Registration for the Fringe 2012

Early Bird Discount

Register your events for less between 1st November & 31st December 2011.

New Venues for 2012

With over 180 registered venues in the directory, Brighton Fringe is not short on performance spaces & galleries for your event. New venues are being added every day, click here to check out five new entries.

If you are still looking to find a Fringe Venue for 2012 why not check out the venue directory here.

Participant Workshops

Thanks to all who attended the Fund Your Brighton Fringe Event workshop on the 3rd October! If you missed the workshop you can download the guide to funding your Brighton Fringe show here. Audio from the event will be available soon.

If you want to learn more about funding with WeDidThis email Hen Norton at: projects@wedidthis.org.uk or go to the WeDidThis projects page and sign up before the end of October.

How to Sell your Brighton Fringe Show Workshop

After the success of the funding workshop we invite you to come to the second of our fantastic free Fringe workshops, where you can meet the Fringe team & reviewers and get tips on how to market your show.

Come along to Komedia Studio Bar, Gardner St, Brighton, on Monday 21st November, from 5 – 7pm.

E: info@brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk •  T: 01273 764 900

Royal Pavilion Ice Rink

The popular Royal Pavilion Ice Rink returns for a second year. Take a whirl against the magical palace backdrop or simply soak up the atmosphere from the rink-side pop-up restaurant.

Tickets on sale from September, including combined Royal Pavilion admission and skate offers.

Sessions 10am-10.15pm on the East Lawn

www.brighton-hove-pavilion.org.uk

Holiday on Ice’s Tropicana! at The Brighton Centre

The Brighton Centre is delighted to announce they will host the UK premiere of Tropicana – The Passion Tour, a brand new show from Holiday on Ice.

Created and choreographed by former Olympic champion, Robin Cousins MBE, TROPICANA takes you on a journey that celebrates love, life, music and dance in one of the most thrilling ice spectaculars you will ever see.

Robin Cousins’ love of skating and desire for artistic excellence has given us some of the most unforgettable performances ever seen on ice.  In TROPICANA Robin invites you to share his dance and musical inspirations – from the high octane rock ‘n’ roll of fifties America to a smouldering bolero and the steamy Latin rhythms of a tropical night club – brought to life by a cast of over 40 world class skaters.

As well as offering an original musical score, TROPICANA features interpretations of some of the best loved songs from world-renowned songwriter Barry Manilow including ‘I Can’t Smile Without You’, the iconic ‘Mandy’ and the one and only ‘Copacabana’.

Robin comments:  “A few years ago I was working with Barry Manilow on a TV Special and I found his music works just as great skating should. It flows beautifully and soars in all the right places!  There’s passion and power in the songs and that’s what I’ve always tried to convey in the shows I create, so I am absolutely delighted to have been given the opportunity to showcase this wonderful music in  TROPICANA and hope this will add a new dimension to the audience’s enjoyment of these great songs.”
For the first time in Holiday on Ice’s history, TROPICANA employs a giant, state-of-the-art LED screen as the backdrop to the show, enhancing the action on the ice with a thrilling light show that incorporates additional footage of the skaters.

Tickets are available from www.brightoncentre.co.uk or from the box office on 0844 847 1515.

Dress for Excess: Fashion in Regency England

This major fashion exhibition – Dress for Excess: Fashion in Regency England, celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Regency Act by looking at the life of George IV as prince, regent and king through fashions of the late Georgian period. Men’s and women’s costumes are displayed throughout the palace exploring themes from George’s life and the stylistic influences of the period.

A new exhibition space, the Prince Regent Gallery, is dedicated to George and also shows items of dress he wore, from a beautifully printed banyan of the 1770s to his huge breeches worn towards the end of his life. The most spectacular item is George’s extravagant coronation robe, on loan from Madame Tussauds, Merlin Entertainments Group and not seen in public for 30 years.

This is only the second time a fashion exhibition has been held in the former royal palace and it brings to life not only the Royal Pavilion’s architecture but its rich collections of furniture, textiles and decorative arts.

The Royal Pavilion, The Prince Regent Gallery • www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk

Admission prices

Adult £9.80 • Child (5-15 years) £5.60 • Concession £7.80 • B&H resident (with proof of address) £4.90

• Family tickets also available