Arts Have your say on Library Service Review Brighton & Hove City Council will be getting less funding from central government over the next few years, and have to consider how to make savings while still providing statutory services like Libraries. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Arts New album and musical stage play from Andy Bell Erasure’s Andy Bell will release his sixth solo album Torsten, The Beautiful Libertine on March 4, 2016 and will be starring in a new musical stage show based on the album in London in March. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘War Horse’ comes to Brighton Centre in 2018 The National Theatre’s acclaimed production of War Horse, begins a major tour of the UK on September 15 2017 at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, and comes to the Brighton Centre from January 25 – February 10, 2018. By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts Famous artworks get non-heteronormative makeover in new exhibition Famous artworks will be given a graphic twist as part of a new exhibition exploring relationships, gender and sex. Birmingham School of Art, part of Birmingham City University (UK), will be hosting the ‘Obscene and Pornographic Art’ show, which will see an erotic makeover handed to a series of 18th By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts Local author to take new ‘HIV Happy’ workshop on tour Paul Thorn, author and presenter of Radio Reverb’s HIV Happy Hour to tour new workshop around the UK. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Ruby Wax: Sane new world Following sell-out UK tours in 2014 and 2015 and a successful run at the St James Theatre, Ruby Wax– comedian, writer, mental health campaigner – is bringing her one-woman comedy show, Sane New World, to the Arts Theatre in London for a final run from January 19 – February 13. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Carnival Dreams the Musical The World Premier of Carnival Dreams The Musical is at the Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon on February 3. The production stars Cheryl Fergison, who played the much-loved Heather Trott in EastEnders, is written by Norman Mark with haunting original music by Robert Orledge and directed by Andrew Lynford. By Contributor • 2 min read
Larry Grayson Arts Arts Council funds work with older gay men in Eastbourne A theatre company exploring the family archive of the late comedian and Generation Game host Larry Grayson wins arts award to work with older gay men in the Eastbourne area. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Actually Gay Men’s Chorus and London Gay Symphony Orchestra Last nights concert at the Dome (Jan 10) was a showcase for the combined talents of the Actually Gay Men’s Chorus (AGMC), The London Gay Symphony Orchestra (LGSO), pianists Coady Green and Christopher Wayne Smith, sopranos Laura Wolk-Lewanowicz and Samantha Howard and entertainers Jason Sutton and D By Besi • 3 min read
Arts LGBT rights campaigners and activists added to ODNB The biographies of 222 individuals who left their mark on British life, and who died in the year 2012 have been added to the latest update of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, published on January 7. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Towner Art Gallery: ‘Recording Britain’ Towner presents Recording Britain, an exhibition of nearly fifty watercolour paintings of the changing landscape of Britain during the Second World War. Set up by Sir Kenneth Clark at the outbreak of war in 1939, Recording Britain was a scheme intended to boost national morale by celebrating the cou By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Women of Troy In Troy, the war is over and the city is burning. The Gods shift their allegiances. The city’s once rich and powerful women have been herded together to await their fates at the hands of the victorious Greeks. By Contributor • 1 min read
