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BY MICHAEL HOOTMAN
DOME
COCK ROBIN & HIS VERY MERRY MEN
New Road, Brighton
Box office: 01273 709709
www.brightondome.org
) COCK ROBIN & HIS VERY
MERRY MEN (Jan 21–Feb 4). Brian
Ralfe presents his adult
alternative pantomime which looks
at the naughty goings-on in
Sherwood Forest, where Friar
Tuck's name will quite possibly be
mispronounced, and its cast will
be wearing the skimpiest of green
tights. Stars Phil Harlequeen;
West End star Wezley Sebastian
(Priscilla, Follies); Simon Grant
(Emmerdale, CBBC presenter) as
Cock Robin; Lee Tracey as Maid
Marion; Scott Virgo as Will
Scarlet; and the UK's Number One
male Hi-NRG artist Jason Prince
as Little John. Written and directed
by Andrew Stark (A Little Night
Music, Kiss of The Spiderwoman).
CINDERS
Kings Road, Brighton, box office: 0844 847 1515
www.brightoncentre.co.uk
) ROBIN COUSINS' ICE (Jan 22–Feb 2).
Brighton local, Robin Cousins is bringing
together world class skating talent and
choreography with iconic set design and a
soundtrack of popular music with a unique
twist. The show does not carry a narrative and it
doesn’t pigeon hole the music and songs into a
storyline. Instead, it allows the individual lyrics
and melodies to speak for themselves alongside
and within the choreography. For the audience,
to have this style of skating in a proscenium environment allows an
intimate connection between them and the skaters, and will give them
a view of figure skating that is more akin to modern dance than
competitive skating seen in events such as the Olympics.
EMPORIUM
88 London Road, Brighton
www.emporiumbrighton.com
) CINDERS (till Sat 4). Full of
colourful characters, thrilling
theatrical effects and sumptuous
costumes, Cinders is the perfect
escape from the winter weather for
all the family. No pantomime
would be complete without
slapstick silliness, a damsel in
distress rescued by her dashing
Prince and a truly wicked, booable villainess, and Cinders has
these by the glittery bucketful!
Shows at 2pm and 7pm, suitable
for ages 3+ (though does contain
'pantoscary scenes of mild peril'
and a few whizz-bangs that may
be a bit much for the very young
or tremulous.)
) RAGROOF TEA DANCE TWELFTH NIGHT (2-5pm, Sun 5)
The Ragroof invite Kings and
Clowns, Queens and Fools to come
and see off the last day of
Christmas with them – expect
glittering crowns, trickster masks,
and all manner of merry-making.
Everyone is welcome and Ragroof
encourages everyone to learn the
steps of both lead and follow so
you choose what you want to be,
rather than be dictated to by
gender! Advance booking essential
to secure your table.
KOMEDIA
Gardner St, Brighton
Box office: 0845 293 8480
www.komedia.co.uk
) BENT DOUBLE (Sun 5). An
irreverent night of fun and frolics
hosted by Zoe Lyons (Mock The
Week and Michael McIntyre's
Comedy Roadshow). Headlining
Kerry Godliman, star of Derrick
and Live At The Apollo, plus David
Mills, waspish, acerbic and down
right fabulous, and Rosie Wilby,
'Talented performer with a winning
self-deprecating personality.' Bruce
Dessau, Evening Standard
"I was crying with laughter from
start to finish" Latest 7
THEATRE ROYAL
New Road, Brighton
Box office: 08448 717650
Duke’s at the Komedia
) THE PRIDE (Tue 14–Sat 18).
Box office: 0871 902 5728
Harry Hadden-Paton (Posh, She
) Eyes Wide Open presents
Stoops To Conquer, Flare Path), Al
BREAK MY FALL (Mon 6). This low- Weaver (Inadmissible Evidence,
EYES WIDE OPEN
BREAK MY FALL
ROBIN COUSINS
BRIGHTON CENTRE
KERRY GODLIMAN
ARTS
budget film made in Hackney looks
at Liza and Sally, a female couple
who have isolated themselves from
the scene and whose only comfort
amidst their painful break up is
partying and drugs. 'Raw, abrasive,
brutal but brave' I-D Magazine;
'Generates both plausibility and
suspense, if not quite Fassbindergrade toxic tension' Time Out; 'A
terrific picture of how alcohol,
drugs and self-involvement make
relationships even more difficult
than they already are' QX.