Arts Trans actress, comedian and content creator Dylan Mulvaney joins line-up of Charleston Festival Trans actress, comedian and content creator Dylan Mulvaney has joined the line-up of Charleston Festival in East Sussex for a special premiere performance of The Charleston Monologue: I thought this would feel good. The new commission, written by the acclaimed writer and performer Travis Alabanza in By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Queer in Brighton to present ‘No Longer Private’ at Queer Bloomsbury at Charleston This coming Sunday, September 18, Queer in Brighton is holding a special Queer History Club, presenting cutting edge research from Samson Dittrich in conversation with the inimitable Kuchenga, to mark the launch of the first major public exhibition of Duncan Grant’s erotic drawing Very Private? By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Traumfrau, Marlborough and Pecs present: ‘Very Private? The Party’ at Queer Bloomsbury festival this weekend Join this holy trinity of queerness as they lead you through a night of debauched fun! Get there early for life-changing and pheromone-altering shows, queer DJs – including Xzan and Affy Go Bang! – all-women and non-binary company Pecs Drag Kings, and live art making with Artists Model Ink. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Bahamian LGBT+ activist Helen Klonaris at Charleston by Maria Jastrzębska This autumn Small Wonder, the festival dedicated to short stories, is hosting Bahamian writer and LGBT+ activist Helen Klonaris as its British Council International Writer in Residence. The festival takes place in Charleston, once home to the Bloomsbury group. By Besi • 5 min read
Arts PREVIEW: A Gay Outing @Charleston A Gay Outing is Charleston’s annual celebration of its queer heritage. Taking place in a beautiful canvas marquee in the Paddock, Tate Britain curator Clare Barlow will explore the stories behind the Queer British Art exhibition, from unrequited love to cross-dressing on the British stage, from pris By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts A Gay Outing at Charleston The annual celebration of Charleston’s Queer Heritage, A Gay Outing, will be on Sunday, July 31. Start your evening with a look around the intensely decorated House interiors and overflowing Walled Garden, where Brighton-based choir Resound will perform. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: A Gay Outing at Charleston Lets get physical….Body building magazines such as Physique Pictorial had a big influence on the output of British male homosexual artists working in the post second world war period. Duncan Grant used British and American magazines as influence for a large amount of private homo-erotic work. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: All Male Twelfth Night The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, perform Twelfth Night as it would have been in Shakespeare’s day with an all male cast. Shakespeare’s most perfect comedy comes to Charleston, an exquisite tale of mischief and mistaken identity, the perfect way to spend a summer’s evening. By Contributor • 1 min read
