REVIEW: Film – Buddies It’s 1985 and a low-budget film, which takes only 9 days to make, charts the Aids crisis in the USA, the surrounding ignorance and lack of funding for Aids patients and their carers. The film is heart-rending, tearful and very very important to be seen by a generation who have largely grown up with By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Christmas concert: REVIEW: Resound and Rebelles Stefan Holmstrom, musical director for both the Resound and Rebelles choirs , challenges his singers and audiences with new, exciting and unusual offerings at every concert and their Christmas offering is no exception. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Brian Butler takes a look at what Eastbourne’s two theatres have to offer in 2020 and finds musical and dramatic delights to suit every taste. Brian Butler takes a look at what Eastbourne’s two theatres have to offer in 2020 and finds musical and dramatic delights to suit every taste. By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Billy Ocean & Gerry Cinnamon @ Brighton Centre in 2020 Billy Ocean & Gerry Cinnamon @ Brighton Centre in 2020 By Brian Butler • 1 min read
CLARABELLE THE COW OF PANTOMIME FAME talks to Brian Butler CLARABELLE THE COW OF PANTOMIME FAME talks to Brian Butler Gscene reviewer who really milked the interview. By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Brian Butler previews the forthcoming season at the Theatre Royal Brian Butler previews the forthcoming season at the Theatre Royal, Brighton and finds it’s the best he can remember. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
REVIEW: My Life With Michael- 10 Years of Thriller Live! by Gary Lloyd A book called My Life With… is obviously going to be a kiss and tell biography of the secret life of a rich or famous person. Wrong. This highly detailed and lovingly created work is a ten-year look at the worldwide phenomenon that the stage show Thriller Live! has become. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
REVIEW: Feast of Fools @ BREMF For its final concert in the Brighton Early Music Festival 2019 series, the organisers went “ native “ re-creating the topsy turvy world of the medieval Feast of Fools, where the younger clergy let their hair down and mocked their own establishment. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
REVIEW: Stop Kiss @ Above the Stag Callie is an unhappy traffic reporter on a New York tv channel. Sara is a highly dedicated teacher in an under-privileged neighbourhood in the Bronx. What could they possible have in common? By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Brian Butler’s festive round-up of Brighton’s LGBTQ+ choirs, joy unbounded! Brian Butler does a round-up of what’s on offer this Christmas from Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ choirs and finds joy unbounded all round. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Empty grunge urban background REVIEW: Reputation @ Other Palace studio theatre, Victoria In this post-Weinstein , Me too era , a musical about an injustice done in Hollywood to a talented woman is about as topical as it gets. But this is no sex abuse scandal ; it’s the artistic crime of plagiarism. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
REVIEW: A Musical Offering @ BREMF The Bach Players specialise in this period of music and they delighted us with this opening piece in the hidden gem of St Paul’s Church in West Street Brighton. It’s a minimalist piece with short bright tunes on one instrument then mirrored by one of the others. At times it bounced along like an ene By Brian Butler • 2 min read
