Action for Happiness

Doors 6.45pm // Latest Music Bar // Free Entry

Self-described as a “movement for positive social change”, Action for Happiness is a national charity aimed at increasing basic levels of happiness through whatever means they have and is a long-term friend of Latest Music Bar. Here’s what they have to say about their mission….

We’re bringing together people from all walks of life who want to play a part in creating a happier society for everyone. For fifty years we’ve aimed relentlessly at higher incomes. But despite being much wealthier, we’re no happier than we were five decades ago. At the same time we’ve seen an increase in wider social issues, including a worrying rise in anxiety and depression in young people. It’s time for a positive change in what we mean by progress.

Can I Be Bored Now?

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Pebble Trust and Bird&BlendTeaCo bursary winning play ‘Can I Be Bored Now? is a theatre piece in which through dialogues, music and movement, two performers lead the audience on a journey using a visual art installation with projected drawings on a screen.
The aim is to bombard the spectators with multiple information, displayed in a similar way that social media platforms incessantly convey endless (un)related posts and news. The unease around it brings queries and doubts about every day decision making regarding covering boredom with social media. What happens when we put ourselves in the virtual world of social media? Are we seeking to escape from boredom or reality?
Should we keep surrendering ourselves to the screen, embracing alienation. Lack of passion, or better said, lack of necessity to be productive. States of energy and creativity compensated with states of depression, fear and anxiety. Overwhelming feeling of being less worthy, intensified need to feel special, every single day. Constant need to be entertained while losing the ability to focus. Can we be bored again?

Maison Mere Artists

Doors 5.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

As of our show description, we beat drums ,dance and sing all at once. On the stage, we have at least 10 drums and small strong sticks to beat them. Some of us will be singing and dancing culturally, whereas the rest will be beating drums.

Company Name: Maison Mere Arts

Maison Mere Artists

Doors 5.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

As of our show description, we beat drums ,dance and sing all at once. On the stage, we have at least 10 drums and small strong sticks to beat them. Some of us will be singing and dancing culturally, whereas the rest will be beating drums.

Company Name: Maison Mere Arts

Can I Be Bored Now?

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Pebble Trust and Bird&BlendTeaCo bursary winning play ‘Can I Be Bored Now? is a theatre piece in which through dialogues, music and movement, two performers lead the audience on a journey using a visual art installation with projected drawings on a screen.
The aim is to bombard the spectators with multiple information, displayed in a similar way that social media platforms incessantly convey endless (un)related posts and news. The unease around it brings queries and doubts about every day decision making regarding covering boredom with social media. What happens when we put ourselves in the virtual world of social media? Are we seeking to escape from boredom or reality?
Should we keep surrendering ourselves to the screen, embracing alienation. Lack of passion, or better said, lack of necessity to be productive. States of energy and creativity compensated with states of depression, fear and anxiety. Overwhelming feeling of being less worthy, intensified need to feel special, every single day. Constant need to be entertained while losing the ability to focus. Can we be bored again?

Bovine Cemetery’s World War III Literary Cabaret

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets 

…and we’re gonna party like it’s 1939!

Willkommen, Bienvenue and welcome to the literary event to end all literary events, and everything else!

On 2 June, fiction fanatacists Bovine Cemetery will be showcasing ten of Brighton’s best and boldest emerging writers, all musing and amusing on the crazy death spiral that is the modern world. Expect risqué regrets and laughable lamentations, all passionately delivered from Latest Music Bar’s colourful cabaret bunker.

Ten writers, ten stories, and a jolly nice night of glitterature before we all explode in a fiery ball of flames. Sounds good, ja?

Cabaret dress is very much encouraged, so dust off that top hat, shake off that underlying feeling of constant dread, and join us on 2 June for a fabulously fun farewell to everything.

Doors 19:30 for a 20:00 start.

Original fiction performed live, and everyone’s invited.

