http://www.eventfulbrighton.org Exciting events happening in and around Brighton, UK Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:25:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In June 2007, to the anger of many Brighton residents, developers arrived on land next to Anston House, Preston Road, Brighton and bulldozed about ten mature oaks and copper beeches which had Tree Protection Orders. Soon afterwards, protesters set up camp on the land. I spoke to Colin West and ... http://www.eventfulbrighton.org/2008/01/11/11-anston-house-protesters/ Mischa Hewitt (http://www.lowcarbon.co.uk/) takes Andy on a tour of the Brighton Earthship. Imagine a building that heats itself during the winter, cools itself during the summer, deals with it's own waste, collects all the water it needs from the environment, is made from old car tyres, and looks beautiful - that's ... http://www.eventfulbrighton.org/2007/09/16/10-brighton-earthship/ Andy does his best to get a feel for Pride even though he arranged to go visit his in-laws on the day - Wooooops! http://www.eventfulbrighton.org http://www.eventfulbrighton.org/2007/09/10/9-pride-2007/ Meet a guy who regularly performs a three point turn - with an atom! Learn how to measure the charge separation in a neutron - and change the course of String Theory. Hear about a technology that could fly you from Tokyo to New York in under two hours. All this ... http://www.eventfulbrighton.org/2007/06/15/8-ingenious-at-the-university-of-sussex/ Strolling along Gardiner Street in the North Laines, I heard these two guys producing an amazing sound, they were Danny and Matias, who call themselves Rishikesh. I just had to record them for the show. Matias was playing the didgeridoo and Danny had what looked like an up-side-down wok - ... http://www.eventfulbrighton.org/2007/06/09/7-hang-drum-and-didgeridoo-music/ Opinions and thoughts on some of the acts in the Brighton Festival from two of our reviewers Jo in Brighton and Lee in Shoreham. Listen in to see what they thought of Dr Ivor Hairy Bum and Dr Willy Wee, Cirque Surreal, He Said She Said, Slaughterhouse, Ida Barr and ... http://www.eventfulbrighton.org/2007/05/31/6-brighton-festival-reviews-2007/ The Udderbelly is a big, blue, up-side-down cow that tours the country attending various festivals including our very own Brighton Fringe Festival. I had the pleasure of sitting in the Udderbelly bar (actually a tent) and chatting with two comedy sketch teams who were playing there, Greedy (Louie Bayliss, Felicity ... http://www.eventfulbrighton.org/2007/05/25/5-greedy-and-the-pros-from-dover-at-the-udderbelly/ The Streets of Brighton took place on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th May. Enjoy an outdoor period drama, giant prawns doing a striptease, lively outdoor music from a group of frogmen, blokes in pubs, an incredible gong shower, a hydraulic caravan and some splendid, pulsating tree lights. Artists featured/mentioned/could be heard ... http://www.eventfulbrighton.org/2007/05/13/4-the-streets-of-brighton/ On the first Sunday every May, Queens Park in Brighton becomes host to a bunch of May Day celebrations from green-clad nymphettes doing fertility dances around a maypole, to live theatre, to folk bands. Despite cool, grey skies, there was plenty happening - I'm glad I went! Mentioned in this show:- Bloodstone ... http://www.eventfulbrighton.org/2007/05/09/queens-park-may-day-in-albion/ With mike in hand, I venture into Jubilee Square to capture the essence of Fringe City. I meet a man wearing a judge's wig, a man with giant cardboard ears and a man making funny sounds with a guitar, a laptop and lots of wires. I also meet lots of ... http://www.eventfulbrighton.org/2007/05/07/fringe-city/ The children's parade opens the festival every year. This year the theme was inventors and inventions and over 70 schools from in and around Brighton took part. [tags]parade,children[/tags] http://www.eventfulbrighton.org/2007/05/05/1-childrens-parade/ Coming very soon! Coverage of the Brighton Festival and Fringe Festival. http://www.eventfulbrighton.org/2007/05/04/hello-world/