Brighton Lights: What to do in the city – w/c 3rd April

Music, Entertainment & Comedy With Victoria Nangle

1 The Get Down Symphony is a 16-piece orchestra including strings, percussionists, woodwinds, brass, singers and dancers bringing to life some of the most critically acclaimed records of all time, with a unique and full live rendition of Kanye Wests’ College Dropout album. Playing live!
Concorde2, Saturday 7 April, 7pm, £17.50/15
2 Renowned for an endless string of soulful and socially aware hits… ‘Forgotten Town’, ‘Ideal World’, ‘Born Again’, ‘Harvest for the World’ – The Christians are in town.
The Old Market, Friday 6 April, 7.45pm, £23
3 Those cracking folks at Bewilderbox launch their second escape room this week, Judgement DAVE, with Red Dwarf’s Holly, Norman Lovett, voiceing a mischievous and dry-witted supercomputer called The Masternet 9000. Players must pit their wits against it to solve puzzles and complete challenges in a tongue-in-cheek science fiction story.
The Brunswick, Sat – Tues, 12.15pm, 2pm, 4pm, 5.45pm, 7.30pm, £110 per booking (off peak £80 b4 5pm on mon & tues) up to 7 people per booking, bewilderbox.co.uk/escape-rooms/
4 Spring is here, the clocks have changed, and illustrator Woody is offering art workshop fun for all youthful artists. Woody sets the scene and shares her drawing, collage, creating characters and making art stories know-how. Materials provided.
Founders Rooms (Brighton Dome), Saturday 7 April, 10.30am–12noon for 5– 7 yr olds, 1.30pm–3pm for 8–10 yr olds, £5
5 Want to know what’s happening in the .world, served up through the lens of satire, wit and razor-sharp observations? Educate yourself with Tez Ilyas (as seen on Mock The Week, Live At The BBC and The Last Leg, and heard on BBC Radio 4 with two series of his own show Tez Talks). His new live show Teztify serves up political stand up with mischief and unflinching insight. Described by The Evening Standard as “equally light entertainer and heavyweight pontificator”, Ilyas is well worth investigating.
Komedia, Sunday 8 April, 8pm, £12/10
6 Enjoy some mid-week fun and laughter, right by Hove Station, with the return of Globe Comedy Travel. Co-hosted by Tom and Carl, promising bizarre interactive games, and a headline set from local favourite comic Dan Fardell, there’s also plenty of up and coming comedy support acts in the form of Jamie D’Souza, Naomi Gee, Lucy Bee, and Chris Jones. The ideal way to get over that Wednesday post-Easter hump.
The Grand Central pub, Wednesday 4 April, 7.30pm, £3

COMING SOON

7 Frequent winner of gag-writing competitions and prizes, pun-master and one-liner wizard Gary Delaney (seen on Mock The Week and Live At The Apollo) is coming to town with his new show Gagster’s Paradise. A better example of finely crafted gags and wordsmithery you’ll be hard pressed to discover.
Komedia, Thursday 1 November, 8pm, £17
8 ‘What Can You Do With A BA In English?’ asks musical puppet favourite Avenue Q, promptly coming up with a few harsh but funny reality-based answers. Created by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez (Co-creator of Book of Mormon), this tale of a search for purpose, adapting to life post-education, and it all being a bit messy arrives with singalong favourites. Suitable for audiences aged 14+.
Theatre Royal Brighton, 4 – 8 June 2018, various times