Company Name: Bovine Cemetery

Queen Mab: The Witching Hour

Doors 5.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Welcome to the Court of Queen Mab: The witching hour has descended, ushering in a phantasmagorical feast for the senses as this musical monarch takes to the stage…

The alter-ego of multi-award-winning theatre-maker, songwriter, and cabaret performer Hattie Snooks, Queen Mab was birthed in the spring of 2020 when, in the midst of the pandemic, she reconnected with longtime friend and top producer Ashley Slater (Freak Power, Kitten & the Hip). Just over one year later, Give the Bliss was released – a natty little album full of brass, bass, and sultry sparkle! Now, Mab takes to the stage for her hotly anticipated Fringe debut.

Queen Mab is irreverent yet commanding, escapist, ethereal, alluring, slightly unhinged… Fun, but with an undeniable darker streak. She conjures a heady witches’ brew of wildly eclectic influences – a pinch of trip-hop here, a dash of breakbeat there, a healthy dollop of funk, a drizzle of folk, and lashings of R&B, soul, and jazz. Ostensibly, it’s theatrical art-pop that ran away with the circus and woke up in a field somewhere… And with its sense of dramatic flair, witty lyricism, musical kudos, and banging beats, it may also prove to be the stuff of legend.

Praise for other work:

“Witty, clever, sharp…” ★★★★ (The Reviews Hub)
“Loud and proud” ★★★★ (Broadway Baby)
“An absolute treat” ★★★★ (Clownster.co.uk)

Queen Mab: The Witching Hour

Doors 5.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Welcome to the Court of Queen Mab: The witching hour has descended, ushering in a phantasmagorical feast for the senses as this musical monarch takes to the stage…

The alter-ego of multi-award-winning theatre-maker, songwriter, and cabaret performer Hattie Snooks, Queen Mab was birthed in the spring of 2020 when, in the midst of the pandemic, she reconnected with longtime friend and top producer Ashley Slater (Freak Power, Kitten & the Hip). Just over one year later, Give the Bliss was released – a natty little album full of brass, bass, and sultry sparkle! Now, Mab takes to the stage for her hotly anticipated Fringe debut.

Queen Mab is irreverent yet commanding, escapist, ethereal, alluring, slightly unhinged… Fun, but with an undeniable darker streak. She conjures a heady witches’ brew of wildly eclectic influences – a pinch of trip-hop here, a dash of breakbeat there, a healthy dollop of funk, a drizzle of folk, and lashings of R&B, soul, and jazz. Ostensibly, it’s theatrical art-pop that ran away with the circus and woke up in a field somewhere… And with its sense of dramatic flair, witty lyricism, musical kudos, and banging beats, it may also prove to be the stuff of legend.

Praise for other work:

“Witty, clever, sharp…” ★★★★ (The Reviews Hub)
“Loud and proud” ★★★★ (Broadway Baby)
“An absolute treat” ★★★★ (Clownster.co.uk)

Amy Winehouse Tribute

Doors 8.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Nicki’s Variety Show

7pm – 8.15pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

The event is a 75 minute variety show consisting of a series of mini plays, generally around 5 to 7 minutes in length, along with poetry, monologues, comedy improv and some music. It will be a fun event with plenty of laughs and organised chaos. 7pm til 8:15, 31st May.

Automation

Doors 7pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Automaton are live on tour “Pheonix”. Showcasing in Brighton we have a new album launch, staying away from the acoustic feel we want to bring a progressive electro dance hall vibe.

Tickets are £5.50 online and £7 on the door.

Kakande African Drummers

Doors 8pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Traditional West African music brought to you by Brighton’s longest running Djembe drumming group. Led by Master Drummer Ali Baba, from Guinea, this work is unforgettable. Ali and his troupe will bring you the energy and warmth of Africa to you personally at this intimate venue. Be ready to dance, sing and feel the music is every fibre of your body.

Kakande drummers have previously been nominated for best music at Brighton Fringe. This year promises to be their best yet, having recently travelled to Guinea to bring you the best traditional music West Africa has to offer.

Company Name: Kakande Drummers

AWFUL PEOPLE

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // We Got Tickets or Tickets

Awful People by Julie Burchill and Daniel Raven.

