Seagull Recommends 05/08

Hello and welcome back to Seagull Recommends! I've been really into zines recently, they're really good. They're very cathartic to make, they tap into colour and collage and creativity in an ideal way for my brain, and they're very small. This is good, because if there's a limited amount of space it means everything has to be very intentional. Or it can just be very fun! I made a very fun one about Brighton Baseball Club and how much my friends and I love them. I recommend reading more about them here.

If you come across anything coming up in the city that you think we should know about, let us know!

🎶Gigs: Free gig at The Pipeline on Friday, with music from Bacci Pouch, Known to Cause, Hissy and the Fits, Dead Jaw and Wombstone;

Theatre: From Wednesday to Saturday, Brighton Open Air Theatre is home to Identity Theatre's production of Oliver Twist—Team Seagull love BOAT, and trips there are always a highlight for us (tickets)!

🤣Comedy: Forge Comedy Club is back at Ironworks Studios on Friday, with comedy from Caroline Mabey, Jonny Pelham, Graeme Collard, Dom McGovern, and the incomparable Zoe Lyons (tickets); and on Saturday, ACORN is holding a comedy benefit gig called Stand up... to your landlord. It'll be at the Yellow Book Bar in York Place from 7pm to 8:30pm, with comedy from William Stone, Martha Casey, and James Walsh among others. It's £5 on the door and the proceeds go to keeping the community union up and running strong.

🪁Community Day: The Hanover Centre in Southover Street is holding a community day on Saturday. From 2pm to 6pm, bring your good quality toys and books for a swap shop, bring and buy plants, be entertained by Brighton Morris, enjoy SuperDoux cafe, and a mystery cask ale as a Beer Festival teaser at the bar.

🏺Pottery: The Painting Pottery Cafe is celebrating Brighton Pride with a mug building night. From 6pm to 9pm on Wednesday, you'll hand-build your own mug with guidance from their potters. Learn pinch pot techniques to form the cup, attach a handle, add adornments, and glaze (tickets).

❓Quiz: Quiz Actually are holding a quiz tonight at The Royal George in Hove! This quiz is designed to be visual, musical, and fun for everyone. Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams and also to the team that comes second to last. Entry is £3 per person, all money is returned as prizes, starts at 8pm and ends at around 10:15pm. Booking is strongly recommended to ensure you get a spot, phone the pub on 01273 750914 to make your reservation. And remember: it's a quiz for fun people, not wannabe Einsteins!

🇫🇷French pub social: French Lessons Brighton and Hove are now offering evening French language conversation sessions: every Wednesday at The French Horn, from 7pm to 8:30pm, enjoy tutor-led conversation sessions (tickets).

Bus routes: The 1X bus is up and running, and it certainly seems to have lived up to the hype. Friend of The Seagull Mattie said:

Got on at North Street, usually grab the 1 or the 7 but the 1X showed up with perfect timing. Sailed along Eastern Road and took immense joy at passing by the stops at Upper Bedford Street and Lidl with only the quick stop at the RSH to interrupt me. Made it to my stop on Roedean Road in record time 🫡 will be even faster when they finish the work on the roundabout there.

Lunch: Mattie's had a busy week, because she also went out for lunch and told us all about it:

I went to the Druid’s Head for lunch with my grandparents, it was good. I had the vegan burger, my Poppa had the duck hash and my Nan the fish and chips. The pub has the some very cool decor with old folky symbols like the green man on the wall. The staff are so lovely and make you feel so welcome!

🥙Dinner: Friend of The Seagull, Corn, went to Albion Kebab:

I got an absolute banger chicken shawarma wrap from Albion kebab on queens road, props to bossman for getting that wrap into my hand quick n speedy on the double amidst the chaos of queens road during pride, was very nourishing and flavourful + also HUGE like to be Full full for under £10 in this current time? What a treat.