Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: Reality Check@Caroline of Brunswick What a difference a year makes! The world has changed a bit since Athena’s acerbic first 45mins show. Now she’s back with a work in progress debut hour; developing all new material on the important stuff like Trump, Brexit and rap themed fish and chip shops. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts ‘Smiley Sunday’ raises money for Rainbow Fund Smiley Sunday returns to Dr Brightons on Sunday, April 9 for a night of laughter and to raise money for charity. Admission is just £3 on the door with all proceeds going to the Rainbow Fund. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Invincible@Theatre Royal It’s a tragic ending, hard, savage and all the more real for it and although it appears to be a play about social froth it’s a more incisive play looking at the modern struggle for a significant identity and the desperate need for people to have some meaning, some intelligent direction to their live By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Nell Gwyn: Theatre Royal This was a warm and funny evening’s entertainment and a superb production of this delightful play by the Globe crew. Certainty worth getting out and watching and being inspired and charmed by this reconstruction of restoration theatre and the ground breaking changes wrought by Nell Gwynn and her fel By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts PREVIEW: HAHA SISTERHOOD – Comedy special for International Women’s Day For the second year running, a group of Brighton’s finest comediennes will come together to make the public laugh and to raise money and awareness for the Survivor’s Network on International Women’s Day. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts (Brighton &) Hove Grown Festival 2017 returns on March 24 Following a successful launch in 2016 that saw over 1,000 people attend 29 shows, (Brighton &) Hove Grown is back for 2017, and has “grown” even more! (Brighton &) Hove Grown takes place between March 24 and April 2, 2017. Featuring 59 performances of 37 shows over 10 days across 4 venues – and ever By Besi • 3 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival: A night of comedy and drag STELLA PINT PRESENTS… A night of comedy and drag starring Jen Brister, Hannah Brackenbury, Sammy Silver, The Dick Hard Experience, Freddie Pluto, George Faithless and Christine Hepworth – James. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Myra Dubois – Self AdMyra, National Tour Myra Dubois brings her new show Self Admyra to the Komedia, Brighton on April 22 as part of a national tour. Former barmaid, actress and singer Myra Dubois hits the road in 2017 with her Self AdMyra tour, combining her signature brand of acid-tongued wit, razor-sharp observations, songs and maybe ev By Besi • 2 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival: ROCK UP! – Open Mic Night Join local musician and open mic host Robin Coward for a mic night with a difference as part of LGBT History Month. Robin is well-known across Brighton and Hove for his friendly, inclusive music nights, which he has run for the last 15 years and have proved a great starting point for many musicians By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Charity comedy night at Dr Brightons this evening Smiley Sunday returns to Dr Brightons with a bang at 7.30pm this evening raising money for the Rainbow Fund. A brilliant lineup of funny people has been assembled including: Trev Tokabi, Heather Minor, Carl Carzana, Alex Petrovic, Steve Pepper, Emi d’Escrivan and Victoria Howden. Kyle Wallace will c By Besi • 1 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON Festival: Phil Starr Pavilion hosts LGBT History Month events Today (February 1) is the start of LGBT History Month, an international month-long observance of our collective LGBT+Histories. History month gives all LGBT+ people and their allies the opportunity to commemorate and remember the bravery of those who campaigned and spoke out over the years to help u By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: A Very Queer Nazi Faust is happening! Vince Laws, independent poet, artist and campaigner, has launched a new four-part participatory theatre project in Norwich. A Very Queer Nazi Faust will celebrate 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, and will “highlight the plight of disabled people under the curr By Graham Robson • 2 min read
