Wagner Hall Brighton

Fringe - Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles by Brighton University Drama Society (BUDS)
2022-06-04 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
Saturday 4th June; Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles by Brighton University Drama Society (BUDS)

The Brighton University Drama Society (BUDS) is proud to present their new show Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles.

“It’s 1978. Unemployment and violence darken every Glasgow close; Scotland has been knocked out of the World Cup; Grease is at the top of the charts and seminal Scottish punk band The Jaggy Nettles is imploding.”

This is the first time since Covid that BUDS will be able to perform in front of a real audience.

Doors: 6.30pm

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Fringe - Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles by Brighton University Drama Society (BUDS)
2022-06-03 19:00 - 20:00
Friday 3rd June; Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles by Brighton University Drama Society (BUDS)

The Brighton University Drama Society (BUDS) is proud to present their new show Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles.

“It’s 1978. Unemployment and violence darken every Glasgow close; Scotland has been knocked out of the World Cup; Grease is at the top of the charts and seminal Scottish punk band The Jaggy Nettles is imploding.”

This is the first time since Covid that BUDS will be able to perform in front of a real audience.

Doors: 6.30pm

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The Lezzwood Players proudly present: Comedy of Lezzers or Much Ado About Muffin...or As You Dyke It
2022-03-18 19:30
Yes, – the Lezzwood Players are BACK!

As the nation celebrates 25 years since the historic reopening of the Shakespeare’s Globe theatre, who better to troll His Royal Bard-ness than Brighton’s very own purveyors of sapphic slapstick, the Lezzwood Players?! We are delighted to present a brand new, typically Shakespearean tale of lust, murder, magic, vegan rock buns and entirely implausible cases of mistaken identity…

Join us as we crush the crested codpiece of a cultural icon – and find answers to the questions that have eluded the experts for centuries such as…

Do ALDI offer two-for-one on Eye of Newt?

Should Romeo & Juliet have both swiped left?

Was poor Yorrick REALLY a lass?

How many Health & Safety Regulations did Puck breach?

The Lezzwood Players have been startling audiences in and around Brighton since 2012 with their sensational saucy satires of well-worn theatrical genres.

More about us at www.lezzwood.co.uk. For latest news, follow us on Facebook

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Fringe - Gaps in the Light by Lîla Dance
2022-06-01 17:30 - 18:30
Wednesday 1st June; Gaps in the Light by Lîla Dance

Add to wishlistShare: Audience Choice Award. Vote for eventAge suitability: 11 +Personal Assistant TicketsLanguage No ProblemIn PersonWorld PremiereA Night of Screen Dance featuring the premier of Lila Dance’s new film ‘Gaps in the Light’, stunning duet ‘a part’ featuring leading wheelchair dancers Susie Birchwood (Candoco) and Laura Jones (Stopgap) plus a new film from Morvell Dance ‘Moving Portraits’ and other screen dance treats!

Gaps in the Light: Jon, Claire, Mikey and Lucca are friends but do they really know each other? Stuck together, they close the door on their house for the last time; their lives interweave; small spaces become sanctuaries, cells, stages, studios, gyms and ballrooms.

When you go from sharing caramel biscuits to sharing your innermost fantasies and worries something has to change or something within us changes?

When the walls are crushing in and you can hear your neighbours secrets but you can’t join the party or leave, what’s your escape plan? Become someone new, transform your life and walk out into a brand new beginning.

Gaps in the Light is a portrait of 4 people removed from their world, their life and left entirely to their own devices. Made from verbatim interviews. A light and amusing take on life that we all recognise.

a part: a work that celebrates the art of wheelchair dancing. The intricate choreography with a backdrop of graffiti art is driven by the catchy rhythmic structures of original score. With a nod to female pop video icons such as Brittany and Beyoncé; sharp shooting, fast-paced editing invites you to think differently and celebrate new female icons

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Fringe - Clean at 17 by Katie O'Brien
2022-05-27 20:00 - 21:00
Friday 27th May; Clean at 17

Award-winning actress Katie O’Brien presents a fresh, funny, and taboo-smashing take on addiction and recovery. We’re familiar with stories of addicted pop stars to born again pimps but what does being 23 years clean really mean? Katie has been in a love-hate relationship with 12 Step fellowships and modern-day psychology’s take on addiction.

