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Brighton Festival

The curtain parts an inch and from the gap emits a curl of smoke. Then like a shark's fin surfacing, a pipe enters the stage. The pipe is attached to a face. The face is attached to a man. The man is attached to a banjo and you hip hop till you don't stop and the bones in your body shake and break with comedy gold!

This is Mr B, the gentleman Rhymer, starring in this year's Brighton Festival - the sensational, multicoloured, fully licensed, non refundable, fantastical bombastical collection of excellence available for 24 days!

New Staff Member

This May Technical Assistant, James Howe will be replacing our current Technician, Matt Wilce.

We wish Matt the best for the future and warmly welcome James to our BMC Team.

For technical enquiries, please call 01273 201104

Or email tech@mediacentre.org

BMC Clients

Big Farewells and Grand Welcomes

Digital marketing technology and optimisation specialists DC Storm have been with the Brighton Media Centre for 3 years and are now moving on to pastures new. When DC Storm moved in 3 yrs ago they had just 3 staff and we have been delighted to see and help them grow throughout their time here. They leave us growing fast with 23 employees in the Brighton office and 3 in Germany.

CEO Seth Richardson said, ‘The Brighton Media Centre has been invaluable while we have been busy growing our business. The managed offices, friendly staff and flexible arrangements has enabled us to concentrate on our clients and building our products and services, taking on more space as and when we needed it. Thank you to all at the BMC, we wish you all the best for the future.’

You can keep up to date with their progress at:

www.dc-storm.com

Good luck guys!

The Brighton Media Centre would like to give a warm welcome to our new arrivals:

Catalyst

Catalyst specialise in Open source development / Website design and development / System design and development / Systems integration / Mobile solutions.www.catalyst-eu.net

Deschamps Pictures Ltd

An independent film production company covering the full range of film production (pre-produciton, production and post production).

The company is run by Pierre and Etta Deschamps.

Pierre is an award winning film director, HD DSLR operator, editor and still photographer.
He began his career 20 years ago within the French TV-industry and have since directed documentary films, short films, corporate videos, and commercials. His main focus is documentary film and he is now in post-production of "Rugby, the Lifeblood of New Zealand"

Etta Deschamps is a producer with more than 20 years of experience within film production, management and producing.www.pierredeschamp.com

Client News

Brighton Green Drinks

Come along to Brighton Green Drinks, if you like people, beer and sustainability.

Date: 19th May and every 3rd Thursday of the month

Time: 6 - 9pm-ish

Venue: Globe Pub

All welcome, whether you're working for 'the other side' but green at heart, an environmental professional, or not very green at all but want to dip your toe in and meet people.

Click here for Facebook, mailing list and details.

The Laughter Lab!

In these days of perceived economic and social doom people are having less fun at exactly the time when they need more! The Laughter Lab is an antidote to the stresses and strains of adult life.

Laughter labs are all about playfulness. You and the group will be playing games that are facilitated in a non-threatening and fun way. Before you know it you will be completely immersed in the activity of simply playing and loving every moment of it. The games we play are not about being competitive; they are designed to tap into our creative and playful nature.

You will find yourself laughing and having fun with a group of people whom you’ve probably never met before. You will ride this wave of fun for the rest of the session and leave feeling warm, energised and generally lighter! All for the price of a cinema ticket only £6.50 per session
Participants must be over 18 years of age

Date: Every Tuesday from May 2011
Time: 7.30pm - 9pm
Venue: St Lukes Prestonville, 64 Old Shoreham Road, Brighton, BN1 5DD
Places are limited so please book in advance by emailing: info@skillsworkout.com or calling 07543576467

BMC Exhibitions

Festival Events held at the Brighton Media Centre

The Latest Painting by Johnny and Lol

When: 7th - 22nd May. Private View 6th May
Location: Brighton Media Centre Gallery
Type: Art Exhibition
Cost: Free

Johnny and Lol have been painting together for twenty years. Their unique and beautiful world of powerful dynamic relationships gives a clear demonstration of an infinite possibility. “Like Gilbert and George going ape crazy with palette knives”
Contact: Laurie Hilton-Ash bungaroosh@hotmail.com
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Famous and Divine Present…
Fugitive Songs…

When: May 7th and 8th, 8pm
Location: Brighton Media Centre Studio
Type: Performance
Cost: £8 / £5 concession

…it begins with desire, the kind of desire that churns your stomach when you hear a song that ‘calls’ to you. That feeling when your body indefinably but voraciously yearns in response to a piece of music. We followed ‘the call’, drinking gin and smoking viciously, and found another life waiting – vague and insubstantial, but insistent. We teased that life into being on the stage, by pretending that the theatre was a cinema. It landed us in trouble – but such delicious trouble....
Contact: Mary Steadman m.steadman@bathspa.ac.uk
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Random Occurrence Theatre Company Presents…
ESCAPE

When: Saturday May 14th, 7.30pm
Location: Brighton Media Centre Gallery
Type: Performance
Cost: £6 / £4 concession

Have you ever felt trapped? A group of individuals intrinsically linked, desperate for ESCAPE. Four performers physically explore the concept of ESCAPE, telling stories through inventive physical theatre in this entirely original piece.
Contact: Helen Bendell helen.bendell@bathspa.org

