Arts Hugo Michiels print to raise money for THT An exclusive print of the old pier entitled Fly Past by local photographer Hugo Michiels will be raffled on Friday, December 1 during the annual Charles Street, World Aids Day fundraiser which is being staged this year at Bar Broadway during Charles Street’s refit. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Get Therapy On Wednesday, November 22, the Latest Music Bar will host a single special performance of Danielle Imara’s GET THERAPY, a brand new show about her own experiences of addiction and group therapy. By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts LGBT History month launches in Liverpool On Wednesday, November 9 representatives from Liverpool’s LGBT+ communities came together at the Museum of Liverpool for the national launch of LGBT History Month 2018. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts THEATRE REVIEW: The Kite Runner @Theatre Royal It’s a hard look at the chaos of the unleashing of hugely destructive violent social prejudice from the perspective of a small close nit family. Its use of personal catastrophe as an intersectional metaphor for national tragedy is relentless. It’s also a breathless, almost unbearable personal confe By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts Isle of Wight Pride and Winter Pride announce new arts initiative Isle of Wight Pride, who recently won the right to stage UK Pride 2018, and Winter Pride, announce new arts initiative featuring local artists from the Isle of Wight, and finalists from the Winter Pride Art Awards sponsored by Emerald Life. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts MUSIC REVIEW: Jake Shears @Heaven There are gigs where you can feel a collective audience groan as the artist you’ve adored for years introduces another new song from their forthcoming solo album. Jake Shears was asking for a whole lotta patience from the crowd at Tuesday night’s London gig who had yet to hear a good 80% of his set By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
Arts FEATURE: Friends Like These Carol Decker and T’Pau may seem an unlikely band of gay icons, but in 1987 they and their music were my gay teenage saviours. The album Bridge of Spies, now celebrating its 30th anniversary, saw me through my lonely angsty teenage years. I’d spend hours every week locked in my room “climbing the wal By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 4 min read
Arts MUSIC REVIEW: Christmas Oratorio: BREMF This evening’s music was superb, it’s almost as if the BREMF was saving the best till last but this year’s programme has excelled in the quality of its music and tonight was no exception. John Hancorn conducted with a florid grace which kept the music tight and graceful while allowing the complex in By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Eastbourne Adult Panto: Sinbad the Seaman This November the panto season kicks off at the Royal Hippodrome Eastbourne with a return visit from the popular Market Theatre Company with their latest Adult Panto – Sinbad the Seaman. Hot of the heels of last year’s show Puss & Dick, this hilariously naughty show follows Sinbad the Seaman on his By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Treason Show finds new home Without a permanent venue to call home since 2009, The Treason Show has been seen in various venues across the city but at last, this long running and much loved Brighton show (running for 17 years) has found a new home. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts FEATURE: Poetry, the new rock and roll? Well as of November 18, it might be With rising instagram poets and inspirational styles like Spoken word emerging, the world of literary music that is poetry is reemerging as the next wave of art in the twenty first century. And who is at the front of this? We are. By Ray A-J • 6 min read
Arts Stars release charity Christmas single for Albert Kennedy Trust Eastenders Star June Brown MBE joins Union J singer Jaymi Hensley and a host of LGBT+ celebrities to record a charity single and video to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. By Besi • 2 min read
