Culture #DALEYPOP X JUNE 2025 Starring: Rihanna, PinkPantheress, Calvin Harris, Clementine Douglas, Alison Goldfrapp, Darin, Kesha, Miriana Conte, Alizée and Miley Cyrus! By Dale Melita • 7 min read
Culture REVIEW: Field of Anise @ Ironworks It’s a story of love, of belonging, and a shocking betrayal, made worse by an ending I had not seen coming and which will make you gasp. Not only is this Amir’s debut as a playwright, he also stars and directs – an amazing achievement. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Culture REVIEW: Glenda & Rita: LIVE @ Brighton Fringe They really are black and white -costume, hair, make-up ; they’re monochrome humans. It’s a brilliant, bizarre & comic By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Culture REVIEW: Resound Voices at Brighton’s Chapel Royal The compact space of Brighton’s Chapel Royal suits the smallest of Brighton’s queer choirs – Resound Voices. The 14 singers, as always with this group, produce beautiful harmonies, and under the direction of Sam Barton they always please, surprise and entertain. Their early summer concert was entitl By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Culture BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: ‘Deadnamed’ Before we’re allowed into the tiny tent that is Rotunda Pip, in Regency Square, Brighton, we’re asked to leave a message on a post-it about the deceased whose funeral we are about to attend. As the lights come up – bright red – a man sits up in the coffin and says hello. This is […] By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Culture BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: ‘Provocateur’ You step down into the basement of Brighton’s Lantern Theatre and you’re in The Mistress’s dungeon – complete with latex, ropes, a strap-on and whips. In a black latex dress and corset, Tish Weinman, aka Letitia Delish greets us with a smile that gives you goosebumps: “my time is expensive; what you By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Culture BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: ‘Second Class Queer’ A speed dating evening in a gay bar in Berlin is the unlikely setting for Kumar Muniandy’s searingly honest examination of queer identity, racism, homophobia, displacement and guilt. Krishna is a Malaysian of Indian heritage, and he is outwardly calm, witty and attractive. But underneath he has a gu By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Culture BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: ‘C’est Magnifique’ His hair slicked back, gold glitter on his face; his costume is a tatty tail coat, a corset, bare chest with a pearl necklace, lacy panties and garters holding up his socks – this is Cyril, our MC at the Club Magnifique. He calls us “gays and theys”, and is out to shock and entertain […] By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Culture Lady Gaga dedicates record-breaking ‘Mayhem on the Beach’ show in Brazil to LGBTQ+ community Mother Monster aka Lady Gaga brought ‘Mayhem on the Beach’ to over 2.1 million fans on Rio de Janeiro‘s Copacabana Beach! By Dale Melita • 2 min read
Culture #DALEYPOP X May 2025 Starring: Heidi Montag, Doechii, Benson Boone, Evanescence, Lena Katina, Lana Del Rey, MAYO, Mar Lucas, Dua Lipa, Troye Sivan, NOCUI, Max Barskih and Marilyn Manson! By Dale Melita • 10 min read
Culture REVIEW: Richard O’Brien’s ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ at Theatre Royal Brighton will make you shiver with antici…pation! 50 years ago this summer, The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released (August 1975). I wasn’t born yet but watching it for the first time with my mum (hey mother duckling!) in the 90’s is etched in my memory. By Dale Melita • 3 min read
Shot by Roeltje van de Sande Bakhuijzen 📸 Culture INTERVIEW: Jeangu Macrooy announces new single and first ever UK show If you’re a Eurovision fan like me, the name Jeangu Macrooy may already be familiar to you.... By Dale Melita • 3 min read