She has a few things to say about this and her lived experience through a series of skits, stories and oversharing. Hilarious, brutally honest, heart-warming and provocative; a one-woman show that challenges perceptions of recovering from addiction, pathologising humanity and the quest of self-discovery.

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Fringe - Clean at 17 by Katie O'Brien
2022-05-26 20:00 - 21:00
Thursday 26th May; Clean at 17

Award-winning actress Katie O’Brien presents a fresh, funny, and taboo-smashing take on addiction and recovery. We’re familiar with stories of addicted pop stars to born again pimps but what does being 23 years clean really mean? Katie has been in a love-hate relationship with 12 Step fellowships and modern-day psychology’s take on addiction.

She has a few things to say about this and her lived experience through a series of skits, stories and oversharing. Hilarious, brutally honest, heart-warming and provocative; a one-woman show that challenges perceptions of recovering from addiction, pathologising humanity and the quest of self-discovery.

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Fringe - Jazz Supper Club with Sam Carelse's Quintet tribute to Anita O'Day
2022-05-22 19:30 - 21:30
Sunday 22nd May; Sam Carelse’s Quintet tribute to Anita O’Day

Experience Cool and West Coast jazz music in an NYC-styled ‘Supper Club’ setting. This series of early evening gigs showcases some of the UK’s best jazz talent in jazz.

Each concert’s guest star presents a themed tribute to a jazz legend in the intimate surrounds of Brighton’s Wagner Hall, with licensed bar, delicious menu, and fig tree garden area.

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Fringe - Jazz Supper Club with Julian Nicolas Quartet
2022-05-19 19:30 - 21:30
Thursday 19th May; Julian Nicolas Quartet and the Chet Baker project

Experience Cool and West Coast jazz music in an NYC-styled ‘Supper Club’ setting. This series of early evening gigs showcases some of the UK’s best jazz talent in jazz.

Each concert’s guest star presents a themed tribute to a jazz legend in the intimate surrounds of Brighton’s Wagner Hall, with licensed bar, delicious menu, and fig tree garden area.

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Fringe - So... by Ridiculusmus
2022-05-18 19:00 - 20:00
Wednesday 18th May ‘So… ”

‘So… ” is a new entertainment by winners of the Herald Archangel at Edinburgh in 2019, the legendary independent “masters of comic invention”, Ridiculusmus, in which two long-lost brothers overcome their polarized perception and come together to get something done.

Business, personal matters and the right connection for some vintage technology pepper a joyfully chaotic exchange that somehow embraces everything difficult and wrong in the world and proposes workable solutions that will definitely not “blow you away” but warm the cockles of your battered heart.

Written and performed by David Woods and Jon Haynes. The co-artistic directors and founders of Ridiculusmus, a 30-year artistic partnership of international acclaim, avant-garde mess and polymathic pursuit of the ever unattainable.

Doors 6pm: enjoy a pre-show drink in Wagner garden (weather permitting!).

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Fringe - So... by Ridiculusmus
2022-05-17 19:00 - 20:00
Tuesday 17th May ‘So… ”

‘So… ” is a new entertainment by winners of the Herald Archangel at Edinburgh in 2019, the legendary independent “masters of comic invention”, Ridiculusmus, in which two long-lost brothers overcome their polarized perception and come together to get something done.

Business, personal matters and the right connection for some vintage technology pepper a joyfully chaotic exchange that somehow embraces everything difficult and wrong in the world and proposes workable solutions that will definitely not “blow you away” but warm the cockles of your battered heart.

Written and performed by David Woods and Jon Haynes. The co-artistic directors and founders of Ridiculusmus, a 30-year artistic partnership of international acclaim, avant-garde mess and polymathic pursuit of the ever unattainable.

