insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 03 - May 2015 | Page 23

arts+entertainment

Jeanette Winterson: Boldness in the Face of
a Blank Page // 7 May
This annual lecture is a vibrant platform
for debate, passions and ideas, specially
commissioned for Brighton Festival. This year
the Festival is delighted to welcome Jeanette
Winterson OBE to talk about the practices and
craft of writing.

Claire Cunningham – Give Me A Reason
To Live // 19 & 20 May
This solo performance by one of the UK’s
foremost artists is inspired by the medieval
Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch and the role
of beggars and cripples in his work. Through a
series of tests, it explores religion, religious art
and how we judge the body. Glasgow-based
choreographer Claire Cunningham is an artist
whose work is rooted in the use and misuse of
her crutches, exploring her own physicality while
rejecting traditional dance techniques and the
attempt to move with the pretence of a body
other than her own.

A Morning with Jacqueline Wilson // 10 May
The best-selling author and former Children’s
Laureate talks about her brand new book
for younger readers, The Butterfly Club, and
reveals how she created some of her best-loved
characters, including the feisty Tracy Beaker,
the much-loved Victorian foundling Hetty
Feather and more recent creations such as Opal
Plumstead.

Sam Lee

Sam Lee’s Nightingale Walk // 13-15 & 19-21 May
For six short weeks each spring, the sound of
nightingales in song is the greatest concert you
will ever hear. Following his sell-out concert at
the Brighton Festival 2013, join Mercury Prize
nominated folk singer Sam Lee for a one-ofa-kind promenade performance. In the dead
silence of the night, accompanied by musicians,
Sam sings traditional songs to the nightingales
as they sing back from the thickets.

Jacqueline Wilson

Kate Tempest with Special Guests George
the Poet & Hollie McNish // 14 May
Three of the UK’s most incisive and articulate
urban wordsmiths come together in this special
evening of music and spoken word exclusive
to Brighton Festival. Respected and awardwinning playwright, novel