Arts MAISIE, documentary on Britain’s oldest drag artiste, to show at Duke of York’s Picturehouse on Friday, August 5 MAISIE, a documentary on Britain’s oldest working drag artiste Maisie Trollette, is to be screened at Duke of York’s Picturehouse in Brighton on Friday, August 5. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts 201 Dance Company welcomes Christina Aguilera to Pride with dance rendition of Dirrty on the streets of Brighton To give Brighton & Hove Pride headliner Christina Aguilera the warmest welcome to Brighton, choreographer and director Andrea Walker, founder of 201 Dance Company, has once again brought a team of phenomenal dancers together to perform Aguilera’s noughties hit Dirrty in iconic spots around the city. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Queer poetry event with Simran Uppal, mandisa apena and Jinhao Xie The event, on Thursday, July 28, will be an evening of poetry readings hosted by Jacob Sam-La Rose and featuring Barbican Young Poets Simran Uppal, mandisa apena and Jinhao Xie, to celebrate the new poetry anthology ‘Articulations for Keeping the Light In’ By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts ‘Heroes’ – a new exhibition from Socially Engaged Art Salon at the Ledward Centre SEAS’ Pride Exhibition celebrates LGBTQ+ heroes past and present By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Cherry Fakewell’s STAUNCH! to raise funds for the Sussex Beacon STAUNCH!, an immersive cabaret with drag performers, loud music stand up and acrobats, is to raise funds for local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon at The Curzon in Brighton on Saturday, July 23 from 7pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Queer Britain, the UK’s first LGBTQ+ museum, announces its first exhibition has opened We Are Queer Britain is a riot of objects, voices, art and images By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: Donna Brian Butler finds a truly remarkable trans heroine By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts AT HOME WITH HOOTMAN: From ‘Get Carter’ to ‘Vampyr’ What’s hot on the box? Film reviews from Michael Hootman By Michael Hootman • 4 min read
Arts Arts charity Outside In to run Artist Support Day at Fabrica on Tuesday, July 26 Arts charity Outside In, which aims to provide a platform for artists who face significant barriers to the art world due to health, disability, social circumstance or isolation, is to run an Artist Support Day at Fabrica in Brighton on Tuesday, July 26 from 10am. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Waitress @ Theatre Royal Brighton This is a fizzing fun and quirky show, I was delighted by it. It’s lovely to enjoy such a clever combination of writing, lyrics and music which pull the classic arc of musicals into a modern messy genre mixing focus. But in a charming surgery way which belies the sophisticated work going on beneath By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts THE RAINBOW CHORUS : Summer Concert Last night’s programme was well chosen with plenty of new material, some excellent solos and delightful break out groups that allowed the choir to highlight some exceptional talents. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Back to Earth Live presents Queer Earth and Liquid Matters Hosted at London’s Stone Nest on Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17, the festival will be a two-day festival exploring transformation, queerness, the natural, the unnatural and the wild, as well as decolonial, indigenous and submerged perspectives on the climate crisis By Graham Robson • 1 min read