Doors 6pm: enjoy a pre-show drink in Wagner garden (weather permitting!).

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BIF - Brighton Illustration Fair
2022-05-01 10:00 - 18:00, 2022-04-30 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday 30th April & Sunday 1st May; After all the fun of our BIFmas market we’re returning to Wagner Hall with a fresh crop of our favourite illustrators!

The BIF Spring Market will run over two days to host over 70 different artists selling their goods. Roll up to snag yourself/your partner/your mum/your dog some lovely things, lovingly created by a huge range of super talented illustrators. We’ve lined up a great mix of exhibitors both old and new, so you can catch up with new work from your old fav’s while discovering new ones.

We’ll see you there!

Team BIF x

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Green Vegan Fair
2022-04-24 11:00 - 16:00
Our charity event is back with free entry! Discover ethical businesses, wonderful charities and the best positive energy in an indoor space with live music. Support our raffle that donates to animal charities and get a chance to win one of our vegan goody bags. Meet like-minded people and local traders.Learn about what actions you can do to help the animals or simply get some advice and info about a balanced vegan diet.We are proud to support the local community and animal activists! See you all there

https://www.facebook.com/greenveganfair

White Wall Cinema Presents - Secret Movie Club "IT IS STILL 1985"
2022-04-08 19:30 - 22:00
White Wall Cinema presents

​FRIDAY 8th APRIL

It is still 1985

Celebrating 14 years of Brighton’s favourite 80s night every Saturday (at the Green Door Store), ‘It Is Still 1985’ team up with Brighton’s pop up cinema crew White Wall Cinema to present a special mystery movie night at Wagner Hall in central Brighton, showcasing a cult 80s movie favorite. Nothing too obvious… it won’t be The Breakfast Club, or Dirty Dancing but likely something a little more off the beaten path that presents the most 80s vision possible of the decade that good taste forgot. Lots of fun with a high likelihood of an iconic 80s actor or two, a synth laden soundtrack and some neon light drenched scenes. Be prepared for a night of pop up cinema in central Brighton that is just as much fun as the dance floor is at the Green Door Store every Saturday. Adventure into the world of eighties cinema with us FOR FREE(!!). Click on the link below to sign up for your free tickets.

*Please Note* you must be 18 or over to attend this event.

https://www.whitewallcinema.co.uk/april1st8th

DOORS: 7.20pm*

START TIME: 8.00pm

RUN TIME: 100 mins approx

CERT: 18

LOCATION: Wagner Hall (Regency Road, Brighton)

Green Vegan Fair
2022-04-03 10:30 - 16:00
Green Vegan Fair is back! This April discover ethical businesses, wonderful charities and the best positive energy in an indoor space with live music. Enjoy a drink (coffee/ tea/ juice) + snacks with our £5 ticket.Support our raffle that donates to animal charities and get a chance to win one of our vegan goody bags.Meet like-minded people and local traders.

Learn about what actions you can do to help the animals or simply get some advice and info about a balanced vegan diet.

We are proud to support the local community and animal activists! See you all there, my and healthy Greek Vegan food by will be available to enjoy on the 27th March 2022 plus discover ethical businesses, wonderful charities and the best positive energy in an indoor space with live music. Enjoy a hot drink (coffee/ tea) with a £3 ticket or a hot drink + snacks with a £5 ticket.

Why not support our raffle that donates to animal charities and get a chance to win one of our vegan goody bags. Meet like-minded people and local traders.

