LGBTQ Choirs REVIEW: Actually Gay Men’s Chorus – ‘Home for Christmas’ Well it certainly has been a season of song, with a total of seven choral concerts to enjoy. And I have really enjoyed them all this year, from the extremely professional offering from Glyndebourne to five concerts given by Brighton & Hove’s talented LGBTQ+ choirs who in many ways match the talents By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
LGBTQ Choirs REVIEW: Brighton’s LGBTQ+ mixed choir Rainbow Chorus sparkles at Christmas concert Tis the season to be choral, tra la la la la… and throughout December you will find me at at least five concerts given by the city’s LGBTQ+ choral groups. See one, see them all has become my festive mantra and I do it with pride and a sense of joy. In all my six […] By Andrew Kay • 4 min read
LGBTQ Choirs Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus serves up a feast of fun for Christmas You can always guarantee that Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) will deliver a fun packed evening of song and sketches and especially at Christmas time, and this year would prove to be no exception. Playing to what would appear to be a capacity audience in Brighton Dome Concert Hall, their reputation By Andrew Kay • 4 min read
Community News REVIEW: Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ choirs shine at the annual World AIDS Day concert December 1 is World AIDS Day – a global day of remembrance, the time when we remember those who died, and celebrate those scientists, doctors, the countless volunteers and the unceasing work that collectively they do to make the lives of those living with HIV increasingly better. Earlier in the even By Andrew Kay • 3 min read
LGBTQ Choirs REVIEW: Rainbow Chorus – ‘Pergolesi and Pimms’ Brighton & Hove’s community choirs are the jewels in the city’s music scene and they exemplify the truth about one of the world’s most commonly misused words. On 30 June, the Rainbow Chorus gave us the near perfect display of the reality. Their summer concert was delivered with passion, with commitm By Andrew Kay • 3 min read
LGBTQ Choirs REVIEW: Actually Gay Men’s Chorus: ‘Gays & Dolls’ at Brighton Open Air Theatre Actually Gay Men’s Chorus is never shy of shaking things up a little and last night’s concert at Brighton Open Air Theatre was no exception, but this time for a very different reason and one which I applaud. Our LGBTQ+ choral scene has been for many years now, excellent, but at times somewhat polari By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
Arts Flying the Flag: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus on top form for Eurovision spectacular Well there could not have been a camper, more exuberant start to the festival than Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus‘ (BGMC) Eurovision spectacular. The choice of songs ranged from classics to the comic and back again and as an ensemble they were on top form. The music team of Joe Paxton and Tim Nail gave u By Andrew Kay • 3 min read
LGBTQ Choirs REVIEW: Resound & Rebelles: Peace, Hope and Christmas Jumpers Brighton’s choral scene has never been more buoyant and increasingly accomplished. And much of that success lies in hands of our incredible LGBTQ+ choirs. At Christmas they come out, forgive the allusion, and deliver festive treats with programmes that reflect the season from the religious to the s By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
LGBTQ Choirs REVIEW: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus – ‘SINGDERELLA’ ‘Tis the season to be choral, yes Christmas brings out all our excellent community choirs in a festive feast. Regular readers will have spotted the review of the World AIDS Day concert at St Mary’s in Kemptown, a taster menu of what’s to come and my word are we in for a treat. A treat […] By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
LGBTQ Choirs REVIEW: World AIDS Day concert at St Mary’s Church, Kemptown This annual World AIDS Day concert is just a small part of a massive global movement, the aim of which is to remember those lost to the AIDS pandemic and remind us that there is a huge community still, men and women living with HIV, men and women working to find cures and better treatments, […] By Andrew Kay • 3 min read
Theatre REVIEW: ‘2:22 A Ghost Story’ @ Theatre Royal Brighton Beautifully presented, designed and delivered, it does exactly what one might hope for – it mystifies, surprises and, at moments, shocks and, as a reviewer, to say more about the play would be doing audiences a disservice. I baulk at reviews that tell the story at the best of times, but with this ki By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
LGBTQ Choirs REVIEW: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus: AFTER DARK @ St George’s Church, Kemptown With a promise of a burlesque theme in the programme of their new show After Dark, and the venue dressed to look like a Parisian cabaret theatre, it came as something of a relief that most of Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) kept most of their clothes on. That said, well let’s not go there yet shall By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Actually Gay Men’s Chorus: ‘Together For Christmas’ “What a joy to be treated to an evening simply packed with traditional festive merriment” By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Actually Gay Men’s Chorus: ‘Nobody Does It Better’ Andrew Kay reviews this first class, five-star performance By Andrew Kay • 3 min read
Arts Resound & Rebelles: Rebooted Like all Brighton and Hove’s choirs, these two fine examples have suffered in the claws of Covid. Few rehearsals or performances, illness… all have taken their toll and in addition, By Andrew Kay • 1 min read
News Schools Out Three years ago Latest CIC embarked on a ground breaking project involving three Brighton & Hove Schools, empowering groups of students, to discuss, debate and debunk prejudices. By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
Arts Rainbows Return: The Rainbow Chorus Among the best and most popular of Brighton & Hove’s community choirs, the Rainbows returned with a triple celebration. By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rainbow Chorus Christmas Concert Nothing marks the start of the Christmas season proper as clearly as a festive concert, and the Rainbow Chorus certainly declared the season well and truly open on Saturday night (December 9). By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
Resound Arts REVIEW: Resound & Rebelles ‘Hove For The Holidays’ After a taster of what these two classy choirs could do at the World Aids Day concert on December 1, my expectations were very high – and I was not to be disappointed. Musical Director Stefan Holmström has drilled both groups to a peak of perfection that any musical ensemble could be proud of, profe By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
In The South REVIEW: World Aids Day Concert This annual event is an extraordinary coming together of the City’s LGBT music scene, mainly choral, as an act of remembrance and awareness and also as a fund raiser for the charity Lunch Positive – and as such it would be wrong to in any way criticise any of the performances. By Andrew Kay • 1 min read
