Arts POETRY REVIEW: Hello Glastonbury – I mean, Brighton Ray A-J reviews the Poetry Competition and Festival 2017 featuring The Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy at the Old Market in Hove on Saturday, November 18. Electric – The atmosphere alive with the buzz and hum of a festival. Undeniably, contagious. If all the literary gigs of the world were a pool, thi By Ray A-J • 10 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: Marnie @ENO Daughter. Liar. Wife. Thief. She has been running for so long, no one knows the real Marnie, least of all herself. A world premiere opera from composer Nico Muhly, with a libretto by Nicholas Wright, Marnie is based on the novel by Winston Graham although alludes to the Hitchcock film. It examines t By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Ssshh! Something Trashy’s Happening in The Library Transgender issues are noisily hitting the headlines left, right and centre at the moment, reflected by Something Underground theatre company re-launching their play Large Print Trash, and bringing it to the heart of Brighton & Hove. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Chinese Burn on BBC3 iPlayer New BBC Three sitcom smashes all Chinese stereotypes with a round-house kick, bursting open the door to the messy yet hilarious realities of the western world, with an eastern twist. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: You Were Never Really Here If I had to sum up Lynne Ramsay’s style of filmmaking in a word it would be ‘concentrated’. Important clues about a character, or a vital link in a chain of events, might be expressed in a single shot or a couple of words. By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Pink Singers to raise the roof on World AIDS Day This year’s ‘World AIDS Day Concert’ in London with The Pink Singers will raise support for the National AIDS Trust, and will include guest singers and Rainbow Singers Across Borders. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts TRAUMFRAU: The queer migrant takeover party Borders are closing and migrants are being vilified across the UK, both systemically and on the streets. Traumfrau think it’s time to rebalance the power and give migrant friends a platform by throwing a party and celebrating everything migrants bring to the UK! By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Queer Films @ Cinecity Film Festival Cinecity, the Brighton film festival, is showing a number of LGBT-themed films tonight and over the weekend. The Misandrists (pictured) is the latest provocation from underground queer film legend Bruce LaBruce (The Raspberry Reich, Hustler White, Gerontophilia). It’s the story of a dissident lesbia By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Arts Charity fun day at Doctor Brightons The TIA Charitable Foundation teams up with Doctor Brightons to bring you a fun filled day to help raise awareness and funds for valuable conservation and community projects in Southern Africa on Sunday, December 17. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts THEATRE REVIEW: How the Other Half Loves @Theatre Royal Rather like his recently revived Relatively Speaking, Alan Ayckbourn’s play is a farcical look at an affair and the tortured results of covering it up. The intricate web of lies lead, inevitably, to a whole raft of misunderstandings. Written five years later, How the Other Half Loves is almost exper By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Arts Smiley Sunday comedy night at Dr Brightons Smiley Sunday Comedy NIght is about to hit double figures and will be celebrating in fine style at Doctor Brightons, Brighton on December 17! This Smiley Sunday is the closing part of a charity fun day being held at Doctor Brightons to benefit TIA Volunteers and all proceeds will be going to this gr By Besi • 1 min read
Arts MUSIC PREVIEW: Neon Moon by Matthew Callow Neon Moon is a gay love song and the title track of the new album by British synth-pop artist Matthew Callow. The album is due for release early in 2018 and features forty fives minutes of original material. By Besi • 1 min read
