Scratch_Meet

Scratch|Meet #12 Meet the Artists:
Joni-Rae Carrack & Iain Scott aka Late to the Party Theatre Co

is a theatre-maker specialising in puppetry whose work explores mental health, disability and working with biography. Making theatre and art is her way of understanding life and human stories, including her own.
She collaborates and facilitates with an open mind and an open heart️.
She is all about honesty, awareness, curiosity and starting conversation.
She also currently works as the Resident Artist for CW+’s Arts For All Program at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

Iain Scott is a multi-instrumentalist, improviser and director. Iain’s work focuses on using music to explore the sense of identity and self and looks to combine traditional Scottish folk music with modern drone and ambient styles.

Come see them on the 18th September
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Gary Mepsted is a writer, photographer, editor, mentor, and occasional director. He’s doesn’t have a website or dabble in social media, very much preferring to fly under the radar. He revels in the anonymity of authors from past times who could go about their business largely unhindered.

Come join us in the 18th September Ticket link in bio

Look at this Brighton/Hove performance pals 👇

Pot Luck is a lovely place to hang out with other creative people to chat, share, and learn

Join us for Pot Luck: Pilgrimage/Walking Work
🗓️ 6-8pm, Wednesday 17 July
📍 Blast Theory Studio
🎫 Free entry

A message from Ju on next week's Pot Luck:
Let’s take someone somewhere else… This could be through a story, a factual event, an abstract tour or of course a blend.

We will walk the streets together trying some things out to generate ideas and to lock into our surroundings – all the while thinking about the person who will come and take part in the work.

Starting promptly at Blast Theory studios we will go outside for this one and if the weather holds we will end at the beach to eat and drink at the end, discussing all the material we have made. Of course, it is England and if the weather is not on our side I will try to bring summer into the studio with cocktails, fairy lights and treats!

Find out more & RSVP via: https://bit.ly/PotLuckJuly24

Hey performance pals, the Prince Albert could do with your help

MAJOR UPDATE ON THE DEVELOPMENT NEXT DOOR. PLEASE READ!

Well here we go again! We got the very disheartening news that the owners of next door have taken the plans we fought so hard against to the Secretary of State for an appeal against the Councils decision. To clarify these are the exact plans that were brought before councillors last year that they unanimously refused. We had hoped that this wouldn’t happen but here we are. Once again we are asking for and desperately need some more of your amazing support that you gave us last year.

This time things are slightly different. Rather than going to a committee meeting and being able to stand and speak this is all done over writing and somewhat behind closed doors. So what we desperately need is for written representations to be made to the planning inspectorate and I will outline the best way to do this at the bottom of the post. This is separate to any objections made previously on the council’s website so if you did it before we please need you to do it again!

To place your written representation please follow these steps:

⁃ Firstly copy this case reference. It is 3343603. This will mean you don’t have to come back this page once you’re on the website.
⁃ Then go to https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk.
⁃ Once on the website enter the case reference above in to the “search for a case” box.
⁃ Once you’re on this page you will then see the “make representation”.

Once you’ve done this there’s some information to fill out and then ultimately you will be able to place your representation. This is much the same as on objection on any planning application. However there are some points that carry more weight than others. Examples of these are:

⁃ The impact on the character and setting of the grade II listed building;
⁃ The impact of the development on visual amenity of the local area/ Conservation Area;
⁃ The Impact on neighbouring amenity in respect of overbearing development, loss of light and outlook; and
⁃ The potential adverse impact on the operation of the pub in terms of noise complaints and potential restrictions on the business.

The more representations made in support of the original decision of refusal will strengthen our case so much so please take the time to do this. We are and will be forever grateful.

That’s all for now. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and for helping us, it means more than you could know!

Big love,
The Albert family!x

Scratch Meet is taking a summer break but we’re back at The Rose Hill on the 18th September. If you want to share a new performance (of ANY discipline) you’re working on get in touch via [email protected] - there are no forms to fill, no firey hoops to jump through, just the willingness to share brand spanking new work (10 mins is perfect).

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Scratch|Meet #11 at The Rose Hill Tickets are now available for Scratch|Meet #11 at The Rose Hill, on Wednesday 24th April 2024. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

Scratch|Meet #11 meet the artist:
Paggy RG is back!
Deliciously weird Paggy, creator of 4-star solo show ‘Stimmicanto’, is back at The Rose Hill with a brand new piece of character comedy. You don’t want to miss this. 24th April The Rose Hill Tix in bio

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Jess Porter-Langson (or JPL for short) is an experimental violist/violinist and sound maker. With a passion for contemporary classical music, Jess likes to push the boundaries of their classical training to bring the viola and violin into new sound worlds.

