Brighton Festival Rundown

If I were a more diligent and anal person, I would have written a review for each of the Brighton Festival events that, together, have kept me out nearly most nights over the last two weeks. Instead, I'll just list the things I can remember seeing, and you can ask me if you want a review or recommendation. Seth, does this count as a step in the right direction towards anti-ephemerism? Probably not.

*Live Soundtrack to Film: local bands play soundtracks to locally-themed films by local filmmakers
*Various open houses: snoopers' paradise
*Lost and Found Orchestra: Stomp boys' 2nd
*Papa Mas: carnival and community groups
*Paradise Lost: Milton schmilton
*Ten Thousand Several Doors: Duchess of Malfi and the mafia. Patron Steven Berkhoff.
*Children's Parade: theme=food, plus "City By the Sea" beach sing-along
*La Clique: Spiegeltent cabaret of strip-magic, acrobatics, music, etc
*The Nose: Shostakovich opera featuring giant renegade nose
*Big Iron: cowboy tales at the Prince Albert "saloon"
*Group F-The Light Players: fireworks and French weirdness in Preston Park. Thank you, VIP list.
*Streets of Brighton: where these novelties were to be seen:























Still to do and see:

*Dr John: tonight
*Howe Gelb and the Handsome Family
*The Haunt: MP3-guided performance walk
*Caligraphy Double: my former student's exhibition of caligraphy art
*SpyMonkey-Cooped: acclaimed theatre
*DBC Pierre: the author
*Park Play (at St. Ann's Wells gardens)
*No Obvious Trauma: surreality at a mental institution?
*Red Sea Social Club at the Spiegeltent
*Walk the Line Americana Music Fest
*Allsorts Open House: mental health art
*Origami Workshop at Embassy Court
*Haunted Hove Walk
*An Evening With Nightingales: nature walk