Photograph: Roger Bamber
'The Basement is where edgy and interesting stuff goes off in Brighton.'
Polly Toynbee
Welcome to The Basement!
Located in the heart of Brighton, The Basement is the region’s leading purveyor of innovative and experimental performance. Presenting a programme of leading national and international artists alongside the Brighton’s most exciting experimental performers, The Basement is a vibrant hub for all things subversive and idiosyncratic.
The Basement supports a thriving community of Supported and Associated Artists who develop and present new work in the venue. With a range of unusual performance spaces we offer unique performance possibilities for artists and audiences. There is also a sympathetically priced bar making the venue a great place to spend the whole evening.
We also provide a range of services and facilities to hire at very competitive rates.
Our artistic policy
The Basement presents and supports the production of new, experimental performance. Drawing on live art, experimental theatre, dance, new cabaret, music and interdisciplinary practice, the programme presents work that is challenging, risk-taking, engaging, powerful, socially connected and witty. The programme exploits the wide range of possible performance formats provided by the venue’s unusual and flexible spaces. The Basement provides a context for work that falls outside traditional genres and an environment in which artists and audiences can take risks together.
The Basement presents a broad view of contemporary experimental performance. It creates a context in which early career artists are seen alongside established artists, and performances developed in the city are seen alongside international work. In this way, visiting performance is always presented in a context that is engaged and relevant and emergent artists present work in a context that is aspirational with connections beyond the immediate region.
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News
OUT NOW: SPRING 2010 PROGRAMME
THE BASEMENT FEB JUNE 2010
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Performance
SUPPER CLUB
Date: Sat 6th March
Doors: 7.30pm
Tickets: £6 / £4 (Concessions)
In 2010 Supper Club returns with a rich concoction of the experimental, the eccentric and the intoxicating. A host of artists from across the UK and beyond will present bite-sized chunks of performance, video art, music, interventions, installation and interactions. Grab a drink and a tasty bite to eat at the bar then sit back and take it in. Curated and hosted by The Basement’s Supported Artists, Supper Club is fast building a reputation as a night not to be missed. They plot a Saturday night for you and your friends, but you won’t know what’s on the menu until it’s served.
‘…the combination of something to nibble with a keenly priced bar and some of Brighton’s more interesting culture vultures makes for quite a temptation’, The Brighton Source, December 2008 |
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Music
Melting Vinyl present
ROZI PLAIN, FRANCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS
An intimate night of Fence Records' finest..
Date: Tues 9th March
Doors: 8pm – 11pm
Tickets:£7.50 Advance / £8.50 on the door
Rozi Plain, has been working on the ferries that bob in and out of the city of Bristol, along the Avon, whilst creating her own beautifully intimate music that captures life slowly floating by. Her stunning debut album, ‘Inside. Over Here‘ was released on Fence Records Autumn 2008.
We also welcome back to Brighton multi-talented artist/musician and latest signing to Fence Records, Francois & The Atlas Mountains. Lo-fi electronics meets dreamlike songs, with lyrics fluctuating between English and French, the Gallic troubadour infuses this with an undertone of African influences. The night is completed the incredible bizarro-folk troupe from France, Uncle Jellyfish.
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Performance
THIS IS NOW
New Art Club
Date: Thurs 11th March
Doors: 7.30pm
Tickets: £8 / £6 (Concessions)
In 1983, Tom illegally taped the first ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ LP (side one) onto a C60 cassette. 25 years later he found it in a drawer and a new show was born. Join Britain’s funniest dance duo as they deconstruct this first ever Now album and jump headlong into the dark pool of days gone by and come out covered in a filthy 80’s gunk. Wrestling with classic hits from Bonnie Tyler and Duran Duran, amongst others, will Tom and Pete be able to save the audience from drowning in nostalgia?For more information on New Art Club visit www.newartclub.org / www.myspace.com/newartclub
“a slick, warmly delivered, blood funny slice of modern dance-meets-comedy fun” – The List |
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Book Now! Call 01273 699733
There are lots of ways to stay in touch with The Basement.To receive regular programme up-dates you can e-mail us at:info@thebasement.uk.com to be put on our Friends Mailout list or follow us on Facebook.
The Basement is supported by Brighton and Hove City Council, Arts Council of England South East, SEEDA,
Foyle Foundation and Awards for all
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