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Unfortunately, due to an exclusivity clause in her contract with next month’s Live at Brighton Dome, Sara Pascoe’s agent has cancelled her appearance at the Caroline of Brunswick. Sara sends her apologies and has promised to make it up to her fans later in the year.
WeGotTickets will be refunding all ticket-holders.
Medical News Today, a part of Healthline UK, presents a charity gig showcasing a plethora of local talent, a veritable cornucopia of creativity from our lovely city, featuring musicians, singers, a rapper, a spoken word artist, and more.
This gig will be raising money for RISE, the Brighton-based charity supporting people affected by domestic abuse and violence.
Entry £5 (pay on the door)
Acts include:
FELMAN
Felman is a rapper, beatmaker, and multi-instrumentalist from Brighton. Fresh off a rap battle in New York City and last year’s release of his album, Tidings, he’ll be mucking in with live production, keyboards, storytelling, humour, and lyricism. If you like your kicks wonky and your metaphors obtuse, you’re going to want to catch this one.
TIM “HOLY MOTHERS” NEWMAN
Variously referred to as dark, intricate, melancholy, and atmospheric, Tim’s acoustic offerings are soothingly maudlin. His songs have a depth of emotion fostered by a long line of failed musical projects spanning two decades and a swarm of genres: Tim’s musical pedigree is as varied as it is unsuccessful. Although each of his musical endeavours has exploded in turn, his solo acoustic efforts have meandered along in the background, gently wheezing as they stalk through the half light. On a good day, Tim’s music is a cross between an incredibly poor man’s Jeff Buckley and Dave Gahan during the heroin years.
TIM HUZAR
Tim has been playing music with friends for many years. Sometimes he plays music on his own. He is inspired by Nobuo Uematsu, the BBC Radio 4 Adaptation of Lord of the Rings, and the first half of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, although he doesn’t sound much like any of them.
MARIA COHUT
Poet Maria Cohut — lovingly known as “Coco Death” and “Morbid Maria” among her colleagues at MNT — hails from Romania, the fabled land of vampires, where there are over 40 different ways of saying, “I’m drunk”. A lover of dramatic weirdness, Maria often collaborates with her typewriter soulmate, Matilda, to put together lyrical tales of love and heartache. If you like to listen to poetry with a dark twist, that prods fresh bruises and asks one too many personal questions, then you will definitely enjoy this mettlesome act.
THE OMBUDSMAN
James McIntosh plays in bands mostly, such as Supermarket and the Red Diamond Dragon Club, but alone he is The Ombudsman! Despite his many shortcomings in guitar playing and singing, he’s not afraid to tackle the big issues. Love, loss, alienation, the longing to be a penguin rather than a human — it’s all covered. Be prepared.
MARIE ELLIS
Marie Ellis is an American-born spoken word poet based in Bristol. She writes with an intensity that can only be described as chasing after the muse before she gets away. Political, empirical, lyrical — her poems don’t shy away from tackling big, difficult issues many of us face. Or, sometimes, she just writes about the mantis shrimp living deep in the sea, which is a nice change of pace.
Skeptics in the Pub is aimed at providing a community for like-minded people to meet, drink and hear some great talks from speakers from all around the country.
Entry just £3!
Thursday 28th February
Marek Kohn: Four Words for Friend
Is bilingualism good for the brain? Can it delay the onset of dementia? And since scientists can’t agree on the answers, what are the rest of us to think? Marek Kohn discusses questions about science, health and society that feature in his new book, Four Words for Friend: Why Using More Than One Language Matters Now More Than Ever.
Twitter: @marekkohn
We hand pick our acts from the best up and coming acts in the UK comedy scene, guaranteeing a brilliant line up. Watch this space for line-ups!
Friday 1st March
ESTHER MANITO
JOE HOBBS
ALEX PETROVIC
BEN COHEN
PAUL COX
An open mic night of epic proportions!
Are you funny? Can you dance? Do you burlesque? Have a hidden talent?
Come join us in the Laboratory, where pros and noobs alike can test new material in front of a friendly audience.
Singers, dancers, comedians, clowns, jugglers, burlesque, variety acts and more!
First Sunday of every month. Mail Jack Kristiansen to book a slot!
Our monthly open mic comedy club and competition!
For a spot, email crowscomedy@gmail.com
FREE ENTRY!
Julie Jepson hosts our monthly night of fabulous female funnies, with stand-up, musical comedy, characters and improv.
Second Friday of each month, 7:30pm-10:00pm, £5/£4.
