The podcast of the Brighton Festival radio show brought to you by RadioReverb - Broadcast Media Partner for Brighton Festival 2020.
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Melita and Rebecca reflect on their favourites from this year's programme, including Silence, Backbone, Flight and Iron Men.RadioReverb
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Melita, Rebecca and Mark discuss what they'd like to see at next year's festival.RadioReverb
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Two dancers from Boys, the dance piece exploring masculinity by the Pappy Show, join Melita.RadioReverb
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In the final episode of the Brighton Festival Podcast, Melita and Rebecca are joined by: members of Vietnam's Tijmur Dance Theatre on Varhung; Kwame and Komron from the Pappy Show on their performance Boys; Dan Canham from free outdoor dance piece Session; and our hosts present their highlights from the festival.…
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Peter Stickney from theatre company The Lord Chamberlain's Men joins Melita and Rebecca to talk about this year's performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream.RadioReverb
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Bart Baele discusses the performance piece True Copy, the story of art forgery by Belgian company Berlin.RadioReverb
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Director David Gilbert discusses his storytelling project Another Star to Steer By.RadioReverb
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Gautam Malkani, author of Distortion, explains his work on the unreported carers in the UK.RadioReverb
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Melita and Rebecca take you behind the scenes. Interviews with author Gautam Malkani; Bart Baele of Berlin's True Copy; David Gilbert, director of Another Star To Steer By; and Peter Stickney from theatre company The Lord Chamberlain's Men on A Midsummer Night's Dream.RadioReverb
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Nadine is a Syrian writer and illustrator. Her show Tomorrow tells the story of a brave young boy called Yazan from her book Tomorrow.RadioReverb
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Marta Strzalko from Polish theatre company Teatr Buro Podrozy is in the studio to talk their show Silence.RadioReverb
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Electronic artist Circuit Des Yeux discusses her original soundtrack to the 1923 silent film Salomé.RadioReverb
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Our Place's Jon Mason joins Melita & Rebecca to explain his Time Travel Treasure Hunt, the interactive tour telling the story of Brighton-based inventor Magnus Volk.RadioReverb
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Melita and Rebecca take you behind the scenes of the Brighton Festival. Interviews with Marta Strzalko of Polish theatre company Teatr Buro Podrozy on their piece Silence; Storyteller Jon Mason from Our Place on his interactive history tour telling the story of the inventor Magnus Volk; Mark Johnson talks to Ariwo; and Circuit des Yeux on her origi…
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Melita and Rebecca do all the hard work so you don't have to. In conversation today: Literature Producer Nii Aykwei; Traptown Choreographer Khermann Khaurighei; Tim Brown on the Film Programme; Seeta Patel on Not Today's Yesterday; Performance Producer Philippa Barr; and Our Place producer Sally Scott.…
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Choreographer German Jauregui explains his unique performance.RadioReverb
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The man in charge of the festival's Literature Programme, Nii Aykwei, joins Melita and Rebecca in the studio.RadioReverb
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Head of the Festival's performance strand Philippa Barr discusses her highlights.RadioReverb
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Our Place Producer Sally Scott looks back on the weekend's performances, and ahead to the final events bringing the Festival out into local communities.RadioReverb
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Seeta Patel, the dancer behind the one-woman-show Not Today's Yesterday discusses her performance.RadioReverb
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Creator of the one woman show Superhoe Nicole Lecky discusses the story of a young woman who falls into the world of online sex work.RadioReverb
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Spymonkey's Petra Massey talks her twenty years of Spymonkey and their show Cooped.RadioReverb
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Children's Events Programmer Pippa Smith shares her highlights for the final week of the festival.RadioReverb
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Kyla from the Other Screen, a group that examines representations of disabled people and the Deaf community, discusses musical comedy My Left Right Foot.RadioReverb
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Mark Johnson reviews Rokia Traoré's fundraiser featuring traditional Malian songs and re-imagined popular music, performed by members of the Passerelle Foundation. Photo: Maurizio GuidiceRadioReverb
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Melita and Rebecca bring you the inside track of the Brighton Festival. Interviews with Children's Events Programmer Pippa Smith; Spymonkey's Petra Massey on Cooped; the creator of Superhoe, Nicole Lecky; Kyla from The Other Screen discusses My Left Right Foot; and Mark Johnson reviews Rokia Traoré's Dream Mandé.…
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Guest Director Rokia Traoré explains her choices for this year's Brighton Festival.RadioReverb
