Credit: Josh Brady Arts Dance Review: Sad Book @ Old Market Hove Sad Book is a beautiful picture of one man’s sorrow and the world’s ignorance of it By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Dance Mariposa, choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra’s queer take on Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, to tour the UK from October 2024 Under the flickering neon lights of a distant Caribbean port, a local rent boy and a foreign sailor fall ominously in love and a young man is asked to sacrifice his gender in exchange for love and a better life… By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Dance Ground-breaking queer Kathak dance production, ‘Waltzing the Blue Gods’, coming to Brighton during Pride on Sunday, August 4 Jaivant Patel Company is performing Waltzing the Blue Gods at South East Dance during Brighton & Hove Pride on Sunday, August 4 from 6pm. Part auto-biographical, part fantasy, the evening celebrates new possibilities for a rich and traditional North Indian art form, Kathak, in the context of modern By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Fool’s Moon: Dance Plague @ Bosco Spiegeltent Fool’s Moon: Dance Plague is a peculiar piece of theatre that teeters on the edge of brilliance and befuddlement. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: ‘The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions’ @ Southbank Centre This retelling and centring of queer history is a searing read of patriarchy and the audience buzzed as they left, entertained but unapologetically magically queered up by these faggots and their friends. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Giselle by Varna International Ballet @ Theatre Royal Brighton There’s something extra fun about watching a classic ballet, danced in a classic way in a rococo theatre like the Theatre Royal, its velvet plushness and plastered glided excesses underlining what a lovely experience ballet can be. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Burnt City by Punchdrunk I was moved by this Epic dark experience, it was emotive and evocative. I left feeling that I’d been shifted into a different reality, It’s a memorable experience, you will remember it. They’re not afraid of shade are PunchDrunk, in any way means or form. By Eric Page • 6 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Moroccan acrobats, singing soldiers and a Drag aristo Brian Butler finds a lot of Queerness on Brighton and London stages By Brian Butler • 4 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Chichester’s Winter Season Brian Butler finds stage delights, including the oldest profession and gunge gangsters By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts 201 Dance Company welcomes Christina Aguilera to Pride with dance rendition of Dirrty on the streets of Brighton To give Brighton & Hove Pride headliner Christina Aguilera the warmest welcome to Brighton, choreographer and director Andrea Walker, founder of 201 Dance Company, has once again brought a team of phenomenal dancers together to perform Aguilera’s noughties hit Dirrty in iconic spots around the city. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Comedy The Trocks are back in Brighton! The Trocks are to return to Brighton with a performance at The Dome on Friday, September 23 and Saturday, September 24. By Chris Gull • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton’s midsummer music season Brian Butler finds many delights in next weekend’s Brighton Early Music Festival By Brian Butler • 1 min read
