FEATURE: A-Z of Street Drugs ALCOHOL: The most popular drug BY FAR. A depressant, makes you sociable; too much and you’ll have a hangover, way too much alcohol will put you in a coma or kill you. Causes more illness, accidents, violence and death than all the other drugs combined. It’s legal and anyone over the age of 16 can [ By Eric Page • 5 min read
REVIEW: Rear View : IOU @Brighton Festival It’s been a long time since I’ve been so absorbed by the simple everyday marvelous of this city by the sea. It’s delightful and we could have spent all day on the bus floating around in the warm comfortable sunshine, music floating and rising and falling in our ears, the seagulls reeling against the By Eric Page • 4 min read
Fringe REVIEW: FORM @The Hat/Warren They explore big themes and the action leads us from a silly playful day dream out into darker world of adventure, storms, discovery, imprisonment and ultimate resolution. They pull lovely moments out of the endless kinetic motion of their faces and paper props, an impressive tragic suggestion or tw By Eric Page • 2 min read
REVIEW: Hot Gay Time Machine @BOSCO Spiegeltent Zak Ghazi-Torbati and Toby Marlow are a superb reincarnation of that most perfect of British traditions, a very funny, perfectly honed, duet of white cis men who use their own experience and privilege to subvert and twist our ideas of outrage, insult and offense. By Eric Page • 3 min read
REVIEW: Phil Lunn Is… @ The Warren Phil Lunn Is… By Phil Lunn Brighton Fringe/The Other Place The Warren May 3rd 10pm An evening with a lady who isn’t to be forgotten. Phil Lunn Is…. A cabaret singer, created uniquely for this one performance. Entirely improvised songs and improvised conversation, all inspired by the audience. Phil L By Eric Page • 2 min read
INTERVIEW: From Welsh Valleys to NoFitState Circus Eric Page catches up with fellow Welshman Lyndall Merry from the fantastic NoFitState circus who’s a world renowned trapeze artist and also chief rigger. By Eric Page • 3 min read
REVIEW: Present Laughter @Chichester Actor, charmer and diva, Garry Essendine is determined to disregard his advancing years and receding hairline by revelling in his endless tantrums and casual affairs, but as he is about to depart for Africa, he’s besieged by a bevy of would-be seductresses, not to mention his long suffering secretar By Eric Page • 3 min read
THEATRE REVIEW: The Importance of Being Earnest @Eastbourne IT’S always difficult to walk the walk of Lady Bracknell, and an audience will always tremble as the actress clears her throat to utter her immortal lines, but much in the way of the cucumbers for her sandwiches there was something missing here tonight in this Original Theatre Production of the Impo By Eric Page • 3 min read
BOOK REVIEW: The Last Romeo by Justin Myers The Last Romeo by Justin Myers This book from Justin Myers the author of the popular blog The Guyliner is fun and carries his candid, appealing and humourous writing style over into this wholly fictional account of the pursuit of love. The story follows James, 34 his relationship has imploded, he ha By Eric Page • 1 min read
BOOK REVIEW: Boys Keep Swinging: A Memoir by Jake Shears All the way up and down, in and out and every which way he can Shears is searingly honest and this makes this autobiography a rare thing, a popstar who can write beautifully and entertain on the page as much on the stage. Sigh, he’s such a hottie! Recommended. By Eric Page • 2 min read
BOOK REVIEW: The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara This rampantly beautiful and technicoloured book follows a group of Queer friends all gay and transgender clubkids as they navigate the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1980s, inspired by ‘House of Xtravaganza’ of Paris Is Burning fame. By Eric Page • 2 min read
BOOK REVIEW: Gender Diversity and Non-Binary Inclusion in the Workplace by Sarah Gibson and J. Fernandez A useful book that approach this subject with sensitivity and offers practical everyday solutions, from the physical to far reaching systemic change via policy to make the working environment as inclusive as possible. From dress code, to the barriers to job seeking, from office based hate crime to s By Eric Page • 1 min read
