Posts from ‘December, 2013’

FUN AND FROLICS GALORE FOR KIDS AT BRIGHTON’S ANNUAL VEGAN FEST
Looking for a top day out for families and kids with plenty of good food and inspiring food education? Remember to put VegfestUK Brighton 2014 in your diary! The event, which takes place on March 29th – 30th 2014 at the Hove Centre and is set to attract 7,000 visitors at its 6th anniversary, […]

Octopus Gets Fishy Advent Calendar
Giant Pacific octopus Lizzie Blue is in festive mood…thanks to ingenious keepers providing her with her own Advent calendar.
Like all octopuses the star of Brighton Sea Life Centre’s special ‘cephalopod’ exhibition is highly intelligent and needs […]

Buster The Cuddly Catfish Says A Fish Is For Life,
Not Just For Christmas
photo ©Julia Claxton
The uncertain future of the ‘tankbusters’ prompted a special visitor to drop in on Brighton Sea Life Centre.
Tankbusters is the generic term given to tropical fish which outgrow their aquarium tanks.
Brighton Sea Life has a massive 78,000 litre display which is home to more than 40 such […]

Young Critics Review of Petit Mal at Brighton Dome
Child Friendly Brighton & Hove invited “Young Critics” – children aged between 5 and 12 years to review children’s theatre shows at Brighton Dome this autumn.
Here is a review by Harper Taylor- Hanson, age 12:
I was utterly dumbfounded by the complexity of the synchronization and seemingly impossible stunts in Petit Mal. It had an amazing atmosphere to it with the industrial set up and the ‘wild western’ music. It was more than just an […]

Young Critics Review of Shiny at Brighton Dome
Child Friendly Brighton & Hove invited “Young Critics” – children aged between 5 and 12 years to review children’s theatre shows at Brighton Dome this autumn.
Here is a review by Lila O’Farrell , aged 5:
I thought it was going to be about shiny clothes and lots of boxes. It was very very short. First the people and the children were in their bedroom with their boxes. Next they did changing in sacks and it was funny. […]

Child Friendly Brighton App
We are very excited to announce that childfriendlybrighton.co.uk has launched a brand new mobile App! It is an iPhone App to start with, and we hope it can also be developed into Android and iPad Apps in the near future.
The Child Friendly Brighton App has several fantastic features:

Exclusive Offers and Discounts from local child friendly businesses such as attractions, shops, restaurants, cafes and hotels.
Core content of the website in mobile friendly format (such as the listings of […]

Turned On Its Head present Shiny
Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
Tue 17 & Wed 18 Dec
10.30am: Under 18 months
2pm: 6 months – 5 years
Thu 19 & Fri 20 Dec
10.30am: Under 18 months
2pm: 6 months – 5 years
4.30pm: 6 months – 5 years (autism friendly)
Sat 21 & Sun 22 Dec
10.30am: Under 18 months
2pm: 6 months – 5 years
4.30pm: 6 months – 5 years
£7 per adult, £7 per baby/child
Brighton […]

Young Critics Review of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt at Brighton Dome
Child Friendly Brighton & Hove invited “Young Critics” – children aged between 5 and 12 years to review children’s theatre shows at Brighton Dome this autumn.
Here is a review by Lucas, age 6:
We went to see we are going on a bear hunt show. I knew this story from the book at home but this was a puppet show. There was family with mum and dad, 2 children and the […]

Young Critics Review of Tiny Tempest at Brighton Dome
Child Friendly Brighton & Hove invited “Young Critics” – children aged between 5 and 12 years to review children’s theatre shows at Brighton Dome this autumn.
Here is a review by Chella Govender- Lewis, age 9
I would like to start by saying as a non-Shakespeare reader I found the change of character quite confusing especially Caliban and Ariel. There was about 5 or 6 actors playing more than one part which was confusing.
The thing I found […]