Arts COPPERDOLLAR: Fringe: Review This was a fun night out and a great start to the Festival, a whole lot of silly madness wrapped up in a Day of the Dead whirling Mexican theme, the wonderful mirrored delights of the cool Spiegel tent and a great atmosphere By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts Overlooked: Lizzy Mace: Fringe Review Charming, understated and funny, Mace sneaks up on us unawares and moves us from pity to hilarity in one swift ruthlessly observed remark. Don’t underestimate this overlooked show By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Have a word – Festival special Have A Word goes mad in May with a very diverse but totally fabulous line up of artists to help celebrate the Brighton Festival. Artists appearing include: Sam Chara: Performance artist, dancer, singer and diva Annabel Pribelszki: Stand up comedian activist and legend Gerry Potter: Poet…performance By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: LGBT themed events during Brighton Fringe 2014 Brighton Fringe 2014 are hosting 38 LGBT themed events during this years festival. Below is a roundup of all the events on offer, starting from the first scheduled event, and cascading in date order: Speaking Volumes: HIV+ Life Stories When: May 4,11,18, 25 June 1, 8: 11-5pm. April 30 May 2- 3, 7 By Mitchell Orriss • 6 min read
Arts Dandifest secures lottery funding from Arts Council England Art collective extraordinaire, The Norwich Dandies have received Arts Council funding to stage a two week happening in Norwich called Dandifest launching on April 28. Dandifest!, a two week happening is an independent artist led festival centred on St Margaret’s Church of Art, on St Benedict’s Stree By Besi • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Pam Ann: Fly Tour She lectures on manners when being shocking rude, on morals when being debauched, on kindness when being bitingly harsh and on high ideals when spouting vulgarity. Her foul mouthed tirade of abuse is wrapped in her tongue in cheek Australian eloquence. This effortless contradiction is the core of Pa By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Funny Girls! – Brighton Monthly Friday night with funny females serving up stand-up, musical comedy and improvisation. A Mixture of new + established acts, hosted by Short & Girlie Show, at the Caroline of Brunswick (upstairs) in Brighton. Eight women present improvised comedy sketches and silly songs using audience sugges By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Brighton Fringe 2014 Launched With more than 700 shows on offer, a third are family friendly and lots are FREE and featuring venues from toilets to a PerfomR an app based on Grindr , this is a huge effort to present, organise and arrange and it’s sorted in time for us, the humble punters to enjoy this May. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts DANDIFEST! Art collective extraordinaire, The Norwich Dandies, are planning a two week happening, launching on Monday, April 28 2014, running through the May Bank Holiday, and ending on Saturday, May 10 2014. The Norwich Dandies, established in 2010, have worked separately on a vast array of projects, but alwa By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Eating disorder charity celebrates fifth Birthday Men Get Eating Disorders Too is to hold their fifth year celebration event Stand Up To Eating Disorders at the Latest Music Bar in April. The charity was founded in April 2009 by recovered bulimia sufferer Sam Thomas from Brighton. He wanted to use his own experience with an eating disorder to help By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Clare Summerskill headlines charity event An outstanding line up of acts are appearing on Saturday, February 22 at a charity fundraiser to benefit the Brighton Women’s Centre. Comedienne Clare Summerskill, Lara A King, Hannah Brackenbury, The Short and Girlie Show, Dave Stewart, Ronnie Rialto and Jan Allain are confirmed to appear at a fabu By Besi • 1 min read
Arts ‘Have a Word’ tonight as part of LGBT History Month Have A Word…LGBTQ Arts Poetry Performance night returns to the Latest Music Bar this evening. Artists appearing include: • V G Lee…Comedian Author Columnist • Lesley Thomson… Novelist • Rosie Wilby …Comedian Writer and Broadcaster • Colin Bell… Novelist Poet • Della Lupa … Singers Musicians Artists By Besi • 1 min read
