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A sound, music, visual and theatre experience of the thoughts, ideas and emotions of some of the colourful characters from Brighton's history. Featuring White Room commissioned work from Ella Hickson - Carol Tambor Award, Edinburgh Fringe First and Lilian Baylis Award for excellence. The show features a selection of characters such as: Harry Vowles, The Blind Busker (1861-1919) (the pub in Church Road is named after him) - who moved to Brighton in 1882. To earn his living he sang in the big houses around Brighton, and entertained in local hotels like The Ship Hotel. He was a regular performer in the Music Halls and on the West Pier, and had a pitch on the Brighton/Hove border, where the Angel of Peace statue and The Meeting Place Café now stands. Christiana Edmunds (1835 - 1907) - a notorious Brighton woman who, in the late 19th century, became known as 'The Chocolate Cream Poisoner' for her attempts to rid her lover of his wife, and subsequently other members of Brighton society in an infamous poisoning spree. Ras Prince Monolulu (1880-1965) - the most famous black man of his time in Britain and spent much time in and around Brighton race course. Between the wars, he was a national icon renowned for his eccentricity, a racing tipster of such theatricality that even in the days when newspapers carried few photographs and television was in its infancy, he was still the most recognisable racing personality other than the top jockeys. Famous for his theatrical outpourings and his trademark cry "I gotta horse...!"

Creatives/Company

Company: White Room Theatre