Arts REVIEW: Brighton Fringe: Club Briefs BRIEFS was born in the back warehouse space of a bookshop in Brisbane’s West End in 2008. The boys put on a club night to give performers the chance to try out some new late night cabaret/variety acts. There were no rules or restrictions. They weren’t answering to a brief or a venue or a funding bod By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts FILM PREVIEW: A Tough Act To Follow A Tough Act To Follow is a documentary film, co produced by comedian Sampson McCormick, and Emmy Award winning filmmaker Todd Clark. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Star names for Guildhall stage at Priory Park Festival, Chichester A treasure trove of writers, poets and musicians have now been confirmed for the second performance stage at Priory Park Festival Chichester. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Polari, cult literary salon set to WOW Worthing The award-winning POLARI literary salon comes to Worthing for one night only on Tuesday 31st May 31, in Fraser’s Bar at the Connaught Theatre, as part of the Worthing WOW Festival 2016. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Penny Arcade in Longing Lasts Longer Penny Arcade is a force of nature and New York’s undisputed queen of the underground. Outrageous and inspirational, Arcade occupies a unique position in the American avant-garde and counterculture movement. By Contributor • 1 min read
Cabaret REVIEW: Brighton Fringe: CircoPitanga An excellent hour of well crafted and seriously impressive skill. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Comedy Popular comedy night moves to Dr Brighton’s The Doctor prescribes laughter. Smiley Sunday the hugely successful stand up comedy night is moving to Dr Brighton’s to bring nights of laughter to the award winning seafront venue. The first one will be on Sunday, June 19 starting at 7.30pm when 6/7 acts will get up on stage and get your Sunday nig By Besi • 1 min read
Cabaret REVIEW: Pink Fringe: Madame Señorita Valluerca managed the raucous fringe audience well, charming everyone with just a hint of Iberian Menace behind those flashing eyes. She has that wonderfully Spanish mix of dark and light so compounded in the Spanish soul, like Goya eating candy floss of getting your face sliced by las Meninas, Mada By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Pink Fringe: The Bear Space Thought proving and funny, in equal measure and never fully tipping from one to the other, a high wire of narrative balancing not an easy mix but one which Fouplay produce with verve, style and very engaging performers. Great fun. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Fringe: Dr Ahmed, Doctor in the House British GP returns from Down Under to deliver dose of stand up comedy for cancer charity. A British GP, who left England for the sunnier shores of Australia, has returned to the UK to make a very important house visit. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Brighton Festival: SpyMonkey SpyMonkey & Tim Crouch Brighton Festival May 13th Theatre Royal Performed by Spymonkey: Aitor Basauri, Stephan Kreiss, Petra Massey & Toby Park Directed by Tim Crouch Well, what’s not to like about all of Shakespeare deaths rolling out in front of you for an evening’s entertainment. Certainly when i By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Brighton Fringe: Aphrodite in Flippers The writers have a wonderful surreal sense of the absurd, but with such a fine, light and careful touch that it soars and takes wing into a special place of belief where performers and audience all agree to conspire in the daftness for the sake of the narrative journey By Eric Page • 2 min read
