Arts PREVIEW: Fringe! Queer Fest returns at venues across East London With over 40 events across six days, London’s queer film and arts festival, Fringe!, returns for its sixth year with screenings, talks, panels, workshops, performance and parties, taking place over nine venues in East London from November 15-20. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Dr Evadne Hinge returns in The Dowager’s Oyster Ageing spinster Dr Evadne Hinge makes her operatic comeback this Autumn in comic opera The Dowager’s Oyster at the So & So Arts Club. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Top comedian to perform at University of Sussex’s Migration Awareness Day A rising star of comedy world is set to perform at the University of Sussex’s Migration Awareness Day. Comedian Sajeela Kershi will perform her highly acclaimed Immigrant Diaries show at the event, in which she tells her own story of being an immigrant from Pakistan in an ever-changing Britain. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Charity comedy night at Skyfall in Hove PIE IN THE SKY, a charity comedy night at Skyfall Restaurant in Hove, will be raising money for Rockinghorse Children’s Charity. This months host, Drag with No Name, will be joined by Keris Lea, hot footing her way back from a sell out run at the Edinburgh Festival. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts MANCHESTER PRIDE: The Superbia Weekend Manchester Pride’s year-round calendar of cultural events Superbia will host a weekend of specially commissioned and curated free events at 70 Oxford Street arts centre in Manchester city centre from August 26-28. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: K I N G D O M: Kings of Brighton Pride From the people who brought you King of the Fringe comes a brand new night of drag king cabaret at The Marlborough Theatre during Brighton Pride. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Laugh with the ladies at Brighton Pride This Brighton Pride the Sheila McWattie Women’s Performance Stage dishes up not one, not two, not even three but four comediennes set to keep you giggling all day long. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts The Love Cruise and Gay Bingo Boat Party with Jonny Woo The annual LOVE CRUISE and GAY BINGO Boat Party this year sets sail on Sunday, August 7. The GAY BINGO ménage à trois of Jonny Woo, John Sizzle and Ma Butcher return for their annual knees up on the Thames for another afternoon LOVE CRUISE to remember! By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Brighton Fringe: Sweetie Darling Comes Again We excitedly skipped down to check out some of Brighton’s local cabaret talent taking to the stage for the final show in another hilarious Ab Fab dragged twist at the Gods ‘above Bar Broadway in Kemptown’ in Sweetie Darling Comes Again. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Brighton Fringe: Wolf Meat Wolf Meat is about having fun, both with the performance, with theatrical convention, as well as the audience, and its dark silliness drags you into their world to revel fully in it. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Brighton Fringe: Jane Postlethwaite A hugely enjoyable and quirky show that highlights the inventiveness of Jane Postlethwaite and allows her crepuscular comical Northern charm to shine though and throw some serious shadows. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Peppa Pig’s Surprise@Theatre Royal It’s a lovely day and Peppa is playing outside with her friends. Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig have got a surprise for her and George – they can’t guess what it is, can you? Peppa Pig, George and their friends are back in this brand new live stage show, Peppa Pig’s Surprise. By Eric Page • 2 min read
