Community News PICTURE DIARIES: Grosvenor in Hove Performers including Krissie Ducann, David Raven, Alan Jay, Pooh La May and Ricky Royale held an impromptu evening for the Sussex Beacon at the Grosvenor in Hove last month. £65 was collected in buckets for the Beacon. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: Blooming @Sweet Dukebox Practicing Joy on the Road to Hell and Back. Author, Patrick Sandford asked 100 people “How do you know when you are happy?” The answers – provocative, kaleidoscopic, astonishing – jump-started this crazy, optimistic-in-spite-of-everything show. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: The Holey Truth @ Blue Man Following a sell out run at the Camden Fringe Festival, Jake Howie brings The Holey Truth to Brighton with zero bars held. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: The greatest liar in all the world @ The Warren Main House Familia de la Noche make their Brighton Fringe debut with five star, darkly funny sequel to Pinocchio. Familia de la Noche’s hilarious mix of clowning, puppetry, music and shadow play tells a story of extraordinary encounters, curious characters and lost love. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: Protect and Survive @ Sweet St Andrew’s 1984. The doomsday clock stands at 23:57. Five strangers take part in exercise ‘HOT SEAT’, a role-play simulation for a pre-and post-nuclear attack on the UK. In 2017, the doomsday clock, once again, reads 23:57 and the game becomes reality! By Contributor • 2 min read
Features & Longread MENTAL HEALTH FEATURE: Depression Do not confuse ‘being depressed’ with the medical syndrome of the same name, this would be like misunderstanding the difference between sleep and a coma. No one who has suffered from depression harbours any doubt that they were seriously ill as this account of his illness by my friend Mike Wall will By Contributor • 4 min read
Arts FEATURE: Princess C*nty Holly Smith – a biologically female drag queen, by Rebecca House. A few months ago I’d never heard of the term ‘bio-queen’. It wasn’t until I had a conversation with someone from the drag industry, that I became aware of the expression and its definition. This then led me to do some research around By Contributor • 3 min read
Business News FEATURE: Sauna Jak My name is Jak. I’ve worked on the scene at the Brighton Sauna for two and half years now and I love it. It’s varied, entertaining and ultimately I get to meet a lot of different people. They get to meet me too. You see, I’m a trans guy and as far as I know, the only openly trans guy who works in an By Contributor • 4 min read
Arts Brighton Fringe Preview: BoxedIn Theatre presents WOOD Following their 5 star smash-hit production of Romeo and Juliet, BoxedIn presents WOOD, an explosive piece of new writing that examines gender constructions, sexual labels, and what to expect when you go camping. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: The Picture of Dorian Gray@The Warren, Studio 2 Argus Angel Award winning Box Tale Soup return to Brighton Fringe with an thrilling new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Commissioned by the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, Box Tale Soup’s new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is an inventive By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: The girl in the grate A spoken word show from storyteller Cathianne Hall, paying homage to vintage ‘Girl About Town’ sitcoms and exploring why sometimes you have to get stuck to get unstuck. Give yourself a squirt of ‘Charlie’ perfume, top up your glass of Babycham and join award-winning writer Cathianne Hall for The Gir By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ELVIS Las Vegas 1969 at The Woodville in Gravesend Kent singer/actor, Scott Elvis, plays the title role of Elvis Presley in Anscombe Production Associates brand-new theatre musical production, ELVIS Las Vegas 1969, at The Woodville in Gravesend. The production received its world premiere last night, (Friday, April 28) with two performances today at By Contributor • 2 min read