Learn about what actions you can do to help the animals or simply get some advice and info about a balanced vegan diet. We are proud to support the local community and animal activists!

https://www.facebook.com/greenveganfair

White Wall Cinema Presents - Secret Movie Club "IT IS STILL 1985"
2022-04-01 19:30 - 22:00
White Wall Cinema presents

​FRIDAY 1ST APRIL

It is still 1985

Celebrating 14 years of Brighton’s favourite 80s night every Saturday (at the Green Door Store), ‘It Is Still 1985’ team up with Brighton’s pop up cinema crew White Wall Cinema to present a special mystery movie night at Wagner Hall in central Brighton, showcasing a cult 80s movie favorite. Nothing too obvious… it won’t be The Breakfast Club, or Dirty Dancing but likely something a little more off the beaten path that presents the most 80s vision possible of the decade that good taste forgot. Lots of fun with a high likelihood of an iconic 80s actor or two, a synth laden soundtrack and some neon light drenched scenes. Be prepared for a night of pop up cinema in central Brighton that is just as much fun as the dance floor is at the Green Door Store every Saturday. Adventure into the world of eighties cinema with us FOR FREE(!!). Click on the link below to sign up for your free tickets.

*Please Note* you must be 18 or over to attend this event.

https://www.whitewallcinema.co.uk/april1st

DOORS: 7.20pm*

START TIME: 8.00pm

RUN TIME: 100 mins approx

CERT: 18

LOCATION: Wagner Hall (Regency Road, Brighton)

Green Vegan Fair
2022-03-27 10:30 - 16:00
Yummy and healthy Greek Vegan food by will be available to enjoy on the 27th March 2022 plus discover ethical businesses, wonderful charities and the best positive energy in an indoor space with live music. Enjoy a hot drink (coffee/ tea) with a £3 ticket or a hot drink + snacks with a £5 ticket.

Why not support our raffle that donates to animal charities and get a chance to win one of our vegan goody bags.Meet like-minded people and local traders.

Learn about what actions you can do to help the animals or simply get some advice and info about a balanced vegan diet.We are proud to support the local community and animal activists!

https://www.facebook.com/greenveganfair

Green Vegan Fair
2022-03-20 10:30 - 16:00
Yummy and healthy Greek Vegan food by will be available to enjoy on the 20th March 2022 plus discover ethical businesses, wonderful charities and the best positive energy in an indoor space with live music. Enjoy a hot drink (coffee/ tea) with a £3 ticket or a hot drink + snacks with a £5 ticket.

Why not support our raffle that donates to animal charities and get a chance to win one of our vegan goody bags.Meet like-minded people and local traders.

Learn about what actions you can do to help the animals or simply get some advice and info about a balanced vegan diet.We are proud to support the local community and animal activists!

https://www.facebook.com/greenveganfair

White Wall Cinema Presents - WOLFWALKERS
2022-03-17 19:30 - 22:00
White Wall Cinema presents

​THURSDAY MARCH 17TH

Wolfwalkers

The latest stunningly beautiful animation from the director behind The Secret Of Kells, and Song Of The Sea, this Oscar, Golden Globe and Bafta nominated masterpiece (with a deserved 99% on Rotten Tomatoes) from Tomm Moore, again revisits his passion for Irish folklore with this mythic tale of ‘Wolfwalkers’. When the free spirited Robyn, a young girl from England follows her father (Sean Bean) to Kilkenny she is desperate to break free from her domestic life to assist her father in his task of hunting the dangerous wolves that occupy the surrounding forest. One day when sneaking into the woods against her father’s permission she befriends Mebh, a member of a mysterious tribe who legend has it can transform into wolves. An epic ethereal fantasy, Wolfwalkers is characterised by its unbelievably stunning animation, strong female characters, beguiling soundtrack and strong thread of Irish identity. Not to be missed on the big screen for St. Patrick’s Day..

https://www.whitewallcinema.co.uk/copy-of-sunday-march-13th

Tickets available from: https://www.wegottickets.com/sct/xVjkTpUJu7

DOORS: 7.00pm*

START TIME: 7.30pm

RUN TIME: 103 mins approx

CERT: PG (under 15’s must be accompanied by an adult

LOCATION: Wagner Hall (Regency Road, Brighton)

White Wall Cinema Presents - The Secret Movie Club : The Instant Classic
2022-03-11 19:30 - 22:00
White Wall Cinema presents

​FRIDAY MARCH 11TH

The Secret Movie Club

Our “Secret Movie Club” project takes a movie you most likely haven’t seen before (but will instantly love) and keeps the identity of the movie a secret, only revealing which film you are watching when the opening credits roll. The aim is to provide you with a brilliant forgotten or overlooked gem from cinema’s past or present. Every time we do these events we get such phenomenal feedback from you guys. It’s incredibly rewarding to have people say to us they had never even heard of the movie we screened for them, but that it is now instantly among their favourites!