When a pair of middle-aged, middle-class ex-spouses get back together to write a rap musical, the stage is set for eye-watering embarrassment and folly. As they waylay the less privileged young people who cross their path – their Ukrainian nanny/cleaner (‘home curator’) and a young black Deliveroo man – this clash of cultures can only end in calamity.

AWFUL PEOPLE

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // We Got Tickets or  Tickets

Awful People by Julie Burchill and Daniel Raven.

When a pair of middle-aged, middle-class ex-spouses get back together to write a rap musical, the stage is set for eye-watering embarrassment and folly. As they waylay the less privileged young people who cross their path – their Ukrainian nanny/cleaner (‘home curator’) and a young black Deliveroo man – this clash of cultures can only end in calamity.

AWFUL PEOPLE

Doors 7.30 // Latest Music Bar // We Got Tickets or Tickets 

Awful People by Julie Burchill and Daniel Raven.

When a pair of middle-aged, middle-class ex-spouses get back together to write a rap musical, the stage is set for eye-watering embarrassment and folly. As they waylay the less privileged young people who cross their path – their Ukrainian nanny/cleaner (‘home curator’) and a young black Deliveroo man – this clash of cultures can only end in calamity.

AWFUL PEOPLE

Doors 7.30 // Latest Music Bar // We Got Tickets or Tickets

Awful People by Julie Burchill and Daniel Raven.

When a pair of middle-aged, middle-class ex-spouses get back together to write a rap musical, the stage is set for eye-watering embarrassment and folly. As they waylay the less privileged young people who cross their path – their Ukrainian nanny/cleaner (‘home curator’) and a young black Deliveroo man – this clash of cultures can only end in calamity.

David Klowie: Time, Machine

Doors 6.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

… I need you flying …

2023 welcomes the return of David Klowie with new show ‘Time, Machine.’ : a fantastic voyage through time and space, exploring what it means to be human in a changing world.

A storyteller at heart, Klowie blends nostalgia and modernity, unveiling messages found within David Bowie’s wide-ranging repertoire to shine a spotlight on the socio-political climate of today.

Singing live against a film backdrop, with curiosity, sensitivity and emotive theatricality, David Klowie boldly holds a mirror up to reality, questioning what society, and humanity, have become, as he invites us to contemplate our role on this planet …

Do we need a saviour? Is it too late? Is this all we’ve got?

… Or do we dare to dream up a better future? …

As seen at : King of the Fringe, Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Kingdom, and Brighton Big Drag Pageant
David Klowie is a creation of Brighton-based performance artist KittCH

The Dreams of Salvador Dali

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

The famous artist Salvador Dali gives us a lecture about Surrealism. But we also get glimpses into his passions, his soul, his attempts to find love, and to grapple with reality as he is pursued by a procession of bizarre characters, strange events, surprises, twists, and some outlandish, one might almost say surrealist, happenings. Funny, absorbing unpredictable, and ultimately heart-warming, this play will give you a lot to talk about.
Company Name: Timothy Coakley

Zip Me Up Darling
Doors 5.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Oliver and Isabel, middle-aged and middle-class, must host the perfect dinner tonight as the guest of honour is Oliver’s boss, and Oliver’s promotion depends on the success of this evening. Surely nothing can upset their plans?
Except… possibly… the clash of their personalities, her ambition, his ineptitude, mutual jealousies, the strain of holding a marriage together and keeping up appearances, the shattered dreams, and the general lack of poetry in modern life, all explored hilariously in this fast-paced roller coaster of a comedy.

Written by Tim Coakley and directed by Petina Hapgood

Company Name: Timothy Coakley

The Dreams of Salvador Dali

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

The famous artist Salvador Dali gives us a lecture about Surrealism. But we also get glimpses into his passions, his soul, his attempts to find love, and to grapple with reality as he is pursued by a procession of bizarre characters, strange events, surprises, twists, and some outlandish, one might almost say surrealist, happenings. Funny, absorbing unpredictable, and ultimately heart-warming, this play will give you a lot to talk about.
Company Name: Timothy Coakley

Zip Me Up Darling

Doors 5.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Oliver and Isabel, middle-aged and middle-class, must host the perfect dinner tonight as the guest of honour is Oliver’s boss, and Oliver’s promotion depends on the success of this evening. Surely nothing can upset their plans?
Except… possibly… the clash of their personalities, her ambition, his ineptitude, mutual jealousies, the strain of holding a marriage together and keeping up appearances, the shattered dreams, and the general lack of poetry in modern life, all explored hilariously in this fast-paced roller coaster of a comedy.

