Arts PREVIEW: Dragelicious! Aritist Mike Thorn presents his latest exhibition Dragelicious at the Honeysett Gallery on Madeira Drive at the end of July. Mike Thorn is a Brighton based artist and illustrator. He usually specialises in drawing and painting heavier, masculine men, including bears, skinheads, leather men, and men By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts We All Bleed Red Poet and artist Vince Laws has created We All Bleed Red for the church of St Peter & St Paul, in Oulton, Norfolk. The church tower is in need of significant repair, the heating is inadequate and wooden platforms need replacing. A new floor of pamment tiles in the nave will create a level space, and By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts 2015 Edinburgh Fringe to include over 50 LGBT themed shows Organisers of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have announced that this year’s programme will include more than 50 shows covering LGBT themes, including a number of new works. Highlights include Trans Scripts, a show based on real interviews exploring gender identity through the struggles and triumphs By Paul Gustafson • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Miss-Leading Ladies Ria Jones and Ceri Dupree star in this stunning celebration of some of the greatest grande dames of stage and screen, adding their own unique family twist. From Ethel Merman to Doris Day, Marlene Dietrich to Danny La Rue, to name a few. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Good Vibrations choir brings joy to hospice community The Martlets Good Vibrations choir has been performing at open gardens around Brighton & Hove to raise money for the Martlets Hospice. The forty strong choir is made up of hospice patients, family members, staff and volunteers singing under the musical direction of local singer and voice coach Anees By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts Trans*Pride March starts at noon The Trans*Pride March will start from outside the Marlborough Pub in Princes Street at noon today, Saturday July 25. People wanting to take part in the march should meet outside the Marlborough at 11.45am. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Queen Josephine’s Ouch House 200’ Boxing Day 2013 and Brighton DJ and RadioReverb presenter Queen Josephine had a horrible accident. She ended up in hospital with a fractured skull, broken elbow and her writing arm shattered in eight places. Little was going to raise her spirits as she lay recovering in the Royal Sussex County Hospi By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts ‘Bed… and Breakfast’ with Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus is tonight Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus continue their 10th Anniversary Celebrations with their contribution to this years Pride Arts Festival this year, Bed… and Breakfast. Is it a holiday romance, or just a dirty weekend? High season or low rent? Check in with Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus for a thoroughly musical By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: King of the Fringe! Pride Edition Slick back your hair, glue on your ‘tache and join the King of the Fringe cew for a night of seriouisly macho fun as they try to find a suitor to the throne. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Mikado and HMS Pinafore in Portsmouth The National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company sails into Portsmouth with two sparkling new productions of the much-loved HMS Pinafore and The Mikado at the beginning of a nine week tour around the UK in September. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts The Propolis – Synth Pop Lives! The era of synth pop duos dominating the charts may have passed, but the enduring influence of the 80s lives on through brothers Tom and Matthew Sanderson whose new act The Propolis first blossomed when they began connecting with some of Brighton’s more eclectic LGBTQI friendly electronic music comm By Contributor • 4 min read
Arts LGBT people still face widespread inequality in Scotland Major new report published by the Equality Network, Scotland’s national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality charity, reveals LGBT people still face widespread inequality in Scotland. By Gary Hart • 8 min read