7pm 24th April The Rose Hill

Grab a ticket quick (we usually sell out!) - link in bio

Scratch|Meet #11 meet the artist:
Ali B (she/her) is an award winning writer, spoken word poet, theatre maker and doctor who has performed her solo show at Brighton & Edinburgh Fringes. She is diving full pelt into the world of puppetry and power with her work-in-progress show “The Human Puppet”, where she becomes both the puppeteer and puppetee. Come and see a sneak peek!
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‘After many years of playing drums, bass and guitar I became disillusioned with falling into repeat musical patterns. 3 years ago I decided to teach myself modular synthesis and it’s given me the inspiration I was lacking. Modular synths give me unpredictability and force me to think in different musical ways. It’s also like walking on thin ice as it could all go down a different path at any minute! This will be my second live performance and I hope to create something akin to a sci-fi soundtrack including stolen sounds from past genres. Of course, it might all go very differently on the night..’
Come check out what Russ has been up to on the 24th April Tix in bio

Don’t forget Scratch|Meet is back on the 24th April at the earlier time of 7pm. Act announcement coming soon. There are limited tickets so grab one quick - link in bio

If you have a script (short or excerpt) give this a go. Rising Phoenix will find you actors who will read, script in hand, to a live audience. You get to hear your work and get really valuable feedback (which is also useful for funders/promo etc). It’s great!

Grab your tickets!🔥

Our Scratch Night is back on Tuesday 27th February at 7pm in the Old Net Loft

An array of script extracts by local writers, read aloud by local actors. And it’s BYOB 🍷 what’s not to like?!

Tickets available now: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/18503/find-your-fire-rising-phoenix-scratch-night

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Scratch|Meet #10 meet the artists

(she/they) is an artivist. She spent her childhood in the sunflower fields of Burgundy and Paris; and now lives in Sussex, UK. Éloïse writes from an ecofeminist, neurodivergent, q***r and multicultural perspective. They are the author of Body Compost & other ghost poems, Pink Goo, co-host of Poetry To Your Ears and director of Collections Of Q***r Poets.

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15th Feb 8pm Tickets in bio

Scratch|Meet #10 meet the artists:

is both new to Brighton and new to writing, and wants to show that it’s never too late to chase a dream. When she’s not wrangling children or walking by the sea, she is taking on various creative projects that hopefully one day will become something people come to see.
Currently working on a handful of projects, one of which is the monologue Unsuspecting which will be performed by her partner, actor Robin Hodges ()

8pm 15th February
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Andrew and David were due to perform in November but illness stopped them joining us. They’re joining us on the 15th Feb 8pm

Andrew Greaves and David Gibson will be sharing a recitation and audio visual performance of "Elegy Written in an Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray.

David is an housing campaigner, community activist and ex member of the city council. Andrew is a Brighton based electronic musician, with a melodic minimalist approach rooted in improvisation. Andrew is an active member of both the Spirit of Gravity and Safehouse groups.

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Scratch|Meet #10 15th Feb
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is a poet and spoken word performer
currently working on a collection of Children's poems for grown-ups that
deals with big person themes in a little person way.

Scratch|Meet #10 meet the artist 15th Feb

Amelia is a Northern-born, Brighton-based actor, poet and theatre practitioner. She is currently working towards publishing her first collection of poems, which she has recently performed around London; one of her most recent credits being Anthroplay Theatre's 'Anthrotalks', at the Two Brewers in Clapham. She is bringing her first solo show, Show up in Sequins - or Don't! to the Brighton Fringe She is excited to try out some of her new material at Scratch|Meet!

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Tim shared an early WIP of this at the very first Scratch|Meet and it was 🔥
It’s back in Brighton Dome in the brand spanking new studio and I can’t wait to see it. Grab a ticket before it sells out!

Truth's a Dog Must to Kennel - Brighton Dome The Fool leaves King Lear before the blinding. Before the ice creams in the interval. This extraordinary new solo work by Brighton playwright Tim Crouch draws on ideas of virtual reality to send the Fool back to the wreckage of the world they left. Truth