Arts All aboard for B.O.A.T. fundraiser Adrian Bunting, who died suddenly last month of pancreatic cancer was a well-known and much respected face in Brighton theatre circles. He founded the legendary performance platform ZINCBAR in the 1990s and his play, Kembel’s Riot, won Best Play at Brighton Fringe Festival a couple of years ago. A g By Kat Pope • 1 min read
National News Secret London Gardens If you have an interest in horticulture or the history and hidden spaces of the capital, a visit to London is a must this Saturday and Sunday as the annual Open Garden Squares Weekend is upon us. For a mere £12 you can visit as many gardens as you can cram in in the time […] By Kat Pope • 2 min read
Arts Hal Cruttenden: Tough Luvvie: The Udderbelly, South Bank, London: Review Last time I saw Hal Cruttenden he was acting his chops off in the tiny Trafalgar Studios in a show based on the works of George Orwell. “Yes, I’m a ‘proper’ actor,” he says in Tough Luvvie, his new solo comedy piece. “Three years at acting school, then bit parts on the telly.” So now […] By Kat Pope • 2 min read
Arts LIMBO: London Wonderground, South Bank: Review The round stage is 3.6 metres across. Tiny. And it’s bare, save 8 lightbulbs swinging over it. And I’m in the very front row, almost pressed up against the bare wood. I’m in Limbo, the show, and also in a state of unknowing. This is scary. The performers are going to be on top of […] By Kat Pope • 4 min read
Music Miss Nightingale at the Connaught Theare Over at the Connaught Theatre in Worthing you can catch some 1940’s burlesque in Miss Nightingale, a tale of gin, gents and garter-belts which runs til the end of the week. Not just a cabaret, this is a ‘proper show’ with a story ‘n’ all, starring Amber Topaz as the eponymous heroine. Northern songb By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Arts Sophie Evans in Concert: An evening with Dorothy and Jesus Sophie Evans, who very nearly made it as Dorothy in the Beeb’s Over the Rainbow, proves she’s got what it takes to be a Musical Diva (yes, with a capital M and a capital D!) next week when she arrives on the stage of the Eastbourne Hippodrome for her very own show. She’ll be belting […] By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Arts Call for male dancers for new Disney stage show Disney Theatrical Group are looking for men who can dance, for their new musical Newsie. Newsie, inspired by the real-life New York Newsboy Strike of 1899, has been an unexpected hit on Broadway for two years and now Disney want to bring it to the West End. Male dancers are being called for audition By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Arts Queen live! Drumming outburst over with, and Pride support ticked off, Dame Helen Mirren is now back to her day job of playing Queeny in The Audience at the Gielgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. But if you aren’t lucky enough to have a ticket (£125 each last time I asked at the box office!!) you can do [ By Kat Pope • 1 min read
News Phwoarrrr!! When Clare Short MP called the media out for the casual and consistently sexist messages it was broadcasting, she got caned not only in the media, but in Parliament itself. This month the Short baton is being picked up by a coalition of women’s groups in Brighton & Hove who are ‘worrying their prett By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Arts Purple cow goes ‘Wonderground’ If you’re missing the whole festival vibe and especially the wonderfully draughty Speigeltent, you don’t have far to go to catch both by the tail, as the tent has pitched up, Tardis-like, 60 miles away on the lawns of the South Bank for the rest of the summer and now goes by the name of […] By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Arts Degrees of creativity The arts graduates of the University of Sussex are showing their degree work at the Uni’s Grand Parade building at the moment, and it’s well worth a look. On show are textiles, 3-D design, fine and graphic art, architecture, film, photography and sculpture, and it’s a brilliant opportunity to seek o By Kat Pope • 1 min read
News Downsize or else! Now that the hated Bedroom Tax is in full swing, and the first eviction notices are being sent out, it’s pretty important to think about downsizing if you possibly can. Even though the council states it’s not happy with government policy, they’ve no choice but to enact it, so today (Wednesday May 29 By Kat Pope • 1 min read
