Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Trial of Roger Casement by Fionnuala Doran Based on his true life story; condemned as a revolutionary, imprisoned in the Tower of London ( This was the 20th century!!) his sexuality exposed by the circulation of his private journals, and on his final day in the courtroom, he delivered a brave, impassioned speech that still resonates. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Hair @The Old Market The American Tribal Love Rock Musical Hair composed by Galt MacDermot originally opened on both Broadway and the West End in 1968. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Tonight at B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Celebrating Sisterhood Join the panel of inspirational women as they debate their authentic understanding of sharing strength, compassion and discussing ways of collectively repairing the harm caused by an unequal society by listening to women’s voices and lived experiences. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Diva and Gay Times synchronise ‘Gender Capitalist’ covers for March issues Rain Dove, who does not identify as male or female, makes history appearing simultaneously on cover of Gay Time and Diva magazines. In a publishing first, two of the UK’s leading magazines for LGBT+ people are synchronising the launch of their March 2018 issues, both of which feature activist, model By Besi • 2 min read
Arts FILM PREVIEW: The Ice King Tony Fenwick, CEO of LGBT History Month hosts a screening of The Ice King, a feature documentary about John Curry, in the view of many the greatest figure skater of all time and the first openly gay Olympian. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: Iolanthe @ENO Iolanthe English National Opera This all new production of Iolanthe has a different director Cal McCrystal from the ENO G&S smash hit Pirates of Penzance, but looks like being as huge a success as that was. McCrystal – who is newish to opera – plays it straight, proper Gilbert and Sullivan and this By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts REVIEW: TWINKLE @ Phil Starr Pavilion Harold Thropp is a very tired very angry panto dame. Arriving at a down at heel Northern town – probably Sunderland – he discovers that Widow Twankey has been reduced to a tiny cupboard of a dressing room in what he describes as the “cellar “. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Star of ITV’s Transformation Street takes to the stage in ‘Dead and Breathing’ Actress Kim Tatum aka Mzz Kimberley stars in ‘Dead and Breathing’ By Chisa Hutchinson, at The Albany (London), February 19 – March 3, 2018. Transformation Street is a three part ITV documentary following the staff and patients in a London gender clinic. The show follows gender reassignment speciali By Besi • 2 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Paul Diello – EPICENE Award winning singer songwriter Paul Diello brings his gender-blending extravaganza ‘Epicene’ to the B Right On LGBT Community Festival after a sold out success at Brighton Fringe. Paul Diello invites you to his gender-blending celebration of iconic women in music. After a run of three sold out, fiv By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Mayor of Brighton & Hove opens B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival The Mayor of Brighton & Hove, Councillor Mo Marsh officially opened the 2018 B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival last night (February 16) celebrating Brighton’s contribution to LGBT History Month. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: TWINKLE starring Miss Jason To celebrate LGBT HISTORY MONTH for one night only Jason Sutton (aka Miss Jason) stars in Philip Meeks’s one man play: TWINKLE. Following recent performances in Brighton, which delighted audiences and critics alike, TWINKLE now plays for one night only in the Phil Starr Pavilion at the B RIGHT ON LG By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Dance Like a Diva for Martlets Hospice Gather a group of fun friends together for a fantastic four-hour dance party at Concorde 2 in Brighton and have a ball raising money for Martlets hospice on Sunday, April 22. Dance Through the Decades with club DJs Lucy “Elle J” Small from Funk the Format and Soul Casserole as they pump out the very By Besi • 1 min read
