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Power Lunch, The Open House, Brighton, Thurs May 8 - Sun May 25
10:05am Friday 18th April 2008
Fans of Oscar-winning film American Beauty and HBO drama series Six Feet Under will be clamouring to see this new play from Alan Ball, the creative talent behind both.
Presented by Scorch Theatre, it looks at the battlefield of emotional manipulation as a highly ambitious couple fight for power and control of their relationship.
The pair meet for the first time in their lunch hour and when attraction takes control, begin an amusing game of tug-of-war that turns gender stereotypes on their heads and the modern "success dream" into an absurd hallucination.
After making its debut in Sydney, the Brighton Fringe represents its UK premiere.
Producer and director Nick Warnford says: "The themes in this play of gender, equality, sexual chemistry and power are global and so as relevant in Brighton as they are in Alan Ball's America."
- Starts 8pm Weds - Sat, 4pm Sunday. Tickets cost £10/£8. Call 01273 709709
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All the top tip columns make being green sound so easy: just change your light bulbs, walk to the shops and do your recycling, but it never really works out like that. SARAH LEWIS turns agony aunt and answers some of your pressing eco-questions.
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Woe of Woolies
Woolworths, one of the best-known names on the British high street, has been put into administration with £385 million of debt. As company bosses and administrators Deloitte wrestle with the task of rescuing the business, RICHARD GURNER takes a look back at the company’s history in Sussex and asks business leaders what needs to be done to revive its fortunes.
This week's walk: Horsted Keynes and Furner's Green
From the village of Horsted Keynes, this walk heads eastwards to encircle the nearby settlement of Danehill, crossing and recrossing two well-wooded valleys before returning along part of the Sussex Border Path, a longdistance walking route which sticks fairly closely to the boundary between East and West Sussex.
Power Lunch
In this section
- Spreading Her Thinly, Joogleberry Playhouse, Brighton, Sun May 4
- Upstairs At Three And Ten, Steine Street, Brighton, throughout May
- The Nightingale Theatre, Surrey Street, Brighton, various dates from May 3
- The Haunted Moustache, Upstairs At Three And Ten, Brighton, Mon May 5, Sat May 10, Sun May 11 & Sun May 18
- Follow Me, Komedia, Mon May 19 to Weds May 21
- Gamarjobat, Komedia, Sun May 18 to Weds May 21
- Coco Peru, Komedia, Sun May 18 to Weds May 21
- Hysteria, Komedia, Brighton, until May 27
- Queen Of The Slaughter
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Preston Park, Brighton, May 26-28
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