The Verse’s Kate Mager reviews Bang Said the Gun at the Brighton Festival, to find out if it really delivers ‘poetry for people who don’t like poetry.’ As the self-proclaimed ‘rowdiest poetry event in the universe’, ‘Bang said the Gun’ offers an evening of raucous behaviour and laughter intertwined with […]
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The Verse’s Charlotte Crane takes us through the upcoming Brighton Festival 2018, following the press launch on 15th February. This year’s Brighton Festival is set to be a heart-warming and diverse celebration of the attitudes and culture that make our city so special. At the Festival press launch yesterday morning, […]
The Verse’s Hannah Aston attends the launch event for ONCA’s exhibition, ‘Extinct Icons and Ritual Burials’ which runs from 23 November – 10 December 2017. ONCA is a gallery of constantly shifting exhibitions, and the launch event for its newest installation ‘Extinct Icons and Ritual Burials’ once again proves its […]
The Verse’s Hannah Aston reviews the annual Brighton and Hove Arts Council Poetry Festival 2017, at Hove’s the Old Market on Saturday 18th November 2017. Britain’s Poet Laureate Dame Carol Ann Duffy. Brighton’s own Punk Poet Attila the Stockbroker. Slam Poets tearing down the Old Market, and the winners of […]
The Verse’s Chanelle Manton summarises what she thought of the open mic night held at Brighton University’s Falmer campus, which took place on the 6th June. Hosted at The Hive up at Falmer’s campus, this student-led open mic night on the 6th of June facilitated a range of voices through spoken-word […]
