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TOM reopened to the pubic in May 2011, during the Brighton Festival. Events included Italian childrens theatre company TPO (as part of the main festival), il pixel rosso (who took over the venue’s basement rooms) and the dawn of the Spymonkey cabaret (which won best comedy of the festival award). With workshops from Spymonkey and STOMP, TOM was a hive of activity throughout the festival.
Dave Gorman: City Books
TOM rekindled its relationship with CITY BOOKS and New Writing South, with visits from Peter James, Dave Gorman and many more, plus two mini festival weekends, including the wonderful CITY READS event…
LOMOKEY’s photography graced our walls and Miniclick’s photography talks found a new home, taking place once a month in TOM’s “well stocked” bar…
Brighton Comedy Festival spread its wings into darkest Hove for the first time with a string of events at TOM, including Tony Laws standup which was considered by some as the best gig of the festival…
Colour Out Of Space @ TOM
TOM forged a partnership with Brighton based promoters Melting Vinyl and brought Glasvegas and Guillemots to the venue: Colour Out of Space also sustained 3 nights of sonic wonderment from all over the world here @ TOM (and strained the definition of a “well stocked” bar.
And theatre returned with the launch of TOM’s firsthand series, aimed to give innovative new work a much needed platform in Brighton and Hove: TWO BINS’ Ten Men and After Party were a taste of things to come…
After Party @ TOM
Meanwhile, Yes/No Productions (producers of STOMP and the Lost and Found Orchestra) made TOM their home, trained a new generation of STOMP performers here, and created the soundtrack to their latest IMAX and digital 3D movie, The Last Reef…
A burst of activity at the end of the year brought LOW, Peter James, Hullabaloo, the Electric Litter Ball, Luca Sage, Brighton Beach Boys, Kaleidoshow, the amazing James Rhodes and Yuletide Nights in the TOM bar…
We’re all looking forward to a bright new 2012, with lots planned for TOM…
Glasvegas @ TOM