The Instant Classic

For our first mystery movie of 2022 we visit the south central portion of the United States in a film that both authentically portrays the magnificent vistas and social landscape of the region but also raises the dramatic stakes to create a beautifully paced thriller packed with brilliant character studies and clever plotting, making this modern overlooked gem have both the appeal of current cinema and also somehow the feel of a classic. Gripping, intelligently written, and often tense, this film boasts a truly great late period performance from a cult figure of Hollywood cinema as well as an overlooked performance from one of the box office’s current crop, sound tracked with a score from a well known alternative favourite. With echoes of filmmaker’s such as Howard Hawks and The Coen Brothers, this mystery film was nominated for a slew of awards including Oscars, Baftas and Golden Globes, and was gleefully received by critics, currently holding a score only a few digits shy of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

https://www.whitewallcinema.co.uk/theinstantclassic

Tickets available from: https://www.wegottickets.com/sct/tGCS6Fm8V6

DOORS: 7.40pm*

START TIME: 8.10pm

RUN TIME: 100 mins approx

CERT: 15

LOCATION: Wagner Hall (Regency Road, Brighton)

White Wall Cinema Presents - North by Northwest
2022-03-04 19:30 - 22:00
White Wall Cinema presents

​FRIDAY MARCH 4TH

NORTH BY NORTHWEST

The master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock thrills in full Vistavision and Technicolor glory in easily one of his greatest creations. Eschewing the ‘horror’ elements of better known works like Psycho and The Birds, here we see the kind of film Hitch was born to make. A perfect example of his ‘pure cinema’ ethos it features a truly on form Carey Grant as Madison Avenue ad exec Roger Thornhill who becomes accidentally becomes embroiled in an international espionage plot thanks to a classic Hitch style case of mistaken identity, alongside the quintessential icy blonde Eve Marie Saint and the ever calculating James Mason. Exquisitely realized through iconic set pieces, a twisting turning plot, a wry sense of humour, and with glamour and style oozing from every frame, North By Northwest surpasses even the best modern Hollywood thrillers in terms of sheer excitement and entertainment in a way that still fully magnetises modern audiences to the screen right from the off.

https://www.whitewallcinema.co.uk/march4th

Tickets available from: https://www.wegottickets.com/sct/9dFwAJyQjB

DOORS: 7.15pm*

START TIME: 7.45pm

RUN TIME: 136 mins approx

CERT: 12 (under 15s must be accompanied by an adult)

LOCATION: Wagner Hall (Regency Road, Brighton)

White Wall Cinema Presents - The Outsiders | Rumblefish DOUBLE BILL
2022-02-27 18:00 - 22:00
DOUBLE BILL PRESENTATION:

THE OUTSIDERS & RUMBLEFISH

Credited as the inventor of the YA genre, Susan Eloise Hinton’s (better known by her pen name S.E. Hinton) two classic novels received stunning back to back film adaptations from the great Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The Cotton Club) with a cast of then largely unknown (mostly teenage) actors that included a future who’s who of Hollywood including Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Emelio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Nicolas Cage, Laurence Fishburne and more. These two back to back Coppola creations, whilst being beautifully dissimilar still share a thematic convergence through Hinton’s two tales of disaffected Oklahoman teenagers.