Written by Tim Coakley and directed by Petina Hapgood

Company Name: Timothy Coakley

Zip Me Up Darling

Doors 5.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Oliver and Isabel, middle-aged and middle-class, must host the perfect dinner tonight as the guest of honour is Oliver’s boss, and Oliver’s promotion depends on the success of this evening. Surely nothing can upset their plans?
Except… possibly… the clash of their personalities, her ambition, his ineptitude, mutual jealousies, the strain of holding a marriage together and keeping up appearances, the shattered dreams, and the general lack of poetry in modern life, all explored hilariously in this fast-paced roller coaster of a comedy.

Written by Tim Coakley and directed by Petina Hapgood

Company Name: Timothy Coakley

The Dreams of Salvador Dali

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

The famous artist Salvador Dali gives us a lecture about Surrealism. But we also get glimpses into his passions, his soul, his attempts to find love, and to grapple with reality as he is pursued by a procession of bizarre characters, strange events, surprises, twists, and some outlandish, one might almost say surrealist, happenings. Funny, absorbing unpredictable, and ultimately heart-warming, this play will give you a lot to talk about.
Company Name: Timothy Coakley

BR3AKOUT

Doors 6pm // Latest Music Bar //

BR3AKOUT presents it’s debut event. Come down to hear some serious sounds brought to you by some of Brightons upcoming djs. With jungle, dnb, garage and everything in between, there’s something for everyone. Ran by the students for the students!

David Klowie: Time, Machine

Doors 6.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

… I need you flying …

2023 welcomes the return of David Klowie with new show ‘Time, Machine.’ : a fantastic voyage through time and space, exploring what it means to be human in a changing world.

A storyteller at heart, Klowie blends nostalgia and modernity, unveiling messages found within David Bowie’s wide-ranging repertoire to shine a spotlight on the socio-political climate of today.

Singing live against a film backdrop, with curiosity, sensitivity and emotive theatricality, David Klowie boldly holds a mirror up to reality, questioning what society, and humanity, have become, as he invites us to contemplate our role on this planet …

Do we need a saviour? Is it too late? Is this all we’ve got?

… Or do we dare to dream up a better future? …

As seen at : King of the Fringe, Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Kingdom, and Brighton Big Drag Pageant
David Klowie is a creation of Brighton-based performance artist KittCH

GREAT ESCAPE

GREAT ESCAPE

GREAT ESCAPE

Who Is No.1?

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

1966. Patrick McGoohan, the world’s highest-paid actor, having already turned down James Bond, walks out of his hit series Danger Man for a new project that seems to encapsulate all the paranoia, intrigue and psychedelic insanity of the swinging sixties. Backing him is Lew Grade, Britain’s leading impresario, head of a legendary entertainment dynasty. Together they make The Prisoner, a cult TV masterpiece – the most written-about TV series of all time. But, through all the tensions, strains, triumphs and controversies, there’s one question that remains: “Who is No. 1?”

The latest comedy play from the multi-award-winning writing duo Brian Mitchell (co-writer of The Ministry of Biscuits) and Joseph Nixon (co-writer of West-End hit The Shark Is Broken), explores the age-old tensions between artist and patron, prophet and king, telling the truth and pleasing the crowd, and why artists sometimes risk everything for their vision.

Performed by a cast of Brighton’s finest, including previous festival award-winners Ross Gurney-Randall (Big Daddy Vs. Giant Haystacks, Follow Me) and Robert Cohen (The Trials of Harvey Matusow, High Vis) in a special preview presentation from the Foundry Group, winners of OffWestEnd.com’s OffFEST Award for Theatre, Brighton Fringe 2022.

Running Time: 90 minutes including 15 min interval

Who Is No.1?

