Arts Dressed as a Girl DVD launched in UK Fill your stockings this Christmas with the DVD and online release of ‘Dressed as a Girl’, a ‘frockumentary’ of East London’s alternative drag scene, directed by Colin Rothbart, which focuses on both the public and personal lives of some of the key performers on the alternative drag scene. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rainbow Chorus Christmas Show The Christmas spirit finally came to Kemptown last night, December 5 with the Rainbow Chorus’ Christmas Show, Do you hear the Rainbows Sing? By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Miss Hope Springs: ‘Now it’s Christmas time’ The uniquely talented Ty Jeffries bring his creation Miss Hope Springs to the Komedia on Tuesday December 8 with her laugh-out-loud-move-you-to-tears’ one woman show. The ex-Vegas nightclub chanteuse Miss Hope Springs will be playing the piano and singing her award-winning repertoire of uniquely cat By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Bridge of Spies CD + DVD Box Set This multi-disc re-mastered release of their multi-platinum selling debut outing can only ensure that they remain in our conscience for a little whole longer yet. Including the original album in full, all the big hitters are here, most notably China in Your Hand, Heart and Soul, and Valentine, but a By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Madonna: The Rebel Heart Tour Whilst I have seen Madonna put on a show before, The Rebel Heart Tour has to be up there amongst her finest onstage outings. Although not amongst her most commercially successful, the Rebel Heart album is a cracker and of the opening seven songs, six are taken from her latest release. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: You can hear the Rainbows sing tonight! The Rainbows will throw open the doors of St. George’s Church, Kemptown tonight for a show stopping festive Christmas concert Can you hear the Rainbows sing?, featuring songs from their Christmas repertoire over the last 18 years and a new tribute medley from one of the most successful musicals of a By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts LGBT History Project re-launched as the UK LGBT Archive The LGBT History Project, set up to create a Wikipedia-style resource for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) life in the UK, is being relaunched today, on the occasion of the London Metropolitan Archive’s 13th annual LGBT Conference, “Speak Up! Speak Out!” By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Holiday on Ice brings PASSION to Brighton in January Holiday on Ice (HOI), the worlds most popular ice show will return to the Brighton Centre for 10 shows in January 2016. PASSION is an exciting entertainment experience will focus around the lives of the show’s true stars, the skaters and will take the audience through the journey that each skater ex By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Camp’ at the Spire Peter Kay lookalike Scottee has rounded up some of the UK’s most mediocre talent for a night almost worth the ticket price on December 5. Presented by The Marlborough Theatre and Pink Fringe, ‘Camp’ (as Christmas) is a special festive edition of his now infamous, sell out variety knees up. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Arts Author crowdfunds debut LGBT+ novel Author Klara Piechocki-Brown crowdfunds her debut LGBT+ novel using Unbound, an innovative publishing platform. Unbound is both a funding platform and a publisher, helping authors to become published with the support of their readers. The readers help to get great ideas published, and in return rece By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Lulu -The Tiger Lilies: Dome The Tiger Lilies, crepuscular music makers and all round darkly dark cabaret trio, who’s music, songs and personas are as twisted as a Prime Ministers arguments for war and just as deluded and deadly presented their new show Lulu: a murder ballad at the Brighton Dome. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Hairspray at the Theatre Royal, Brighton Hairspray is a joyous candy-coloured confection which has a heart as big as its outsize heroine. It manages to combine a thrilling slickness of staging with something quite magically uplifting and the result might, quite possibly, be the most purely enjoyable show of the last few years. By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
