from his Hangover Square book, at the University of Brighton Gallery daily until May 27th. Free entry

    *Brighton Palermo Remix is a light installation in the fascinating Regency Town House in Brunswick Square. Runs til May 27th, 12 noon-6pm, free entry

    *The Rest is Silence runs throughout the Festival with a unique take on Hamlet, taking place in a warehouse in Shoreham. It's now fully booked but there are a limited number of standby tickets available from 10am from the Festival Ticket Office on New Road

    *From Monday until Wednesday SpyMonkey's latest show "Oedipussy" takes on some rather shocking Greek myths and mashes them up with a touch of James Bond and Barbarella, in their trademark combination of comedy, song and chaos. That's at the Theatre Royal. You can find out more about the show by dropping into the "Morning After" event on Wednesday at 11am at the Dome.

    *On Wednesday and Thursday Cabaret performer & chanteuse Camille O' Sullivan re-interprets artists such as Jacques Brel, David Bowie and other contemporary songwriters in the gorgeous setting of All Saint's Church.

    *Also on Wednesday and Thursday, "Swimming with my Mother" is a dance duet between Irish choreographer David Bolger and his 77-year-old mother Madge, celebrating the things we inherit and pass onto future generations. 

    There are also a number of free music events in the Brighton Dome foyer bar this week:

    *On Thursday and Friday Beatabet Collective bring their fusion of live music, theatre, performance art and video to the Dome foyer from 8.30pm.

    *On Saturday from 2pm onwards - New up and coming young bands followed by DJs from 9.30pm 'til midnight

    *And next Sunday there's live music from noon onwards with The Evil Son, Sweet Sweet Lies, Monsters Build Mean Robots and Jennifer Left

    And there are two Joy Division-related events at the end of the week:

    *On Thursday at the Brighton Dome, photographer Kevin Cummins and music journalist Paul Morley discuss "The Music and LEgacy of Joy Division", wondering whether any current band could quite have the same emotional impact

    *On Friday at the Brighton Dome - Classical ensemble Heritage Orchestra, sound artist Scanner and video artist Matt Watkins are creating "an immersive multisensory event inspired by Joy Division, entitles Live Transmission. They are not covers of Joy Division songs, rather they pay homage to the music and spirit of the band.

    For the full listings for todays Festival events see What's On at the Festival.


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