Arts Clowns, a one-way mirror and the Cuban revolution – that’s Brighton Fringe for you Queer clowns who think they’re cats, a man in his pants watching the bin man through a one-way mirror, and the folk music of the Cuban revolution – what a launch party for the 2024 Brighton Fringe. The biggest arts festival in England promises its usual quirky, crazy, annoying mix if its launch is a By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Brighton Fringe Fringe REVIEW: SÉAYONCÉ RES-ERECTION: THE SECOND CUMMIN These are superbly crafted jokes….to say Wye is genius would be to feed his ego, so let’s just say they’re really rather good and when they’re bad they’re better. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts FRINGE REVIEW: MYTHOS: RAGNAROK This show, all throbbing muscle and wrestling on top holds a seriously affirming message at heart, …..we went for the eye candy, but left thrilled, enchanted and seriously entertained. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts FRINGE REVIEW: You Bet @ Round Georges We feel Bet the woman, tender, whole, emotionally unfulfilled by her lovers, but not by her life. Bet the friend, turning over the disappointment from the other women in her life. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Cam sex, drag queens and Grindr In the first of two articles, Brian Butler finds a treasure trove of queer shows By Brian Butler • 3 min read
News Brighton’s Victoria Fountain returns to Old Steine Gardens The 32ft fountain, also known as the Dolphin Fountain, will now be re-assembled behind hoardings, which will ensure work can continue while the gardens play host to the Brighton Spiegeltent during the Brighton Fringe Festival in May. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Brighton Fringe SPOTLIGHT ON: Brighton Fringe: from Dutch drag to Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus Brian Butler takers his first dip into Brighton Fringe 2023 By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Jim Parkyn, creador de Shaun the Sheep, en la 29ª Feria Internacional del Libro en Guadajalara. Guadalajara, Jalisco a 1 de Diciembre del 2015. ©FIL/ Paola Villanueva Bidault. Brighton Fringe Shaun the Sheep animator to host model-making workshop at Brighton Fringe ahead of Martlets Hospice art trail Shaun the Sheep fans aged six and up are invited to attend model-making workshop which takes place ahead of local hospice Martlets’ Shaun by the Sea art trail this May half term. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Brighton Fringe Award-winning queens, Crudi Dench and Kate Butch, return to Brighton Fringe with more BITE Stakes are high in Drag Queens vs. Vampires – an outrageously camp comedy horror from the gals behind last year’s hit Brighton Fringe show Drag Queens vs. Zombies. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Brighton Fringe LGBTQ+ campaigner Duncan Lustig-Prean becomes chair of Brighton Fringe Duncan trained at the Royal College of Music and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire as an opera singer before rising through the ranks of the Royal Navy to become a senior officer, while also pursuing a musical career. He has been instrumental in his campaigning for the rights of LGBTQ+ people in the ar By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Brighton Fringe PREVIEW: Award-winning queer comedy, The Death of Me, is coming to Brighton Fringe Combining humour with pathos, this award-winning new play from Dublin, explores one woman’s cancer journey, as she wrestles with the question we all face. What do I want, with the time I have left? By Contributor • 1 min read
credit Chris Jepson Arts FEATURE: The rank outsider who changed the law Brian Butler talks to the new Chair of Brighton Fringe about changing people’s lives By Brian Butler • 4 min read
