Community News PICTURE DIARY: Isle of Wight Pride Isle of Wight staged its first Pride on July 15 and what a fantastic event it was, embodying everything a great pride should aspire to. It is a huge responsibility to stage any public event, but the organisers of IOW Pride, just about got everything right, except they forgot to provide a dressing ro By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Isle of Wight’s first ever LGBT+ Pride event sells out! But, there is still a chance to get involved by purchasing one of the very few VIP tickets left! If you haven’t already got your free ticket to attend Pride on Saturday, July 15 in Ryde, you have missed out on the free ticket allocation. Due to licensing restrictions, the total number of attendees i By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Total raised by Alternative Panto for LGBT Community Safety Forum climbs to £3,814.07 After 20 performances the curtain fell on this years Alternative Pantomime A LADD IN at the Sallis Benney Theatre last Thursday night (February 2). Starring Dave Lynn, Jason Sutton, Davina Sparkle, Allan Jay, Jason Lee, Sally Vate, Christopher Howard and Lola Lasagne, the pantomime written by Andrew By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Alternative Panto total for LGBT Community Safety Forum climbs to £3,814.07 After 20 performances the curtain fell on this years Alternative Pantomime A LADD IN at the Sallis Benney Theatre last Thursday night (February 2). Starring Dave Lynn, Jason Sutton, Davina Sparkle, Allan Jay, Jason Lee, Sally Vate, Christopher Howard and Lola Lasagne, the pantomime written by Andrew By Besi • 2 min read
Arts New charity single for Retired Greyhound Trust The Retired Greyhound Trust (RGT) will be releasing their debut charity single, Let’s hear it for the Boy(s), performed by chart-topping artist Allan Jay later this month. Originally a 1980’s No.1 hit for Deniece Williams, the song’s title is also the name of their current campaign which is to highl By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Celebration! gets the B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival off to a great start Two icons of the drag scene were smiling in heaven last night as hundreds of ‘queens’ battled the elements on Brighton Seafront to take their seats in the Phil Starr Pavilion, while storm Doris blew outside. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: A LADD IN – The Alternative Panto The Alternative Panto A LADD IN, returns for a second year to the comfortable surroundings of the Sallis Benney Theatre with a production perfectly judged for an adult audience. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Alternative panto returns to Sallis Benney Theatre on January 19 Team behind successful Alternative Pantomime return to Sallis Benney Theatre with ‘Al Ladd In’. An alternative and fun take on the traditional pantomime, Aladdin, by the company that brought you the critically acclaimed production of Sinderfella in 2015. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Allan Jay records new charity single originally written for Cilla Song written for Cilla Black to be released as Cruse charity single by chart-topping recording artist Allan Jay. Songwriters Jason Prince and Lewis Greenslade originally wrote the heart touching ballad The Best Is Yet to Come for Cilla Black. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Sinderfella: Sallis Benney Theatre When you review shows as part of your job there is a responsibility to reflect accurately the quality of what you see. By Besi • 5 min read
In The South From Boom Boom Boom to Buttucks and Snow White! Scottish recording artist Allan Jay releases new single Boom Boom Boom and is set to appear as Buttucks in Sinderfella, the adult panto here in Brighton. By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Lucy Spraggan LGBTQ+ News Newcastle Pride announce full festival line-up THE three-day festival, now one of the largest, free LGBT events in the UK, returns to Newcastle’s Town Moor from Friday July 17, celebrating 45 years of world Pride. Event organisers, Northern Pride, recently announced that girlband B*Witched and pop superstar Belinda Carlisle would be headlining t By Besi • 3 min read
