Thistle Hotel Brighton serves up an evening of comedy

As part of this year’s Brighton Fringe Festival, Thistle Brighton is offering diners an evening of great food and classic British comedy as Faulty Towers The Dining Experience takes over its restaurant throughout May.

Based on the classic British TV sitcom ‘Fawlty Towers’, ‘Basil,’ ‘Sybil’ and ‘Manuel’ are set to bring organised chaos to the hotel’s Promenade Restaurant as the Interactive Theatre Australia revives these iconic characters, entertaining diners while they enjoy a great meal out.

Though Manuel’s waitering skills may leave much to be desired, diners will be treated to a high-quality three course meal as they enjoy two hours of comedy entertainment featuring the best-loved lines from the original series.

With daily dinner performances and lunchtime shows over the weekend, there are plenty of opportunities to take advantage of the popular Faulty Towers The Dining Experience. Tickets start from just £38 per person.

For more information on Thistle Brighton’s Faulty Towers Experience visit www.thistle.com or to book call 01273 763244.

Terms and Conditions:

· Offer valid from 7th – 29th May, 2011

· Dinner performances daily (except Mondays) sitting at 8pm for an 8.30pm show

· Lunchtime performances on Saturdays and Sundays only sitting at 1pm for a 1.30pm show

· Lunch tickets are £38 per person, including a three course meal and two-hour show

· Dinner tickets are £43 per person, including a three course meal and two-hour show

· Tickets are subject to availability

Residence Pop-Up Restaurant is back

Residence, Brighton’s first pop-up restaurant has once again given its venue a complete make-over, to sell fantastic food and cocktails Tuesday – Saturday throughout the festival.

Prices range from £13.50 (lunch and pre-theatre) to £17.50 (dinner) for 3 courses.

Local Art: On Fridays and Saturdays we will have an artist in residence, charged with creating an original work on site in front of, and perhaps including, the diners. These pieces will be auctioned for the local Alzheimer’s Association charity – an event that last year raised over £1,500.

Full biographies and works from artists available on the website featuring Jan Irvine, Geo Parkin, and Bridget Davies (whose work raised the highest bids last year).

Local Talent: Like Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen, the restaurant will again find students from the catering and hospitality course at City College Brighton working alongside professional chefs and front-of-house staff to receive the most exciting training on offer anywhere in the country. Last year’s students achieved the best passing-out results in the history of the faculty.

Local Business: Wines will be overseen, with onsite tasting every Wednesday, by Henry Butler of Butler’s Wine Cellar. His Winebox.tv show is the largest wine video site in the country and will be recorded and broadcast each week from the restaurant, with an emphasis on local growers and brands.

Local Buy-in: We’re making this a real Brighton event: Diners have been asked to contribute photos from their family albums; Kemp Town’s InRetroSpect is building a 1970’s living room on site; and beleaguered commuters are offered special deals on production of their season ticket!

Last year we were the talk of the festival. With booking already pouring in we hope to be the destination for visitors to the city, while supporting the city’s culinary as well as artistic future. With added sideburns.

www.residencepop-up.com

Whitecross Street BN1 4FA

Get Carter

2011 marks the 40th anniversary of Get Carter, the iconic british film that propelled Michael Caine into a career defining role of the cold-hearted Jack Carter. This Brighton Festival Jack is back in a stage adaptation of the original novel performed only once before by the adaptor Jonathan Holloway.

When his brother dies in mysterious circumstance, Jack travels back home to investigate. A bloody tale of revenge, redemption and brotherhood. James Weisz and S P Productions present this hard-hitting piece of cinematic theatre featuring a full professional cast led by Nick Bartlett (Gangs of New York, London Boulevard)

The Hove Centre, May 10/11/12/13 at 8pm – Tickets start from £8.50 – 01273709709 from the Dome Box-Office

www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk

www.getcarter2011.co.uk

Modern Toss at Ink_d Brighton

Due to popular demand, Modern Toss returns to Ink_d for a ground breaking exhibition of innovative ‘clothworks’, including a bespoke tailored Swearing Jacket, some challenging tea towel designs and a selection of very collectible new prints.

‘Modern Cloth’ opens on the day of the Royal Wedding and to mark the occasion Modern Toss will present an indispensable capsule collection of last minute commemorative Royal Shitnaks – a set of stamps, a beautiful one-off bone china mug and a professionally woven commemorative royal tea towel – so you can treasure forever the memory of the young Windsor’s nuptials. Help celebrate this emotional time for Kate, Wills, The Drive-by Abuser and the nation by popping down to Ink_d gallery for what promises to be one of our best shows yet.

The gallery is open to the public from Monday to Saturday, 10am – 6pm. Sundays 12 – 4pm (during exhibition dates).

96 North Road, Brighton, BN1 6YE • 01273 645299 • www.ink-d.co.uk

Ink_d Gallery is a member of the Arts Council’s Own Art Scheme that enables buyers to spread the cost of purchasing art over 10 months at 0% interest.

North and South – at Naked Eye Gallery

As part of the Artists Open Houses and the Brighton Festival fringe Patrick O’Donnell and Ian Hodgson will be showcasing exciting and diverse new work at Naked Eye Gallery in Hove.

Both northern artists based in Brighton, they are thrilled to be collaborating with Naked Eye owner David Donno who has transformed an old regency workshop into a dynamic gallery space. Having exhibited separately with David before, the artists saw potential with the new space for a joint show, with the May festival as the ideal platform for its launch.

This mixed media drawing exhibition entitled ‘North and South’ explores how identity is imprinted with memories connected to place, objects and relationships. In some works architecture is the defining presence whereas in others figures or objects take over the space, but all reference the transformative process of journey.

In addition to traditionally framed works, both artists will collaborate on a site-specific piece relating to their dialogue and progression during the build up to the show.

Naked Eye Gallery 5 Farm Mews, Farm Road Hove • www.nakedeyebrighton.com •  01273 204800