Today we like the sound of four new plays coming to the Brighton Dome. Today is the third in the series, seeing Artists Development come to the stage with Reeling on show tonight. Tonight, the story of Mabel Menzies, "an Austrian child star who suddenly disappears and Lenny Fyler the TV researchers assigned to find our why." Good old detective business in this modern production, which sees the best of theatre development come to the stage. It sounds good, and as part of the Arts Council England, perhaps a little surprising.
The unabridged plot is thus:
"Mabel Menzies had been an Austrian child star who made a faltering transition into British films as a young adult. She suddenly 'disappeared'. Lenny Fyler, a TV researcher, is assigned to find out why."
It's only £10 with £8 for concessions, and worth a good visit we reckon, with the Dome as perhaps a more surefire bet that you'll see the better of new talent. (Written by Jeff Thomson, directed by Roland Jaquarello, with a good cast of: Elizabeth Counsell, June Watson, Jenny Funnell, Marcus Hutton & Jos Vantyler.)
Continues until Sunday 4th July
Website: here
Cost: £10 (£8 concessions)
Tme: 8pm with doors at 7.15pm.
Location: Brighton Dome
Book:
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Today's idea - Pop culture meets economics with Superfreakonomics Live
Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt are the author behind Freakonomics, the giant pop culture meets economics book from last year. It's sold massively around the world, and dives off into a world of topics not normally looked at by economists.
Can we stop global warming with a hose pipe? They look at topics from 'Information control as applied to the Ku Klux Klan and real-estate agents' to 'The economics of drug dealing, including the surprisingly low earnings and abject working conditions of crack cocaine dealers.'
Unsurprisingly, it's pretty fascinating and 4 million people thought so too, buying the book. Today it comes to stage for the first time ever "in a bold, hilarious and entertaining evening. With super smart thinking and great storytelling SUPERFREAKONOMICS LIVE! challenges the way we think explores how people respond to incentives and show the world for what it really is.. super freaky."
'A humdinger of a book: page-turning, politically incorrect and ever-so-slightly intoxicating, like a large swig of tequila' - Times
There's a pretty good video about it all, if you can deal with the shiny ABC foreheads. It's definitely worth a watch.
Time: 8pm, doors at 7.15pm
Cost: £12.50, £10 concessions
Location: Brighton Dome
