Arts REVIEW: What the Butler Saw at the Emporium Joe Orton’s final play is his masterpiece, a frenetic, surreal farce which encompasses madness, incest, nymphomania, cross dressing, male prostitution and the missing gentlemen’s parts of a statue of Winston Churchill. Dr Prentice (Brian Capron) is in the middle of seducing his secretary Geraldine ( By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Arts LGBT Choir Festival receives funding boost The Hand In Hand LGBT Choir Festival, taking place this summer from June 12-14, has received a huge boost in national recognition. Firstly, the National Lottery’s Big Lottery Fund agreed to provide a significant grant to support the event. Shortly afterward, Co-Operative Funeralcare agreed to get on By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Festival Fringe: Made in Cumbria by Jane Postlethwaite Jane Postlethwaite brings her first ever solo show, Made in Cumbria to the Brighton Fringe where she will introduce you to a selection of dark female characters who will welcome you into their unique world. Made in Cumbria is part of the Laughing Horse Free Fringe for the Brighton Fringe 2015. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Festival Fringe: Pull Your Socks Up, Britain with Lotta Quizeen AT times of national peril, with all this devolution, UKIP-Lilliputian and Russell Brand-prostitution, what we need are role models with high standards, proper poise, and a healthy respect for good grammar.Thank goodness Lotta Quizeen is here! While husband Dickie is abroad with work, Lotta’s son Hu By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Festival Fringe: The Kilted Tommy Meet Harry Kay, the grandfather of the writer/performer. Find out what he did in the war, why he did it, what it meant to him and how it affected him. Find out why thousands of Englishmen fought in kilts in the war, and what this somewhat unusual battledress (to Englishmen anyway!) meant to them. Wi By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Festival Fringe: Kitten Killers Brighton Fringe 2014 ‘Best Comedy Show’ nominees return with their hotly anticipated second show featuring quick-fire skits, silly songs and some rather inappropriate mime. The Foster’s Golden Jesters Award finalists, Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2014 semi-finalists and Brighton Fringe ‘Best C By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Brighton LGBT choirs to host national choir festival BRIGHTON Gay Men’s Chorus and the Rainbow Chorus have joined forces to arrange the Hand in Hand UK & Ireland LGBT Choir Festival, which will be taking place in Brighton this summer over the weekend of June 12-14. The Hand In Hand Festival will bring together LGBT choirs from all over the UK and Irel By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Deadlines & Diets A comedy show about friendship, love and wine. DEAR Diary… the world has changed. You can’t just run around in a tank top not giving a shit anymore. Apparently. Remember when there used to be proper rules about when to kiss on a date? Now we all stress about the double tick on Whatsapp. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Texas 25th Anniversary Tour Not many bands can boast such an extensive back-catalogue. Texas have just embarked upon their 25th anniversary tour after releasing ’25’, a commemorative album of their greatest hits on February this year. Their show at Brighton Dome was completely sold out, and in a reflection of their continuing By Alice Blezard • 2 min read
Arts Calling All Artists! Are you a Sussex-based artist, designer, illustrator or photographer? The fourth Brunswick Town Art Fair takes place on Sunday, June 28 in the historic Regency setting of Brunswick Square Gardens, Hove. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: Between Worlds: Tansey Davies Between Worlds is a spiritual, poetic and ultimately uplifting drama, based on the events of 9/11 but focussing particularly on the relationships and emotions of the people affected. This new opera addresses one of the most significant events of the twenty-first century, bringing the universal opera By Besi • 5 min read
Arts “Hello, Hi” – This is Brighton Calling! Austrian megastar Conchita Wurst took the Eurovision Song Contest by storm last May in Copenhagen in a way no artist had in many years. Her ballsy Bondesque ballad of defiance, Rise like a Phoenix, struck a chord in hearts across Europe and brought the sound of Europop Music back to Austria after ne By Contributor • 2 min read