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Ricky Perrin from East Brighton's Our Place is in the studio.RadioReverb
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An interview with all female BAME singing group Banyan Tree, part of Our Place.RadioReverb
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Rebecca meets the public at the Museum of the Moon in Queens Park.RadioReverb
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Mark Johnson catches up with Ariwo's Iranian electronic composer Poya Esay.RadioReverb
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Melita and Rebecca share their recommendations for the Festival. Interviews with Guest Director Rokia Traore; Our Place's Banyan Tree Theatre Group and Ricky Perrin from East Brighton's Our Place; Rebecca speaks to revelers at the Museum of the Moon; and Mark Johnson catches up with Ariwo's Iranian electronic composer Poya Esay.…
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Cinecity and Duke of York's Tim Brown on the true story of art vandalism, coming to Brighton in the documentary The End of Fear.RadioReverb
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A work inspired by 16th century English composer John Dowland, Songs of Longing and Exile sees his music set to texts of testimonies from refugees and migrants, drawing a thread between the past and the present. Vocal ensemble Stile Antico sing the texts, as group member Kate Ashby explains.RadioReverb
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Our Place's Music Engagement Co-ordinator Jon Morray-Jones explains the music events this year, and Sound City member Laura Grunwald plays live music in the studio.RadioReverb
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Classical music programmer Gill Kay talks the Chineke Foundation's flagship BAME ensemble, the Chineke Orchestra.RadioReverb
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Winner of 2012's Masterchef explains her event examining heritage and cooking, Flavour Migrations.RadioReverb
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Jasha Boyce from internationally renowned circus company Gravity and Other Myths joins Melita to discuss their show Backbone.RadioReverb
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Your daily rundown of the Brighton Festival with Melita & Rebecca. Interviews with 2012 Masterchef winner Shelina Permaloo on Flavour Migrations; classical music programmer Gill Kay on Chineke, the BAME orchestra; Gravity & Other Myths' BackBone; Cinecity and Duke of York's Tim Brown on the End of Fear; music engagement co-ordinator Jon Morray-Jone…
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Melita & Rebecca bring you the latest news on the Festival. At the halfway point, they're joined by Festival Director Andrew Comben; author Season Butler discusses literary event The New Dystopians; writing charity Little Green Pig Director Ella Burns explains the mentoring and performance program Amplified; Rebecca shares her thoughts on Iron Men,…
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In a world of fake news and an uncertain future, what can writers teach us? The New Dystopians is a literature event which poses a question of what a new dystopia looks like. Author Season Butler joins us to tell us more.RadioReverb
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Rebecca shares her thoughts on the photography exhibition documenting the lives of iron workers in Mali's capital city Bamako by Fototala King Massassy.RadioReverb
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Specially created for children age 6+, Another Star to Steer By tells the story of Maya, who leaves home and sets sail in a paper boat. Her adventures take her around the world in storytelling and folk tales. The show's Director David Gilbert tells us more.RadioReverb
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Joining us halfway through the Festival, director Andrew Comben shares his thoughts about the Festival so far, and what's still to come.RadioReverb
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Described by its organisers as “part TED Talk, part YouTube confessional, but ultimately a celebration of the human story”, Amplified is a performance by participants in local young people's writing charity Little Green Pig. It sees eight young people taking the stage to tell their stories following a six-week writing and mentoring project.…
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Director of Fabrica Gallery Liz Whitehead explains the art of Serge Attukwei Clottey and his Current Affairs, a project which repurposes petrol cans and funds the Ghanaian community.RadioReverb
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Nwando Ebizie discusses her installation Distorted Constellations, which simulates 'Snow Vision', a rare neurological disorder.RadioReverb
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We hear Melita's thoughts on Gonzales' performance at the Brighton Dome. image © Mark AllanRadioReverb
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Melita hears from the writer and director of the Edinburgh sell-out show, Robert Softley Gale, alongside actors Richard Conlon and Gale Watson. The musical comedy deals with some of the issues with able bodied actors playing disabled roles, and is guaranteed to make some viewers squirm in their seats. It is a collaboration between Birds of Paradise…
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Melita & Rebecca keep you up to date with the Brighton Festival. Today, interviews with writer, director and cast of My Left Right Foot, the musical comedy in partnership with the National Theatre of Scotland; the director of Fabrica Gallery on Ghanaian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey's installation Current Affairs; Nwando Ebizie, the artist behind D…
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