On the 10th March, Matt Hoss and Adele Cliff will be trying out their brand new Edinburgh Shows. This will be a Work-in-Progress show, meaning that you get to see their shows in the early stages. This means, raw jokes and amazing gems.
Because it is a preview show it is ridiculously cheap! For two hours of comedy it is only £3 or £1.50 for students!
Here is some praise about the acts:
Praise for Adele Cliff
Dave’s Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2017 & 2016
Huffington Post’s Ten Must See New Acts Edinburgh Fringe 2016
Finalist Nottingham Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2016
Finalist Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2016
Semi Finalist New Comedian of the Year 2016
Semi Finalist Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2015
“ Consistently intelligent, witty and, most importantly, very funny.” – Lynne Parker, Founder, Funny Women.
“I find her really annoying to watch, as I’m constantly kicking myself for not having thought of those gags first.” – Gary Delaney
Praise & Blurb for Matt’s Show HERE COMES YOUR MAN
Matt Hoss is a hopeless romantic, (with “hopeless” being the operative word). This upbeat stand-up comedy hour looks positively at Matt’s failed attempts at dating. For Matt, romance is a minefield and love is worry.
He hilariously discusses awkward sexual encounters, racist girlfriends and seducing ladies with poetry. Matt analyses the heart of break-ups, why they hurt and why it’s good to go through them. Come along and see Matt’s heart-warming tales about rejection & acceptance.
Eric Barker Award Winner 2015
“Warm and endearingly funny” – NARC magazine
“Really funny” **** – Broadway Baby
“Lovely” – The Guardian
“Fan Favourite” The Ocelot
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SMUT SLAM: a sure cure for your deep freeze!
Yep, it’s that time, when we are all more than ready to wear short sleeves again, or no sleeves at all, so we’re bringing the heat and hopefully hastening the process. Brighton’s only dirty storytelling open mic–based on real life, real lust, real sex–returns on Wednesday, March 13, to the Caroline of Brunswick (39 Ditching Rd, Brighton) with the theme “MELT.” We want your stories of heat, release, and/or the drip-drip-drip of long-held something finally slipping away.
ADV TICKETS: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4093307
Created and hosted by professional perv Cameryn Moore, the Smut Slam features real-life, first-person sex stories, guest stories from our panel of celebrity judges, and also THE FUCKBUCKET, a convenient receptacle for all your anonymous questions and confessions!
CELEBRITY JUDGE PANEL TBA!
**** FUCKBUCKET PRIZE PROVIDED BY Njoy, long-time sponsor of Smut Slams and other Cameryn Moore events
**** Storytelling prizes provided by the ever-generous She Said boutique
SMUT SLAMMERS sign up on the night to tell a 5-minute dirty story, based on their real lives, and a lucky eight to ten names will be drawn at random.
RULES: – no notes (this is storytelling) – no costumes or props (this is not theatre) – only five minutes (with a one-minute grace period) AND – the story must be real and have happened to you. Stories often are funny and/or epic win, but we want to encourage people to consider sharing their sad, disturbing, poignant, serious, simple and/or “fail” experiences, too.
IMPORTANT: Smut Slam is queer-friendly, kink- AND vanilla-friendly, fat-friendly, sex worker-friendly, virgin-friendly, polyamory-friendly, we’re really, really friendly. We welcome people with all types and amounts of sexual experiences. We DO NOT welcome stories involving racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or any other kind of discrimination, objectification, or fetishization. All stories must be CONSENSUAL!
NOT A SMUT SLAMMER? Don’t worry. The audience is in for a good time at SMUT SLAM! Sit back and enjoy. All we ask is: – No interrupting. – No heckling. – No necking. Doors open at 7:15pm–come in early to get a drink and grab some grub!–and the smut starts slamming at 8. Admission is £6/advance and £8/door, 18 and over please!
**** Remember to bring your Frequent Filth card! If you don’t have one yet, ask for it at the door!
SMUT SLAM is CREATED by Cameryn Moore, an award-winning playwright/performer, sex activist and educator, and former phone sex operator. When not performing, riding the train, or actually having sex herself, Cameryn writes Sidewalk Smut: custom type-written erotica as street performance and literary art.
We hand pick our acts from the best up and coming acts in the UK comedy scene, guaranteeing a brilliant line up. Watch this space for line-ups!
Friday 15th March
SARAH ILES
SI DEAVES
ALI MACFARLANE
PAUL MERRYK
JAMES DANIELEWSKI