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

1966. Patrick McGoohan, the world’s highest-paid actor, having already turned down James Bond, walks out of his hit series Danger Man for a new project that seems to encapsulate all the paranoia, intrigue and psychedelic insanity of the swinging sixties. Backing him is Lew Grade, Britain’s leading impresario, head of a legendary entertainment dynasty. Together they make The Prisoner, a cult TV masterpiece – the most written-about TV series of all time. But, through all the tensions, strains, triumphs and controversies, there’s one question that remains: “Who is No. 1?”

The latest comedy play from the multi-award-winning writing duo Brian Mitchell (co-writer of The Ministry of Biscuits) and Joseph Nixon (co-writer of West-End hit The Shark Is Broken), explores the age-old tensions between artist and patron, prophet and king, telling the truth and pleasing the crowd, and why artists sometimes risk everything for their vision.

Performed by a cast of Brighton’s finest, including previous festival award-winners Ross Gurney-Randall (Big Daddy Vs. Giant Haystacks, Follow Me) and Robert Cohen (The Trials of Harvey Matusow, High Vis) in a special preview presentation from the Foundry Group, winners of OffWestEnd.com’s OffFEST Award for Theatre, Brighton Fringe 2022.

Running Time: 90 minutes including 15 min interval

Anna & Marina

3pm & 6pm show

Doors 2.30pm & 5.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Two rival poets meet for the first time just as their country is being invaded by the largest military force in world history. Will they unite to defend the Motherland from annihilation, even though it means supporting a regime that has banned their work and executed family members?

A historic drama for today from the multi-award-winning creators of Festival shows such as The First Domino (Winner Best Theatre Performance Brighton Festival), Cocky & the Tardigrades, Exit the Queen, Mozzz!, I Am A Warehouse (Newhaven Fort), Dancing With Demons (V&A London) and Brothers Karamazov (Fortune Theatre London).

‘Crane and Williams turn the impossible into art’ – Festival Times

Company Name: BRIGHTON THEATRE

Scan the QR Code below for the full programme.

Anna & Marina

3pm & 6pm show

Doors 2.30pm & 5.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Two rival poets meet for the first time just as their country is being invaded by the largest military force in world history. Will they unite to defend the Motherland from annihilation, even though it means supporting a regime that has banned their work and executed family members?

A historic drama for today from the multi-award-winning creators of Festival shows such as The First Domino (Winner Best Theatre Performance Brighton Festival), Cocky & the Tardigrades, Exit the Queen, Mozzz!, I Am A Warehouse (Newhaven Fort), Dancing With Demons (V&A London) and Brothers Karamazov (Fortune Theatre London).

‘Crane and Williams turn the impossible into art’ – Festival Times

Company Name: BRIGHTON THEATRE

Scan the QR Code below for the full programme.

Big Red May Day Social for Strikers

Doors 7pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Music and fun to support striking workers in Brighton and surrounds.

Shivoo Sounds Fundraiser for Jason Walker

6pm // Latest Music Bar // Donations on Entry

This event is being organised as a fundraiser for friend, Jason Walker. “Sadly over lock down he had to come back to England from the Philippines, and leave his family behind there, so he could enough money to support them and build them a house… Jason sadly passed away yesterday and his house he was building for his family is left under construction. He didn’t even get to meet his baby in person, I would love for this fundraiser to be a success so we could help him fulfill the making of his house for his girlfriend and children. Thanks in advance everyone.”

You can donate to the fundraiser here, https://gofund.me/ebdec5d4

Indigo Club

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets 

INDIGO CLUB returns to Latest Music Bar in Brighton with another fantastic night of social meet-ups, award-winning live music & comedy PLUS an 80s classics dance party!

MEET @ 7.30pm – doors open for drinks, chats and meet-ups
SHOW @ 9pm – three top cabaret performers with award-winning music & comedy sets
DANCE @ 10.30pm – the dance floor is open for business until 1am… and this month’s music theme is… 80s CLASSICS!

INTRODUCING OUR LIVE ACTS…

// KITTY CASSIS – madcap nonsense from the outrageous northern experimental beauty therapist (aka Aimee Cooper).
// WOBBIE WOBBIT – unique and convivial musical fun from this North London songwriter.
// SALLYANN FELLOWES – award-winning stand-up comedy filled with hilarious real-life anecdotes.

