Arts Scene from the Sofa – Five minutes with….Creag Aaro Scene from the Sofa – Five minutes with….Creag Aaro By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Fun Home the musical Brian Butler watches Tony-award winning musical Fun Home and finds it a dark delight By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s 2020 season postponed Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in London has announced that their entire 2020 season has now been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW Brighton Fringe: Steve Lee performs An Indecent Act Steve has been in showbiz since 1971 – and you’ve never heard of him? Now’s your chance to find out why! Second Fringe outing for Steve who during An Indecent Act has a range of lurid and sordid stories from his 48 years in showbiz to relate. He has written a dozen shows for young […] By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW Brighton Fringe: Daphna Baram in Sugarcoating Daphna Baram’s sixth solo show finds this middle eastern Mary Poppins breathless, with good reasons. Just as she came to terms with her chubby wonderfulness she is told to lose weight or lose her toes. And just as she finally gets that coveted red passport, her new country folk vote out of Europe. W By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts London remembers ‘Section 28’ – 30 Years on 2018 marks the 30th anniversary of ‘Section 28’– which banned the promotion of homosexuality in public institutions, which lasted until 2003. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: For one night only – Sit down – stand up! For one night only, comedian and raconteur Steve Lee reprises his Fringe debut show, Sit down – stand up with musical accompaniment by Peter Martin. Steve talks about his 47 years in showbiz, his two unpublished novels and his two TV scripts, one which has been filmed in five languages. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Community festival returns to the city in February, 2018 Building on the success of this years inaugural event the B RIGHT ON On festival moves to the larger more spacious surroundings of Victoria Gardens from February 15-March 3 on the site usually occupied by the Ladyboys of Bangkok Sabai Pavilion. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Sandra Bernhard @Ronnie Scott’s Expect the unexpected from performer, actress, singer Sandra Bernhard who will be appearing at Ronnie Scott’s with her first UK performance in seven years. By Besi • 2 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: Cheer up Love by Susan Calman I adore her, not just for her ability to tell a difficult story with engaging hope but also to be honest enough about her pain to allow me to learn and little about being a more supportive person to depressed people in the future. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Drag Queen story time comes to Manchester Manchester family event challenges gender stereotypes through fairytales and story telling. Superbia, Manchester Pride’s year round calendar of cultural lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) events, is bringing the internationally renowned craze Drag Queen Story Time (DQST) to Manchester for By Besi • 3 min read
Arts COMEDY PREVIEW: New Act Night @Komedia The latest fledglings from Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops at Brighton’s Komedia take to the stage in this electric New Act Night. Spot future comedy stars that could follow in the footsteps of previous Jill Edwards’ graduates, including Jimmy Carr, Shappi Khorsandi, Simon Evans, Romesh Ranganathan, B By Contributor • 1 min read
