Arts OPERA REVIEW: Rigoletto @ ENO A tragic story of jealousy, vengeance and sacrifice, Rigoletto is one of Verdi’s most popular operas. Jonathan Miller’s much-loved ‘Mafia’ production makes a welcome return to the ENO stage, relocating the action to New York’s Little Italy in the 1950s with a tightly cut ‘ Mad men’ swagger to the co By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus Tribute Concert for Pablo Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus held a Tribute Concert to celebrate the life of their friend and colleague Pablo Fernandez Arias Carzola at the Phil Starr Pavilion on Sunday, February 5. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Charity comedy night at Dr Brightons this evening Smiley Sunday returns to Dr Brightons with a bang at 7.30pm this evening raising money for the Rainbow Fund. A brilliant lineup of funny people has been assembled including: Trev Tokabi, Heather Minor, Carl Carzana, Alex Petrovic, Steve Pepper, Emi d’Escrivan and Victoria Howden. Kyle Wallace will c By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Celebration! gets the B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival off to a great start Two icons of the drag scene were smiling in heaven last night as hundreds of ‘queens’ battled the elements on Brighton Seafront to take their seats in the Phil Starr Pavilion, while storm Doris blew outside. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON Festival: LGBT History Month: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus to give free concert at Phil Starr Pavilion on Sunday The Brighton Gay Men’s chorus present a free Tribute Concert on Sunday, February 5 at the Phil Starr Pavilion during Soul Safari 1, a day exploring our LGBT spirituality organised by Village MCC. The concert will be remembering choir member Pablo Fernández-Arias, who passed away shortly before Chris By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Salisbury Arts Centre hosts first ever Salisbury Queer Arts Weekender Salisbury Arts Centre (SAC) is to stage the first ever Salisbury Queer Arts Weekender (SQUARK) in April, with a range of LGBT+ talent featuring theatre, music, comedy, cabaret and drag artists from across the UK. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts LGBT HISTORY MONTH: Liverpool: OUTing the Past at Museum of Liverpool Stuart Milk, the global LGBT human rights activist and political speaker, nephew of civil rights leader Harvey Milk and co-founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation, will open OUTing the Past 2017 at Museum of Liverpool on Saturday, February 25 at 10am. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rent @ Devonshire Park Theatre This show now in its 20th year and wrapped round the plot of La bohème centres on the lives of a group of impoverished young American artists struggling with identity, HIV, homelessness, politics, death and a world which doesn’t seem to care about them or their dreams. This interwoven group are fran By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON Festival: Phil Starr Pavilion hosts LGBT History Month events Today (February 1) is the start of LGBT History Month, an international month-long observance of our collective LGBT+Histories. History month gives all LGBT+ people and their allies the opportunity to commemorate and remember the bravery of those who campaigned and spoke out over the years to help u By Besi • 2 min read
Arts New performance venue named after legendary drag queen, Phil Starr The curtain rises on LGBT History Month at the Phil Starr Pavilion on Friday, February 3 with a series of over 50 events taking place under the collective banner of the B.RIGHT.ON LGBT Festival, to highlight the work of the city’s many LGBT groups and organisations. By Besi • 4 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Beyond the Binary – a digital symposium exploring trans artists in the digital world The National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) present Beyond the Binary: Trans Artists in the Digital World, a free digital symposium exploring how trans and non-binary artists from across the world are using digital media to transform their practice and make a difference. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: A Very Queer Nazi Faust is happening! Vince Laws, independent poet, artist and campaigner, has launched a new four-part participatory theatre project in Norwich. A Very Queer Nazi Faust will celebrate 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, and will “highlight the plight of disabled people under the curr By Graham Robson • 2 min read
