We Elizabethans - a cluster of sibling works: Closet Dramas - photographic exhibition; Fag Ends // Fag Breaks - installation & performances; A Lucky Resurrection - live writing / seance. Closet Dramas: An enigmatic cast of queer and unruly characters haunt, provoke and flirt with the viewer. Drawing on the historical genre of the closet […]
Fag Ends // Fag Breaks lurks in the margins between performance, installation, seance, conversation, and queerly unravelling lecture, centred on acts of pointless care-giving, anonymous intimacy, and ritual flirtation. Friday 25 June, 7.30 - 9pm. Part of The History Bois residency @ Barge. For Barge directions and accessibility information click here. Join the artist E.M. Parry as they […]
Planet LOL asks, “When you realise your planet is teetering on the brink of extinction do you simply shrug and put the kettle on?” Sophia, Goddess of Wisdom and Compassion, is coming to Brighton Marina. To be honest, Sophia has been split into two human forms, as a punishment, and they are coming to Brighton […]
Planet LOL asks, “When you realise your planet is teetering on the brink of extinction do you simply shrug and put the kettle on?” Sophia, Goddess of Wisdom and Compassion, is coming to Brighton Marina. To be honest, Sophia has been split into two human forms, as a punishment, and they are coming to Brighton […]
A space for a digital congregation to contemplate loss, grief, the parameters of care, the interconnectedness of conservation and radical hope, and “collaborative survival”. Featuring 27 unique contributions from individuals and communities across the globe including scholar, environmental activist and food sovereignty advocate, Dr Vandana Shiva; Aboriginal Australian writer and scholar, Bruce Pascoe; Palestinian artist […]
Join Bea Xu on Lost Species Day for a ritual inspired by the theme of ecological entanglement and webs. Having initiated an online ritual offering last year during the winter lockdown, Remembrance Day for Lost Species is glad to repeat this practice. We’re delighted to announce the return of transpersonal* ritual practitioner Bea Xu to […]
A fairy tale performance like no other, 13 artists offer a radical reweaving of Cinderella in this storytelling concert. Amidst Sussex hills, stories from England and Iran, Haiti and Russia, Japan, Bulgaria and Scotland are woven together with poetry and song, to explore the global, local and intimate journey of the wild ash girl. A […]
Join artist/researcher Elona Hoover in the gallery to hear about her creative exploration of the political aesthetics of urban commoning. Concrete is a curious material. It can be moulded, reinforced, it hardens and its flexibility lies in its cracks. Concrete is a curious word. As an adjective or preceded by the article ‘the’, concrete becomes […]
A listening lab featuring sounds capturing in The Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere during Andrés Saenz de Sicilia’s TLC artist residency. Join us on the Barge at Brighton Marina for a listening lab featuring sounds capturing in the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere during Andrés Saenz de Sicilia’s The Living Coast Artist Residency. An immersive […]
Join the Devil's Dyke Network at Gallery on Thursday 22nd September from 5pm! This will be an evening of rage and solidarity as we raise funds for Women Democratic Front, a socialist feminist women’s resistance organisation in Pakistan, who are supporting those affected by the floods. There will be words, poetry and music centred around […]
Come to immersive sound bath evening, to mark the autumn equinox and raise valuable funds for . Tickets are £42 per person. Join us at One Church for a relaxed evening of sound, balance and joy. Unwind and take a journey into deep relaxation for the senses and integration of the heart and mind. The […]
An immersive film installation exploring the moral dilemma about climate chaos and our personal and collective responsibility. Ariadne’s Thread is a multimedia installation created during a week’s residency on Barge at Brighton Marina. A collaboration between theatre maker Tess Garrett, artist Gabby Dempster and film maker Jonah Jago, with 25 performers, the piece explores the […]
Aunty Nell’s invited us round for tea! Come to for an evening of gossip and hearsay, and see how LGBTQ+ history has been shared for generations. Join Tommy (The Queer Historian) for a family meal, and fill yourself up with food and tales, just like Sunday afternoons at Aunty Nell's. When a community is written […]
Aunty Nell’s invited us round for tea! Come for an evening of gossip and hearsay, and see how LGBT+ history has been shared for generations. Join Tommy (The Queer Historian) for a family meal, and fill yourself up with food and tales, just like Sunday afternoons at Aunty Nell's. When a community is written out […]
Come to Gallery to hear Esther Phillips, Poet Laureate of Barbados, read from her forthcoming poetry collection, Plantation. Esther Phillips, Poet Laureate of Barbados, reads from her poetry collection, Plantation, on which she is now working. These poems focus on the experiences, particularly the sufferings, of African women brought to the Caribbean during the Atlantic […]
Please join Feral Theatre at Gallery for a work-in-progress showing of their new piece, Last Dance. Last Dance is an improvised performance centred around a suspended sculpture. The performers partner the sculpture in a strange dance as they navigate its changing form. Visually inspired by Louise Bourgeois’ suspended works, the piece is a study of […]
Why don't we talk about it? Fehinti Balogun asks this urgent question and offers an invitation in Can I Live?, screened at . Can I Live? is a vital new digital performance about the climate catastrophe in which Fehinti shares his personal journey into the biggest challenge of our times. Weaving his story with spoken […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO SICKNESS. WE INTEND TO RESCHEDULE IT TO 2024. To mark Lost Species Day 2023, please join Feral Theatre at Gallery and witness The Last Dance, a durational performance installation centred around a suspended sculpture. Stay a few moments, half an hour, or for the whole afternoon. The […]
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