Saturday, March 04, 2006

Festivals

Brighton Festival

Can it really be that time of the year already? Yes, tickets for the 2006 Brighton Festival are now on sale. This year's event - celebrating its 40th anniversary - runs from 6th to 28th May with hundreds of different performances to choose from including eight world premieres, including the much anticipated Lost and Found Orchestra, the first new show from the creators of Stomp in fifteen years.

Highlights from the literary programme include Chuck Palahniuk & Irvine Welsh, Richard E. Grant, Eric Sykes and a discussion with film director Nicolas Roeg which will take place at the Duke Of York's cinema. Of course there's also a wide range of theatre, music, opera, dance and outdoor events... full details are on the festival website:

www.brighton-festival.org.uk

Hostel Day

Returning to the movies, the FrightFest team have announced a one day event - nicknamed Hostel Day - to be held at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square on Saturday 18th March. The day will centre around a preview screening of Eli Roth's Hostel and will also feature showings of new movies Death Trance, Mortuary and Reeker alongside retro screenings of The Wicker Man and Theatre Of Blood. Tickets go on sale today priced £37.50 for a full day ticket or £9 for individual films.... full details are on the FrightFest website:

www.frightfest.co.uk

1 comment:

James Moran said...

Eric Sykes - legend! You have to go and see him.