LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you from Switchboard Switchboard would like to say thank you to the Rainbow Fund for awarding us with a grant of up to £18,500 this year at last nights Rainbow Awards (Oct 15) at the Hilton Brighton Metropole. This award will help us carry on our Rainbow Café – a service for LGBTQ people living with dementia and memory By Contributor • 1 min read
PREVIEW: Conversation Piece: Supporting the Unseen – queer solidarity in the… A relaxed and engaging discussion inspired by the current exhibition at Fabrica, led by artist Lorenza Ippolito. Homes by Harley Weir depicts photographs made over a ten-day period in October 2016 in the migrant and refugee camps of Calais, known informally as the Jungle. By Contributor • 1 min read
PREVIEW: Rocky Horror Show returns to Theatre Royal for Christmas season Legendary musical extravaganza Rocky Horror Show starring Joanne Clifton, Ben Adams and Stephen Webb, returns to Theatre Royal Brighton for the Christmas season. By Contributor • 3 min read
Two literary events celebrating Black History Month Brighton literature project celebrates BAME voices with an evening of literary inspiration during Black History Month. HUNGRY for words, music and stories? then join Writing Our Legacy at New Writing South on Wednesday, October 24 for Diverse Sussex – Brighton: an evening of literary inspiration ce By Contributor • 3 min read
PREVIEW: Women Power Protest – a major new exhibition about women A new, major exhibition Women Power Protest – opens at the Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery on November 10, 2018. By Contributor • 3 min read
PREVIEW: Freddie Moorhead exhibition in Worthing Light sculpture, Freddie Moorhead is staging an exhibition of his work at the Totem Gallery in Worthing till October 18. The work being exhibited has all been created in the last three months and includes collage, photomontage, photo collage and totem sculptures. By Contributor • 1 min read
Local photographer becomes parent to 74 street kids in Kenya Photographer returns home to Brighton to share the sense of community he found in the most unlikely of places. Local photographer Chris Dade has been taking trips for several years in search of community. While in Kenya he stumbled across what he had been searching for, a safe house for street child By Contributor • 3 min read
PREVIEW: Michael Clark – ‘to a simple, rock ‘n’ roll… song’ @Brighton Dome This Olivier Award-nominated production, created by one of Britain’s leading choreographers, is a gorgeously arresting triple bill. By Contributor • 1 min read
COMPETITION: Win a pair of tickets to see superstar chef James Martin at Brighton Centre Superstar chef James Martin appears at The Brighton Centre on Sunday, October 21, 2018 as part of his UK tour. On the Road… Again will see James bring the experiences of his hit TV shows French Adventure, American Adventure and Saturday Morning with James Martin to this brand new live show format, d By Contributor • 1 min read
PREVIEW: El Geebee Tea Queue in October Paul Diello returns to the cellar bar of the Brunswick Pub in Hove with award winning, El Geebee Tea Queue to present yet another selection of the finest LGBT+ talent the scene has to offer. By Contributor • 1 min read
Michael Davis R.I.P A naughty wink and a cheeky smile; Michael Davis also had presence. A particularly brooding presence, centre stage, backlit and on the top rostrum, dressed as Batman in the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) Superhero Show. So far, so Bruce Wayne. By Contributor • 2 min read
FEATURE: Celebrating Barbara Bell MindOut, the LGBT+ Mental Health Service, celebrates Barbara Bell – as their lesbian Icon. MindOut icons, past and present featured in the Gscene annual Lesbian Icons issue, include Helen Boyle, Hannah Gadsby, Anne Lister… but so far, so obvious…… By Contributor • 4 min read