The Outsiders bathed in its golden light of a nostalgic melodrama (seen in here in a stunning brand new 4K restoration in its ‘Complete Novel’ cut) and Rumble Fish’s fatalistic melding of film noir, the French new wave, and German expressionism are two of the most visually arresting and heartfelt productions in all of cinema. The Outsiders, ‘The Complete Novel’ cut boasts a newly added collection of excellent era appropriate songs sound tracking its socio-economic gang conflicts of the working-class “Greasers” and the upper-class “Socs”. Rumble Fish features a fittingly stylised score by The Police’s Stewart Copeland charting Rusty James’s battle to live up to his brothers (dubious) ‘Motorcycle Boy’ reputation. Adding to this is Coppola’s outstanding direction and cast both captured by Stephen H. Burum’s remarkable cinematography, making these two films an unforgettable and essential cinematic double bill.

https://www.whitewallcinema.co.uk/february27th

Tickets available from: https://www.wegottickets.com/sct/3wS4KfAgAH

DOORS: 6.00pm*

START TIME: 6.20pm

RUN TIME: 115 + 94 mins approx

CERT: 18

LOCATION: Wagner Hall (Regency Road, Brighton)

Voodoo Vaudeville - Dr Voodoo’s Asylum !
2022-02-25 19:30 - 22:00
Mix circus, cabaret, theatre, music, song and dance, add a dollop of madness and a twist of filth and you’ve got the devil’s brew that is a Voodoo Vaudeville show. Gasp at the aerial artistry and join the dance as we shiver our way through the warped minds of the voodoo crew doing what they do best. A wonderful brew of the insanely entertaining and the criminally captivating, love it you will.

http://voodoovaudeville.com/

Door time: 7:30pm, Start time: 8:00pm

14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

Buy tickets now…

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/voodoo-vaudeville-presents-dr-voodoos-asylum-tickets-243041141597

Green Vegan Fair
2022-02-20 10:30 - 16:30
Discover ethical businesses, wonderful charities and the best positive energy in an indoor space with live music. Enjoy a hot drink (coffee/ tea) with a £3 ticket or a hot drink + snacks with a £5 ticket.

Support our raffle that donates to animal charities and get a chance to win one of our vegan goody bags.Meet like-minded people and local traders.

Learn about what actions you can do to help the animals or simply get some advice and info about a balanced vegan diet.We are proud to support the local community and animal activists!

https://www.facebook.com/greenveganfair

White Wall Cinema Presents - Moscow on the Hudson
2022-02-18 19:30 - 22:00
White Wall Cinema presents

​FRIDAY FEBRUARY 18TH

MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON-4K RESTORATION (1984)

An overlooked Robin Williams gem, Moscow On The Hudson exploits William’s keen talent for both comedic and dramatic roles. This gentle tale of a Soviet saxophone player fed up with the bread lines and KGB oversite that plague his life at home decides to defect to the U.S. whilst he is on tour in New York with his circus troupe. Focusing just as much on humanity as humour, Williams offers up a deeply tender portrayal of a man navigating his way in a new world, in a film that earnestly celebrates and critiques American society and the American dream. A tribute to New York multiculturalism and a beautifully appointed early film role for Williams, Moscow On The Hudson is utterly charming, with a brilliantly sensitive but never sentimental central performance. One of the great unsung performances from the late, great Robin Williams.

https://www.whitewallcinema.co.uk/february18th

Tickets available from: https://www.wegottickets.com/sct/HWDXhzTHp2

DOORS: 7.30pm*

START TIME: 8.00pm

RUN TIME: 115 mins approx

CERT: 15

LOCATION: Wagner Hall (Regency Road, Brighton)

Green Vegan Fair
2022-02-13 10:30 - 16:30
Discover ethical businesses, wonderful charities and the best positive energy in an indoor space with live music. Enjoy a hot drink (coffee/ tea) with a £3 ticket or a hot drink + snacks with a £5 ticket.

Support our raffle that donates to animal charities and get a chance to win one of our vegan goody bags.Meet like-minded people and local traders.

Learn about what actions you can do to help the animals or simply get some advice and info about a balanced vegan diet.We are proud to support the local community and animal activists!

Celebrate not only romantic love but also the love for activism and the love for the local community at our next event on Sunday 13 February 2022.

https://www.facebook.com/greenveganfair
