Film: January 3rd, 2012
Director: Phyllida Lloyd

Remember in the 1980s a certain Comic Strip film satirising Hollywood’s hypothetical take on the miners’ action and featuring Jennifer Saunders playing Meryl Streep… playing Margaret Thatcher? Not that the casting director of The Iron Lady saw that of course, but Hollywood’s interpretation of still a heatedly regarded period and leader in British history has a lot to be careful of.
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Music: January 3rd, 2012
Powering up for a new monthly residency!

Originally from the wilds of Cumbria, brothers Yan and Hamilton, along with Wood and Noble, eventually migrated to Brighton where they established themselves via the infamous Club Sea Power residency and catching the attention of Rough Trade who they are still signed to.
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Comedy: January 3rd, 2012
Gay-friendly comedy in the home of Brighton’s comedy

Zoe Lyons is rather brilliant. As well as being a consistently good while also prolific comic, award-winning and in much demand on the TV and radio as well as across the country at comedy venues, she also continues to be the host and backbone of the monthly gay-friendly (and generally friendly to everyone) Bent Double.
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Stage: January 3rd, 2012
Side-splitting comedy written by Brightonian Paul Hodson at The Hawth in Crawley

Way Out West is a new play combining side-splitting comedy with heart-rending melancholy and ending with a very funny dance. What more could you want?! Way Out West, by Paul Hodson (writer of Meeting Joe Strummer), is a meditation on loneliness and grief but at first glance it could just be a funny play fuelled by beer and coincidence.
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