[HDNG]TOWN:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.50 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1.10[ESTAT][PARA]Brighton is bright on entertainments (which is why it's nicknamed[PARA]'London by the sea') offering not just the full flow of the [PARA]mainstream, but also splashes of jazz, reggae, folk and blues. It [PARA]has loads of gay pubs and many clubs have notable DJs. The [PARA]Brighton Festival each May is one of the country's biggest arts [PARA]and entertainment festivals - an excellent distraction from exams.[PARA]It is accompanied by the Festival Radio station, which employs a [PARA]fair few students.[PARA][BOLD]Cinemas:[EBOLD] 3 cinemas including an MGM multiplex and the Duke of[PARA]York's cinema club.[PARA][BOLD]Theatres:[EBOLD] (4) The Pavilion Theatre offering the short back and [PARA]sides of fringe and the Theatre Royal with pre-West End runs, [PARA]summer spectaculars and Xmas pantos.[PARA][BOLD]Pubs:[EBOLD] Expensive but [PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: Pig in Paradise (cheaper beers, [PARA]small club upstairs); Great Eastern (near station, bohemian, [PARA]bookshelves); King and Queen (huge, noisy, youthful); Cricketer's[PARA](plush, good central meeting point); Bulldog Tavern, Zanzibar [PARA](gay); Horatio's (student favourite on the end of the pier); Walmer [PARA]Castle (often live music or even poetry); Geese (Irish).[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos:[EBOLD] Some of Brighton's [ITAL]best[EITAL] clubs are nationally [PARA]renowned, such as the[ITAL] trendy and cavernous [EITAL]Zap Club with its [PARA]cabaret nights and gay nights (ú5-7 though, so attracts Sloanes). [PARA]Among the many other clubs to get hit with include The Escape [PARA](ú2-5), tacky times at The Gloucester (ú3) and for cheap [PARA]chuckles, students frequently frequent the Brighton SU's [PARA]Basement Club at Grand Parade (ú2).[PARA][BOLD]Cabaret:[EBOLD] For live jazz and the climb-aboard point for some of the [PARA]top ticklers in cabaret, check out the Concorde or some of the [PARA]local pubs and clubs. Every summer the Brighton Festival of [PARA]Comedy challenges Edinburgh for smiles per mile.[PARA][BOLD]Music venues:[EBOLD] For a bit of Brighton rock, the silver sounds [PARA]emanate from many a cranny and nook: The Event and the [PARA]Brighton Centre are the big name venues (Carter, Duran Duran, [PARA]Tom Jones); the Theatre Royal does classical and opera; and The[PARA]Richmond pub, the Concorde and the Zap provide indie and [PARA]dance stuff.[HDNG]UNIVERSITY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.45 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1.20[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Bars:[EBOLD] (5) There are 3 run by the SU at Falmer, the Basement and[PARA]'The Dead Parrot' at Eastbourne. 2 also run by the University at Moulsecoomb.[PARA][BOLD]Theatres:[EBOLD] At the Grand Parade site, there's the[ITAL] [EITAL]Sallis Benney [PARA]Theatre,[ITAL] which is run in an extremely professional way[EITAL] - drama [ITAL][PARA]is particularly strong [EITAL]at this [ITAL]arty[EITAL] site.[PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos:[EBOLD] The Basement (cap 175, adm ú2.50) hosts discos [PARA]3 to 6 nights a week as does the Union Bar at Falmer (300, [PARA]ú2.50). The Theatre is occasionally hired for music or raves as [PARA]are some Brighton clubs like Paradox.[PARA][BOLD]Music venues:[EBOLD] [ITAL]The Grand Parade site is the best for ents, [EITAL][PARA]hogging both the theatre (cap 350) and the Basement. The bar at[PARA]Falmer features live music on a regular basis. Mostly it's local [PARA]bands (eg Delicious Monster).[HDNG]EATING OUT:[EHDNG][PARA]Each site has its own refectories. The SU does bar food in all [PARA]bars and has a pizza bar at Moulsecoomb. Otherwise there are [PARA]endless local pubs and cafes. At Falmer, students often nip [PARA]across the tracks to [ULNE]Sussex University[EULNE]. Meanwhile in town, [PARA]Brighton bursts at the seams with restaurants: [ITAL]a choice a wide [PARA]as the Bee Gees' lapels[EITAL], including fish and chips and seafood, [PARA]veggie and wholefood, pizzas and burgers, Indian, Thai, Chinese, [PARA]Mongolian and of course, traditional British restaurants to every [PARA]degree of daintiness. [ITAL]It's almost as good and almost as [PARA]expensive as London. [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: Market Diner (near Grand [PARA]Parade, offers a late night mega-fryup, the Gut Buster for ú3.50); [PARA]Al Forno (student favourite for pizzas); Grubbs (excellent [PARA]burgers, especially with blue cheese); Mei Mei (Chinese); Food [PARA]For Friends (veggie).[EITAL][PARA][PARA]