ENTRY – £9 advance/online – 18+ ONLY
Tickets on the door (cash/card) or in advance via WeGotTickets (booking fee applies)

Mind Spun + Parent + Parabellum

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Mind Spun is a swiss mathrock band based in Lausanne.
The band, born in 2016 started a tribute to the post metal band Animals as Leaders. They got great feedback for the first EP, played at the Montreux Jazz Festival and have now recorded a brand new album. Winners of JazzContreBand contest and now touring Europe.

7.30 p.m. : Parabellum
8.15 p.m. : Parent
9 p.m. : Mind Spun

We are Parabellum, An instrumental Progressive rock Band formed in 2021, playing at Venues in and around Brighton. Parabellum is Known for their Huge energy, Big Sound, and Unique Songwriting while keeping to the classic trio of Guitar, Bass, and Drums. Their repertoire consists of entirely original songs, from Ambient reverbed guitar to Drum machines, synths, and crazy fuzzed octave guitar.

Brighton International Animation Festival

Doors 10.30am // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Brighton International Animation Festival is set to take place at Latest Music Bar on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th April.  Taking place for the second year running, the festival is a fantastic celebration of iconic animation and showcases the best in the next generation of filmmakers – UK and International. As well as an impressive programme, this year the festival will include an exciting AR exhibit and the One Bum Cinema Club will be making an appearance. All films are subtitled with BSL interpreters at all events, making it fully accessible for deaf & hard of hearing.

2023 judge’s prestige panel includes Emmy and Oscar-nominated director Joanna Quinn, who will also be hosting her first UK retrospective at the festival for the first time in years. Barry Purves – whose work ranges from the stop motion 80s Wind in the Willows to feature films like Mars Attacks! And King Kong – will be giving a masterclass on the Sunday, and Hannah Lau Walker – a pioneer of women in the animation industry.

You can book tickets online now for the jam-packed two-day programme, including:

To Be Human – focusing on the human condition. Living with Alzheimer’s, child soldiers, body image and men’s knitting groups are just some of the topics explored in this collection of films from countries including Australia, Egypt through to UK.

The (un)Natural World – Science, the environment and creatures of the earth are the focus of this programme. Expect sea creatures, insect specialists and hot-blooded flowers in the programme from countries including Taiwan, Iran and Sri Lanka.

Wild Characters – Use of personification and exaggeration are some of the joys of designing and working with character within animation. Clocks, clowns, huge sausage dogs and Elton John all feature in this collection of films that all have a character-based focus.

This festival is also one of firsts, featuring Queer As F**K: a special curated programme of Queer Animation not seen in other animation festivals, that explores an array of contemporary queer culture from terfs and gender identity to sex positivity. BIAF will also feature No Planet B – an Augmented Reality exhibition which will be on site to explore between the schedules.

Visit the Brighton International Animation Festival website for more information and keep updated by following @brightonanimation on Instagram.

For further images, information or interview requests, please contact:

Sally@dna-pr.com

Holly@dna-pr.com

Brighton International Animation Festival

Doors 10.30am // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Brighton International Animation Festival is set to take place at Latest Music Bar on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th April.  Taking place for the second year running, the festival is a fantastic celebration of iconic animation and showcases the best in the next generation of filmmakers – UK and International. As well as an impressive programme, this year the festival will include an exciting AR exhibit and the One Bum Cinema Club will be making an appearance. All films are subtitled with BSL interpreters at all events, making it fully accessible for deaf & hard of hearing.

2023 judge’s prestige panel includes Emmy and Oscar-nominated director Joanna Quinn, who will also be hosting her first UK retrospective at the festival for the first time in years. Barry Purves – whose work ranges from the stop motion 80s Wind in the Willows to feature films like Mars Attacks! And King Kong – will be giving a masterclass on the Sunday, and Hannah Lau Walker – a pioneer of women in the animation industry.

