1 FAIRGROUND ATTRACTIONS
Caravanserai is Brighton Fringe’s newest pop-up outdoor festival site - built out of repurposed caravans, with vintage fairground waltzers and where hoopla stalls and shoot-out galleries become bars. It’s the vision of artist Pete Bateman and was established at Camp Bestival in 2013.
With free admission, there will be street food stalls, a dedicated family area for children and lots of secret spots to be uncovered. Caravanserai will host two theatre venues – the big top, Luna Parc, with theatre, circus and cabaret and a late-night music and comedy programme and the bespoke 50-seater bandstand venue, Junk Poet’s, with intimate comedy, spoken word and theatre events. Caravanserai runs throughout the Fringe. caravanseraibrighton.com
Caravanserai is part of the annual Brighton Fringe Festival which this year runs from May 5 to June 4 and is the UK’s biggest arts festival. There are events, performances and workshops from a vast array of acts. Full details at brightonfringe.org.
2 IN THE FRAME
The Fleek Gallery, close to the harbour in the North Devon town of Ilfracombe, has some impressive names (old and new) in its spring show. Established in 2017, the gallery has a reputation as one of the most exciting contemporary fine art galleries in the West Country with regular exhibitions
