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The podcast of the Brighton Festival radio show brought to you by RadioReverb - Broadcast Media Partner for Brighton Festival 2020.
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Melita Dennett catches up with Pippa Smith the coordinator of Children and Family events at Brighton Festival 2017.
Pippa tells us about this year's edition of the Children's Parade which has become a famous and well loved tradition as the opening event of the Festival.
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Ahead of the start of the Brighton Festival, this year's Guest Director Kate Tempest joins Melita Dennett for a conversation about the themes of the Festival, her role as guest director, the purpose of art, and making Brighton Festival more accessible to the wider community.
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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We speak to Tim Crouch, the director of play Jeramee, Hartleby and Oooglemore which is part of the Family Programme at the Brighton Festival.
Performance times:
Mon 8 May, 4.30pm & 6.30pm
Tue 9 May, 2.30pm & 4.30pm at Theatre Royal Brighton
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Brighton Festival Radio Show Episode 1 - airdate Monday May 8th 2017
Featuring a look back at the Children's Parade, a look forward to the dance and music events in the Festival, review of #Onlar at Fabrica and a conversation with Guest Director of the Festival - Kate Tempest
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Melita Dennett looks back at the launch of Brighton Festival 2017 from earlier this year.
She speaks to Andrew Comben, Chief Executive of Brighton Festival, and we hear Guest Director of the Festival, Kate Tempest, speak from Sri Lanka via Skype at the launch.
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Our reporters Alisha Theobald and Holly Simpsons sample the opening weekend of Brighton Festival 2017 by going to the annual Children's Parade which officially kicks off the Festival each year.
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Rob Jones, Artistic Planning Producer of Brighton Festival, joins Melita Dennett in studio to preview the Dance and Music events at this year's Festival.
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Our reporters Alisha Theobald and Holly Simpson review They/Onlar - a multi-screen video installation that goes behind the scenes in Turkish society to provide a glimpse of the country’s ethnic, religious and gender diversity, and the everyday discrimination and resistance that it triggers.
They also report on the Children's Parade which kickstarted Brighton Festival 2017.
Performance times of They/Onlar:
Sat 8 Apr – Mon 29 May, 12pm – 7pm
(Wed – Sun only Sat 8 Apr – Fri 5 May) at Fabrica Gallery
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Brighton Festival Radio Show Episode 2 - airdate Tuesday May 9th 2017
In this episode we go behind the scenes of Brighton Festival 2017 and meet some of the Storytelling Army, hear from Turkish video artist Ipek Duben who created #ONLAR at Fabrica Gallery, meet some of the volunteers who make the Festival happen, and hear about 26 Letters children's literature strand with Hillary Cooke.
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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26 Letters is the children's literature strand of the Brighton Festival including reading, workshops and talks for children and young adults.
Melita speaks to Hilary Cook who puts the 26 Letters programme together.
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Our reporter Rebecca Sandells talks to volunteers at this year's Festival to find out what's involved with helping out at such an event and the reasons why they like to take part.
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Melita Dennett catches up the Nabokov theatre assembled Storytelling Army - a collection of people from all walks of life including those who are homeless or vulnerable housed - about their pop up performances across Brighton during the Festival.
They talk about how they are trying to make art more accessible and not cost restrictive and how they are inspired by the Festival's Guest Director Kate Tempest's theme of the "everyday epic".
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Sally Cowling of Brighton Festival tells Melita Dennett about The Gabriels Trilogy - a landmark series of plays that follows one American family throughout the turbulent election year of 2016.
Written by Tony Award-winning playwright and director Richard Nelson who returns to the Brighton Festival following the acclaimed run of his The Apple Family Plays in 2015.
We also find out about Endings by Australian artist Tamara Saulwick. Using portable turntables, reel-to-reel tape players, recorded interviews and live music from folk singer Paddy Mann, the work has been described as part soundscape, part theatre piece.
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Our reporter Rebecca Sandells talks to Ellen Booth of Brighton Festival about the number of volunteers at this year's Festival and the logistics of the whole volunteering operation.
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Melita Dennett speaks with Turkish artist Ipek Duben - creator of They/Onlar - a multi-screen video installation that looks at how people view themselves as the "other" in their own society and how we view societies different to our own as the "other".
Performance times of They/Onlar:
Sat 8 Apr – Mon 29 May, 12pm – 7pm
(Wed – Sun only Sat 8 Apr – Fri 5 May) at Fabrica Gallery
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Brighton Festival Radio Show Episode 2 - airdate Wednesday May 10th 2017
In this episode we look at Loch na hEala - a fresh take on Swan Lake, Cathie Pilkington's unsettling sculptures and dolls and a video installation challenging selfie culture and hyper sexualisation of young people.
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Irish dance and theatre company Teac Damsa bring their take of Swan Lake to the Brighton Festival this year.
Melita Dennett caught up with creator Michael Keegan-Dolan to find out about their interpretation which is rooted in a place where ancient Irish mythology and modern Ireland meet.
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Our reporter Rebecca Sandells went along to Australian performance maker Tamara Saulwick's part chamber concert and part performance Endings which explores the theme of death.
Rebecca joins Melita Dennett in studio to describe what she saw.
Performance times:
Tue 9 – Sat 13 May, 7.30pm
Sat 13 May matinee, 2pm at The Old Market
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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Visual artist Cathie Pilkington brings her exhibition The Life Rooms to Brighton Festival 2017. The exhibition explores images of women, memories of childhood and the uncanniness of dolls.
Melita Dennett went along to the installation and talks to Cathie about her work.
Performance times:
Sat 6 – Sat 27 May,
Mon – Sat, 11am – 6pm
Thu, 11am – 8pm
Sun, 11am – 5pm at University of Brighton Gallery
To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org
To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2017 see : http://radioreverb.com
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