You can book tickets online now for the jam-packed two-day programme, including:

To Be Human – focusing on the human condition. Living with Alzheimer’s, child soldiers, body image and men’s knitting groups are just some of the topics explored in this collection of films from countries including Australia, Egypt through to UK.

The (un)Natural World – Science, the environment and creatures of the earth are the focus of this programme. Expect sea creatures, insect specialists and hot-blooded flowers in the programme from countries including Taiwan, Iran and Sri Lanka.

Wild Characters – Use of personification and exaggeration are some of the joys of designing and working with character within animation. Clocks, clowns, huge sausage dogs and Elton John all feature in this collection of films that all have a character-based focus.

This festival is also one of firsts, featuring Queer As F**K: a special curated programme of Queer Animation not seen in other animation festivals, that explores an array of contemporary queer culture from terfs and gender identity to sex positivity. BIAF will also feature No Planet B – an Augmented Reality exhibition which will be on site to explore between the schedules.

Visit the Brighton International Animation Festival website for more information and keep updated by following @brightonanimation on Instagram.

For further images, information or interview requests, please contact:

Sally@dna-pr.com

Holly@dna-pr.com

The Clause

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

The Clause are a four-piece from Birmingham who bring together the swagger of the 60s, the rolling groove of the 80s and the riotous verve and attitude of the 90s. Pearce Macca (front man), Niall Fennell (drummer) Jonny Fyffe (bassist) and Liam Deakin (guitarist) effortlessly combine huge hooks with gritty verses, indie sensibilities and rhythm and blues groove and melodies to create an altogether different beast.

The music defies categorisation, rolling seamlessly from crashing percussion to huge, swinging bass. There are epic singalong choruses destined for stadiums and packed festival main stages, and darker, edgier moments evoking late night cruises down dingy back streets. The band have been together since they were kids and they have matured into one of the UK’s most exciting new bands. They have hit the road throughout the autumn and winter of 2022 supporting The Reytons, on their sold-out nationwide tour, following main support slots for the Pigeon Detectives, DMAs, The Enemy and The Snuts. The band completed a 16 date solo national tour in March 2022 and then embarked on a series of gigs to finish the year with a seven date solo tour culminating in a sold out 1300 capacity home town gig in Brum at the O2 Institute in late December. The live work now continues with a tour of major cities in spring 2023 including London, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester.

The Clause + Crystal Tides + The Dryas

Doors 7.30pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

The Clause are a four-piece from Birmingham who bring together the swagger of the 60s, the rolling groove of the 80s and the riotous verve and attitude of the 90s. Pearce Macca (front man), Niall Fennell (drummer) Jonny Fyffe (bassist) and Liam Deakin (guitarist) effortlessly combine huge hooks with gritty verses, indie sensibilities and rhythm and blues groove and melodies to create an altogether different beast.

The Croupiers – Northern, Rare and Classic Soul

Doors 8pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

A brand new group, but by no means beginners, The Croupiers are a 9 piece live Northern Soul Revue, based in Brighton, Sussex.  With a carefully curated repertoire, including all of the classics of the genre, plus some choice rarities and a sprinkling of soul classics, the band features the cream of soul and funk musicians and performers from the south of England, with a plenitude of experience playing on international stages at prestigious events, festivals and venues.

Keeping the faith and recreating all of your fave Northern tunes with a slick, authentic, high energy live show, that’s what it’s all about!
Slip on your baggies, grab your talcum powder, throw it in your bowling bag and hit that floor – Do we love love you? Indeed we do!

Support and DJs TBC

Catalyst Club Special: THE SILENCE OF SNOW: THE LIFE OF PATRICK HAMILTON

Doors 8pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Mark Farrelly (Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope) presents his riveting, kinetic solo show portraying one of the great English writers of the inter-war years. Brighton author Patrick Hamilton was a dazzling success in his twenties, producing hit plays Rope (filmed by Hitchcock) and Gaslight, and classic novels Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky, Hangover Square and The Slaves of Solitude.
But Hamilton was also an alcoholic, whose wit became increasingly mordant as his inner and outer worlds collapsed. Covering the entire sweep of Hamilton’s turbulent life and writing, The Silence of Snow entertains and challenges in equal measure, asking audiences: why do so many of us get through life without feeling we ever truly knew another person?
This witty and engaging tribute to a great English writer is written and performed by Mark Farrelly, whose West End credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opposite Matthew Kelly. He is directed by EastEnders star Linda Marlowe.

