Brighton
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‘Wrong’ at the Marlborough Theatre, Brighton 1st & 3rd March
Have finalised dates for these evenings at the Marlborough. Betty and Mark, with their pal Callum doing ‘Wrong’, which is my short farce involving a corpse, plus another wee piece I wrote recently called ‘A bite to eat’ which is mainly to do with zombies. Mark is writing some material too and it should be…
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Aids Memorial Concert December 1st 2010
Will be going along to the Aids Memorial Concert, at St Mary The Virgin Church in St James Street Brighton. Among others it features Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus, Hullabaloo Cumminity Quire, and the Rainbow Chorus. The Rainbow Chorus are premiering a song Matt Pollard and I wrote for the Chorus called ‘Found’. Can’t wait to…
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This concert will fall in love with you
My collaboration with classical music composer Matthew Pollard is fascinating. Matt recently played me through parts of the first five variations. For me it was incredibly exciting to hear the music taking shape. It is full of delicious uncertainties. And it is quite humbling to hear how they interlace and enlarge on the words I’ve…
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Pooran Desai and One Brighton
Interviewed the sustainability pioneer Pooran Desai OBE last Friday, and attended the opening of the zero carbon One Brighton development, which it is claimed is the most sustainable housing development in the UK – and possibly the world. His One Planet thinking informed its development. And it is fantastic. Having had the tour, and done…
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Gilbert Shelton and Fat Freddy’s Cat
Popped into Dave’s Comics in Brighton, where the legendary Gilbert Shelton was signing books. Or rather drawing in them, and then signing. I was there to score a copy for my pal Anton. I really enjoyed talking to Gilbert as he drew the Freak Brothers in the Freak Brothers Omnibus book jacket for me. I…
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galactic symphonies
Having been introduced lately to the extremely likeable American poet, and Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys collaborator, Stephen J Kalinich in my local pub it seemed rude not to go to his performance with the guitarist Richard Durant of their collaboration “Galactic Symphonies” at the BHASVIC college. I have to say I was blown…
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more on the booth of many wonders
A photocall yesterday at the station booth. I popped along to get a quick quotes from Geoffrey Theobald, who is Chair of the Environment committee on Brighton and Hove City council (and former Mayor). Andrew Comben, Festival CEO who I’ve previously interviewed, and Chris Hudson of Southern Railways. My colleague Simon was taking photos, and…
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One little booth, one giant leap for sustainability
There are some ideas which when viewed retrospectively sound obvious. For example, when Percy Shaw invented cats eyes in 1934 to help people drive in foggy conditions, nobody seemed much interested, till future Prime Minister Jim Callaghan took them up for British roads in 1947 – and they became ubiquitous. What On Track and Southern…
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Festival Finnish: a Night of International Poetry
Brighton basking in the sun, and this evening The Quadrant pub had almost 40 people packed into what quickly became quite an airless and sweaty room. Luckily into this were poured the images of a cooler climate. This bilingual event gave you the opportunity to hear again just how alien Finnish sounds to English speaking…
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back On Track
Another interview this morning, for On Track. This time on the phone. Fortunately my interviewee Thurstan Crockett, Brighton’s Head of Sustainability Environmental Policy,was a former journalist and interviewed very well. When people are masters of their own brief, it is much easier just to step back and let them download. They, after all, know far…
Peter Kenny: a writer's notebook 