Arts Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus welcome new members for 2017 season Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BrightonGMC) will hold a New Members’ Evening at 7:30pm on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at the Brighton Unitarian Church, New Road, Brighton. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Singing is good for your health and improves confidence RC+ (Rainbow Chorus Plus) is a welcome and successful initiative from the Rainbow Chorus, Brighton’s long-standing LGBT choir. It is now in its second year largely thanks to support from the Rainbow Fund. The grant at the time raised a few eyebrows as some might wonder why is it necessary to fund so By Besi • 3 min read
Arts TONIGHT: ‘Let it Snow’ – Actually Gay Men’s Chorus The Actually Gay Men’s Chorus (AGMC) Christmas offering this year will be on Friday, December 23 at St Andrew Church in Hove. Their first Christmas show under new musical director Samuel Cousins, the AGMC will be singing Christmas standards with a few new surprises and will be raising money for Incl By Besi • 1 min read
Arts book review: date of birth, time of death: pp hartnet It’s punchy, practical, and well-honed heft will slap you with its audacity, and then comfort you with the cold comfort of truth. It’s never clear if this is fantasy, confession or observation in the many seriously sexual gay male spaces Hartnet is very familiar with, but its sharp edged needling vo By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Speak it’s Name!: Quotations by and about gay men and women This collection of quotations by and about gay people is a celebration of the advances in LGBT rights in the UK over the last half-century and a demonstration of the battle against oppression and prejudice that led to them. From a diverse range of people across the world, funny ones are interspersed By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Polish popstar faces hate comments after publishing gay video on her website Beata Kozidrak is a singer with legendary Polish band, Bajm. After divorcing her husband earlier this year, she relaunched her solo career, releasing her third solo album B3. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Warwick Rowers make video message for world leaders The Warwick Rowers make a video message for President Elect Donald Trump, Vice President Elect Mike Pence and the rest of the world’s leaders. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Michael Ball and Alfie Boe ‘Together Again’ in 2017 Following the stunning success of their Platinum selling album Together and 29 sold out shows across the UK in 2016, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe return to the Brighton Centre on Saturday, December 2, 2017 as part of their Together Again tour. By Besi • 2 min read
Photo: Johan Persson Arts PREVIEW: Running Wild @ Chichester Festival Theatre Following a hugely successful run at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in London, RUNNING WILD returns home to Chichester. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Dome – spring 2017 programme highlights Brighton Dome new spring programme, features a wide range of events across music, dance, theatre, comedy and more. By Paul Gustafson • 3 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Ednapeadia: Dame Edna Dame Edna spares no one and nothing, especially the truth, in her quest to explain why Australia is the best darn place in the whole world. With her trademark honestly and subtle delicate prose Dame Enda, world famous housewife, chanteuse and satirist shows us once again why she is Australia’s most By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Sunny Afternoon@Theatre Royal Due to my confusion over ‘60s summertime hits I had the vague idea this was a musical celebrating the life and work of Mungo Jerry. Luckily it turns out that Sunny Afternoon is actually based on the far superior back catalogue of the Kinks. By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
