Arts RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World to sashay into Brighton Centre in October Billed as the “biggest drag show in the world”, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World, will visit the UK and Ireland with an all-new production in October. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Brighton & Hove Pride contributes to Brighton Fringe’s “largest bursary offering to date” Brighton Fringe has announced their “largest bursary offering to date”, with a total of 43 bursary winners across 16 bursary schemes. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: 37th BFI Flare Film Festival Brian Butler looks at what’s on offer at the latest LGBTQ+ film festival By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts Kath Duncan’s ‘Liberty’ to show at Hatcham House during Pride Month Liberty, Kath Duncan’s untold story of the struggle for civil rights, which tells for the first time how LGBTQ+, working class Black History activists from Lewisham in South East London fearlessly took on the power of the State, the King, and the UK legal system, is to show at Hatcham House, London By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts “Powerful and timely” LGBTQ+ film ‘The Perpetrators’ to show at BFI Flare this month The Perpetrators collages moody analogue film, original animation and archival materials in a dreamy autofiction of queer darkness that ponders the correlations between 1980s Stranger Danger, the construction of homosexual identity and the institution of the family. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Steel Magnolias @ Theatre Royal Brighton Amusing and engaging, with some solid comic throw away lines and one stand out emotional scene of grief expressed, it felt froth with no firmness. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: George Takei- Still boldly going Brian Butler talks to a Star Trek legend about his internment, LGBTQ+ activism, and panto in Brighton By Brian Butler • 4 min read
Arts Beverley Knight MBE nominated for an Olivier Award for her role in ‘Sylvia’ The English recording artist and musical actress – who also stars as a judge on the ITV series Starstuck – plays Emmeline Pankhurst in the Old Vic’s Sylvia, a role which she has reprised, having also played the historic feminist figure on the West End in 2018. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: ‘The Way Old Friends Do’ @ Birmingham Repertory Theatre With a sharply funny, high-camp, and dragged-up script, this production is full of laugh-out-loud moments woven alongside the heart-warming story of friendship, coming outs, and love. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Brighton Festival – 120 events over 3 weeks Brian Butler finds gathering round in our Queer community is at the heart of Brighton Festival By Brian Butler • 5 min read
Arts Fierce Festival’s artistic director Aaron Wright to step down After seven successful years, Aaron Wright, artistic director of Fierce Festival – a festival of international theatre, performance and experiences which takes place in and around Birmingham – is stepping down. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
