Arts REVIEW: The Mikado: ENO Set in an ever-so English 1930s seaside hotel, bleached white with privilege and wealth Jonathan Miller’s Marx Brothers-inspired song-and-dance Mikado is a popular hit with audiences of all ages. A distant picture of Hokusai’s Great Wave off Kanagawa is one of the only gentle echos of this operettas By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: ‘Industrialising Intimacy’ : Elaine Mitchener Industrialising Intimacy is the fruit of this unique collaboration, using vocal improvisation, movement and sound to create an original work of contemporary music theatre. Wavering between observer and partaker the audience were invited to share Michener’s exploration of the many facets of intimacy. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts ‘Trouser-Wearing Characters’ goes on regional tour Local author Rose Collis to embark on first ever regional tour of Trouser-Wearing Characters, funded by Arts Council England. The tour will take place in February 2016, during LGBT History Month, when the show will be performed at ten different regional libraries, starting at Ipswich Central Library By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Qukulele Christmas Special Brighton’s favourite ukulele band rock up at the Rialto on Sunday, December 6 with a festive feast of mashups and mayhem. Banish those winter blues with some Hawaiian hilarity, seasonal silliness, special guests and songs old and new! The band’s varied repertoire shows that any song can be given the By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: World AIDS Day Charity Concert With just one day to go Brighton’s LGBT choirs are learning those final words, practicing their harmonies and brushing off their costumes for this year’s World Aids Day concert which will raise funds for local charity Lunch Positive. The concert will take place in the magnificent surroundings of St By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Celebrate! Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus All communities have their high and low moments. Celebrate! the 10th Anniversary Show with the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) at the Theatre Royal on Sunday November 22 was one of those high moments not only for the singers but for everyone lucky enough to be in the audience on the night. By Besi • 4 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Bring Back British Rail benefit fundraiser Poet and comedian, John Hegley, heads up a cabaret of musical and lyrical mischief in support of Bring Back British Rail, a campaign group seeking to bring the railways back into public ownership. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Fundraiser for Brighton Womens Centre tonight Brighton Women’s Centre (BWC) has been empowering women since 1974 and tonight (November 26) they need your support to raise funds to continue delivering their important work. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: An evening of Flamenco with Álvaro Guarnido Enjoy the purest and most traditional Flamenco dance with Álvaro Guarnido accompanied by live guitar and flamenco singer at Bar Broadway in Brighton tomorrow night, November 26. By Contributor • 1 min read
Photo: Amanda Baker Arts PREVIEW: Wanting the moon by Rose Collis Local author Rose Collis will be appearing in a new play she has written, Wanting the moon at the Marlborough Theatre in January in a production directed by Keith Drinkel. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Mayor attends launch of Alternative Panto The Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Cllr Lynda Hyde was guest of honour at the launch party for the Alternative Adult Pantomime Alice in Pantoland at Pinocchio’s restaurant. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Flown Arts PREVIEW: Festive fun and more at Brighton Dome this December Following a stand out performance at Brighton Festival 2014 and fresh from a sell-out tour across Australia, the Dome welcomes back Pirates of the Carabina as they perform a special Christmas run of their acclaimed show, Flown, a thrilling mix of theatre, acrobatics, aerial feats and stunts –all set By Paul Gustafson • 1 min read
