Arts PREVIEW: THE BOYS IN THE BAND Direct from a sell out run in London, Mart Crowley’s ground-breaking play, THE BOYS IN THE BAND, visits the Theatre Royal Brighton next month as part of a short UK tour. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Arts Council funds new play by local author Writer and performer Rose Collis has been awarded research and development funding from Grants for the Arts, supported by Arts Council England, to create a two-act stage play based on her book Colonel Barker’s Monstrous Regiment. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: La Cage Aux Folles – UK National Tour Bill Kenwright presents the much-loved musical LA CAGE AUX FOLLES with John Partridge as Albin and Adrian Zmed as Georges, which opens in Oxford on Thursday, January 5, 2017 and comes to Brighton on August 5, 2017 at the end of its nationwide tour and the opening of the Brighton Pride weekend. By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Rewind Fast Forward A cultural archive through Liverpool’s queer nightlife. By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts She Loves You! The lives and works of Lez Ingham. Craig Hanlon Smith spends an evening in the company of artist Lez Ingham to find out what inspires her to paint the stars. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 6 min read
Arts PREVIEW: NEVER GOING UNDERGROUND: the fight for LGBT+ rights 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexual acts in England and Wales (1967 Sexual Offences Act). By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Breakfast at Tiffany’s@Theatre Royal Based on Truman Capote’s novel, this is the story of a young woman in New York City who meets a young man when he moves into her apartment building; this stage adaptation by Richard Greenberg tries to recapture the elegant sense of the film. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts Exactly-New album from Right Said Fred Right Said Fred’s will release their 9th studio album Exactly in March 2017. The album, two years in the making features an array of special guests and Fred and Richard Fairbrass’ signature mix of tongue-in-cheek observational pop. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts London Gay Men’s Chorus celebrate Silver Jubilee The London Gay Men’s Chorus (LGMC) celebrates its Silver Jubilee with a special gala concert at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on November 27. The LGMC began in 1991 when 9 friends sang at Angel tube station to raise money for the Terrence Higgins Trust. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Duke of York’s to screen classic LGBT film Black British LGBT classic film to be screened at Brighton’s Duke of Yorks Picture House in November. On November 6 2016, Legacy Film will screen ‘The Passion of Remembrance’, the 1986 groundbreaking feature film by Isaac Julien and Maureen Blackwood that defined the Black experience in the UK. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Miss Jason records charity single for THT Miss Jason, the current holder of the Golden Handbag Favourite Drag Entertainer crown has recorded a charity single to benefit Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), the national HIV and sexual health charity By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Alternative Pantomime to kickstart official LGBT History month celebrations Alternative Pantomime will provide a spectacular Brighton curtain raiser to LGBT History month 2017. In a unique development, this years Alternative Pantomime ‘A Ladd In’ will be staged by the organisers and performers of the Alternative Pantomime, in partnership with the University of Brighton, Bri By Besi • 2 min read