Running time: 70 mins no interval

★★★★ “You won’t be able to take your eyes off this magnetic actor Mark Farrelly. He inhabits the character of Hamilton with a blazing fluidity”
The Times

★★★★ “Horrifyingly funny snapshot of the wit, novelist and playwright…brilliant” The Spectator

★★★★ “Farrelly’s revelatory autopsy of a cauterised heart of darkness is intimidatingly implosive: stand well close” The Reviews Hub

Melodic Hardcore 2 with Hell Can Wait, Without Love & Dozy

Doors 6pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

MDRNHXC are proud to announce we’ve organised this charity event raising money for the mental health charity MIND. Featuring a mixed bill of artists as who wants to see the same band all night!

As part of their WEEKEND OF MELODIC HARDCORE we have:

HELL CAN WAIT
&
WITHOUT LOVE

With support from:

DOZY

& MORE TBA

EVENT DETAILS

SUNDAY 2ND APRIL 2023
LATEST MUSIC BAR, BRIGHTON
14-17 Manchester St, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1TF
TICKETS £6 ADVANCE / £10 ON THE DOOR

With public transport in Brighton being notoriously terrible on Sunday evenings we’ve opted to run this show a little earlier.. Doors will be at 6PM and the event will finish by 9:30PM latest!

SOCK + Gramski + Noah Sumptions

Doors 8pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

Tickets £10 advance.
£12 on the door.

SOCK

Sock were formed in a small town in 1990, always unpredictable and flamboyant, they reigned supreme for two years before dispersing to the four corners of the world to pursue their individual dreams. After 22 years the band reformed for a one off gig that coincided with singer Guy adopting the on-stage persona of glam rock-god Vince Venus and gaining international fame as the (unofficial) winner of Britain’s Got Talent in 2015. The rest of the band followed suit and have emerged as a group of misfit superheroes on a mission to save rock n’ roll.

Gramski

Gramski is an award winning master in the art of freestyle rap. He’s rapped everywhere from Glastonbury festival, the jungles of Panama, the Hadron Super Collider, Vietnamese nightclubs and now joins us at The Latest Music Bar. Come prepared with imaginative ideas and he’ll turn them into rap tracks for you without hesitation.

Noah Sumptions

A regular on the Brighton poetry scene, Noah Sumptions has grown from tragic teenage bedroom playwright to performing a feature set to an audience of thousands at Brighton TransPride 2022. Once lovingly told they “took the age old art of poetry and shat all over it”, Noah is here, unapologetically queer, and resolutely unafraid to dive deep into the awkward, unbearable and unspeakable parts of the human condition. Better out than in, as they say.

The Kicks

Doors 7pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets

The Kicks are a young local independent band who play indie rock music. They have built up audiences at gigs around small venues with their punk inspired high energy performances and constant crowd interaction. The band are always passionate in their performance and years of rehearsing and gigging has led to a tight wall of sound.

BIMM FE Showcase & Melting Vinyl Present:

Doors 7pm // Latest Music Bar // Tickets 

ARTISTS PERFORMING: Riff Raff, Ava Mckechine, Olivia Booth, Sunny Blazdell, Muby Star, Sophia and Phoebe and Three Deficiencies!
Join us at the Latest Music Bar in association with Melting Vinyl on the 29th March for the best talent that BIMM Diploma students (FE) has to offer! We have a great line up with a perfect blend of R&B, soul, rock, acoustic and more. All proceeds from this event will be going directly to a charity (TBC). To support this cause and hear some talented musicians, get your tickets now!

RSVP: Here 

Brighton & Hove Big Band and Jazz Band

Doors 7pm // 7.30pm Start // Tickets

Create Music presents
Jazz Night at Latest Music Bar
Please join Brighton & Hove Big Band and Jazz Band for a night of jazz, swing, funk and blues.

U16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult