Brighton Fringe REVIEW: ‘Summoning Sondheim’ at Bar Broadway (Brighton Fringe) Grace O’ Keefe and I have something in common. We both wrote to the musical theatre giant Stephen Sondheim – and we both got replies. But Grace, along with Jordana Belaiche, decided to put that incident at the heart of their hour-long tongue-in-cheek tribute to the late maestro. Feeling his loss as By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW:Paulina Lenoir: Puella Eterna @ Spiegeltent An utterly charming and very funny show with a profound existential undertow which tugs at the heart whilst allowing the pure joy of superb physical comedy and daft clowning to delight By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Siblings & Séayoncé: House of Horror @ Spiegeltent These mini macabre monsterettes merged with manic melancholy ‘Drags’ was like watching the Gremlins masterminding the Fall of the House of Usher. High Guignol Daftness and pure fringe delight. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Séayoncé: She Must Be Hung! @ Spiegeltent Séayoncé: She Must Be Hung! Brighton Spiegeltent Having seen them in the Fringe last year, I was well up for a night of supernatural queer delight with Séayoncé, the latest enchanting show by rising comedic star Dan Wye at the Spiegeltent. This show is a mad mystical mix of psychic puns and otherwo By Eric Page • 3 min read
Brighton Fringe REVIEW: ‘Where Do All The Quiet Gays Go?’ at The Actors, as part of Brighton Fringe Rob Cattanach is a gay archaeology student on a mission – to find a boyfriend or failing that, just a friend. With Rob at a mic on a stand this short piece at Brighton Fringe looks and feels like stand-up. But it’s not. Between each excruciating narrative chapter, Rob turns upstage and coming back t By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Brighton Fringe “A 24-carat performance!” Billie Gold wows with Brighton Fringe show, ‘Praise Kink’ Brighton-based cabaret star Billie Gold produces a 24-carat performance that storms through her turbulent life in her one-person Brighton Fringe show Praise Kink. On a stage moodily lit by bright red lights, she belts out the song Beggin’ and we know we’re in for a storming hour of truth, honesty, r By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: ‘Madame Chandelier: A Night at the Opera’ at Brighton Fringe Madame Chandelier’s blend of humor, charm, and vocal talent makes this a perfectly odd fringe show that is both lovely and enchanting. A Night at the Opera is a performance that hits all the right notes. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: ‘United Queendom’ at Spiegeltent It’s pure Friday night Spiegeltent realness, darling! So grab your gang, head out, and bask in the inclusive embrace of Chastity Belt and her band of elegant sexy artists. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Brighton Fringe Queer Brighton Fringe Preview: Paul Diello cruises through the decades of one hit wonders, Crudi Dench needs your help, and Club Revenge opens their ‘Cabaret of Queeriosities’ In my second article on LGBTQ+ shows at this year’s Brighton Fringe, I look at a gay prince, the best short queer films around, and a gay choir’s Eurovision tribute. Laugh Till It Hurts is billed as a BDSM comedy show. It’s one man’s voyage into fetish and kink. Get tied up in its net […] By Brian Butler • 3 min read
“A Pole Tragedy” by Sofie Kramer Part of the Dutch Season at Brighton Fringe Festival 2022 Copyright DFphotography/Danny Fitzpatrick Brighton Fringe Brighton Fringe 2024 launches Friday, May 3 Brighton Fringe is back for 2024, with a massive 750 events being staged in over 120 venues across Brighton, Hove and beyond. Every year, Brighton Fringe sees performers from around the world arriving in the city, bringing events as diverse as improvised musicals, Greek mythology-themed circus, life By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Brighton Fringe LOOKING CIS: Conversation-changing satire about gender identity comes to Brighton Fringe 2024 Award-winning solo show Looking Cis will tour to the Brighton Fringe, playing two nights in The Actors on 23 & 24 May. Looking Cis is a conversation-changing satire investigating what we can and can’t say about gender when we know we’re being watched. It follows Ella, freshly evicted from tawdry rea By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts On stage: Drag Ballet, a hot cleaner in marigolds, Princess Diana resurrected and two gay sauna visits Drag ballet, a Hollywood legend in the closet, a hot cleaner in marigolds and two gay sauna visits all feature in my latest round-up of queer shows in Brighton and London Mark Gatiss, the brilliant writer of Sherlock and Dr Who, has put together a series of monologues that chart LGBTQ+ history miles By Brian Butler • 4 min read
