Arts Alison Moyet donates profits from Brighton show to local Samaritans branch Alison Moyet donates the profits from her Brighton tour date to local Samaritans Branch. On Wednesday, November 8, pop singer Alison Moyet played to a sell out audience at the Brighton Dome where she performed a fantastic set in aid of Samaritans. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: ORFEO: BREMF Once again the Brighton Early Music Festival shows that you can take problematic and difficult pieces of early music and when stripped down and presented with care and consideration they can be allowed to shine and be appreciated for their own idiosyncratic, early charms. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts Early bird tickets go on sale for DragWorld 2018 DragWorld, Europe’s largest Drag Convention, returns to London’s Olympia Convention Hall on Saturday, August 18 and Sunday, August 19, 2018. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts ‘Royal Platinum Love Song’ celebrates Queen’s Platinum wedding anniversary Composer Olga Thomas-Bosovskaya release her new composition Royal Platinum Love Song to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh’s Platinum wedding anniversary in November and raise money for Cruse Bereavement Care (CBC). By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus – ‘Dreaming of Christmas’ Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) will be raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support at their annual Christmas Concert on Friday, December 15. The chorus will be performing Christmas favourites under the direction of musical director Marc Yarrow and accompanist Tim Nail. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts New book delves into performance and identity Reader in dance at Edge Hill University authors new book and two high-profile book chapters, exploring various aspects of performance and identity including drag, contemporary dance and queer art-making. The book, Mesearch and the Performing Body, is written by Dr Mark Edward and is an anthology of By Alice Blezard • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Coming Out’ exhibition reimagined for Birmingham showcase A major new exhibition at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (BMAG) will showcase over 80 modern and contemporary artworks by internationally renowned artists exploring themes of sexuality, gender and identity in art. By Besi • 5 min read
Arts New film highlights toilet experiences of trans, disabled and Muslims A short animated film illustrating the trials and tribulations of accessing and using public toilets has received its premier in Sheffield. The Toilet, a short animated film which is part of the Around the Toilet project, led by Dr Jen Slater from Sheffield Hallam University, weaves together persona By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: I AM THEY – screening of documentary by Fox and Owl Fisher I AM THEY – A non binary love story created by Fox and Owl Fisher will be screened at the Sallis Benney Theatre on Tuesday, November 28. I AM THEY, one of the first full length documentaries focusing on non binary trans issues, follows the life of Fox and Owl, non binary trans activists and film mak By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Roots, Shoots and Celestial Flowers: BREMF The Soprano and two mezzos gave some sublime and subtle performances across the evening and I found myself floating off into the ethereal vaults more than once as their voices combined and entwined in perfect harmony and sored into blissfulness. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Shoreham panto support charity Christmas single for cancer charity LP Creatives, the team behind the sell-out pantomime at the Ropetackle Arts Centre in Shoreham support the charity Cancer is a Drag with its new charity song release Christmas Time With You. Cancer is a Drag is a registered charity (Reg. No. 1160129) who’s main aim is to provide financial and wellbe By Besi • 4 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: The life to come by Fry & Mander it’s refreshing to listen to the voice of such a staunch eloquent atheist being applied to religious dogma and doggerel and the very real harm it has caused to the expression of love in all it’s infinite variety. It’s the first time in a long time when I’ve thought ‘you deserved that you sanctimo By Eric Page • 3 min read