Sussex University Drama Society presents…
THREE STARS

When: Tuesday 17th – Saturday 21st May, 6 - 7PM
Location: Brighton Media Centre Studio
Type: Comedy/Performance
Cost: £5

Some people just can't take criticism...
Dominic’s one goal in life was to become a stand up comedian but after his debut show receives unfavourably average reviews, he decides to seek retribution against those he deems responsible.
Contact: John Moore: jm391@sussex.ac.uk and Ryan Foster: rf81@sussex.ac.uk
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saltpeter presents Wallace Shawn’s Obie Award winning…
The Fever

When: Sunday May 22nd, 7.30pm
Location: Brighton Media Centre Gallery
Type: A one-off site specific ensemble piece
Cost: £10 / £8 concession

Staging The Fever is an ongoing project for saltpeter. ‘We believe that The Fever is a piece that should be performed as much as possible. Our aim is that each staging feeds into the next; that each will inspire others to create their own responses.’
Contact: Gary Merry garymerry@me.com
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The Bridge Theatre Company Presents…
Show Me The World

When: Friday 27th May, 7.30pm
Saturday 28th May, 3pm & 7.30pm
Sunday 29th May, 7.30pm
Location: Brighton Media Centre Gallery
Type: Performance
Cost: £10 / £8 concession

The Bridge Theatre Company bursts its way through cyberspace back to the Brighton Fringe Festival with their compelling new play Show Me The World.
Using multi-media and live theatre the scenes and characters smash into one another as stories spill across the stage. Projections immerse the audience into a world of modern technology.
Contact: Simon Stephens sstephen@brit.croydon.sch.uk

Notices

Current Exhibitions in Middle Street

Pauline Crook is a textile screen printer, who also likes to paint, take photographs and make 3D art boxes.

"Some of my screen prints are mounted as art pieces, but I also print cushions, aprons, bags and deckchair slings. My aim is to create ‘Art on a cushion’ or ‘Art on a deckchair’ and for each item to be unique.

Living near Lewes, the Downs and the sea, there is much to inspire all around, and Brighton seafront seagulls ’looking for lunch’ have been a reoccurring theme in my textile work for some years.

When I paint it is in oils on canvas. I take photographs because if I have my camera with me I can’t stop myself!

The 3D boxes result from things seen, heard or read, words that inspire me to re-create them visually. They are a personal search for truth." PaulineNCrook@aol.com

Hester Berry is a young artist specialising in landscape and figure paintings, in any media type.

Hester is inspired by the beauty and power of the natural landscape. She says ‘My painting is therefore an attempt to connect the visual and culturally familiar experience of the landscape with its visceral, reflexive equivalent, so that the viewer can identify with the pleasures of the existing but endangered 'great outdoors', and also become more aware of issues which imperil our fragile and beautiful planet.’

She has had solo exhibitions in Devon and in London and has contributed to group exhibitions throughout England and Wales and internationally.

Hester Berry's paintings draw attention to local and global environmental issues.

07814 390 586
www.hesterberry.co.uk

Other News

Food for thought

Wednesday 11th May

How does food shape our lives? When food riots can bring down a government and speculators try to corner the market in staples, what does food security mean? Is local and organic still important? And after Scandinavia, what exciting flavours, trends and food cultures are next to discover?

Observer Food Monthly columnist Jay Rayner discusses The Pleasures and Politics of Food

Click here to find out more.

ST Ann's well garden spring festival

A day of fine english weather, tents and bunting, cakes and karate with amplified voice melodies and musical accompliment. This is what they had last year, and it stands to reason that this May's Festival can only get better.

Click here for more info!

Talks and Workshops

Artists Talk

Photoworks in partnership with the University of Brighton MA Photography, present two artists who will each discuss their work in relation to politics and protest:

Carey Young & Immo Klink; introduced by David Green

Date: Monday 9 May, 6 - 8pm
Where: Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton

Carey Young and Immo Klink each discuss their work in relation to politics, protest, activism, globalisation and contemporary media.

Tickets £7/£4
Click here for more information and bookings

Expert Knowledge for Growing Businesses

Smart Learning is the Chamber of Commerce’s educational programme, with interactive events run by some of the most experienced practitioners in the art of business - from social media and marketing to PR and branding to finance and pitching. Join us at The Freeman Centre, University of Sussex on Tuesday 17th May for... UNDERSTANDING YOUR MONEY.

When you start your own business, having to deal with the business finances can be a daunting task. Even if you employ an accountant to deal with the annual accounts and tax returns, you still need to deal with the day-to-day financial decisions.

Without having a handle on your business finances it becomes difficult to make important choices such as whether to invest in new equipment, sign a lease or take on staff.

In this workshop, Carol Lewis of Bainbridge Lewis Limited will show you how monitoring your own finances efficiently will help your accountant in producing your annual accounts, reducing their costs and ultimately saving you money.

Click here to book online

Date: 17 May 2011
Time: 1:15pm – 5pm
Venue: The Freeman Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer
Cost: £50 members, £80 non-members
Contact: Alice Reeves
Telephone: 01273 719097
Email: admin@businessinbrighton.org.uk

News Articles

Brighton News

Brighton Wheel targets Summer Opening

The long-awaited Brighton Wheel project could finally get greenlit, pending a Council Meeting the end of April.

The 45-foot rotating unicyclic observation platform, boasting an unparalelled panoramic view of the city, could bring in sizeable tourism revenue and provide job opportunities for local residents.