Arts PREVIEW: HOTBED – A Festival of Sex We live in a world saturated with sexual imagery – but how often do we talk about sex as it’s really felt, experienced or imagined? And why is theatre so seldom a part of that conversation? Hotbed is the Camden People’s Theatre’s brand new festival of sex: three weeks of adventurous performance guar By Alice Blezard • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: International Women’s Day: ‘Celebrating Women in Film’ The Brighton Film Quartet will be playing live at Brighton’s oldest arthouse cinema, the Duke of York’s, showcasing beautiful imagery from top local filmmaking talent on the big screen and a specially composed soundtrack. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PICTURE Diary: B RIGHT ON Festival: Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror Picture Show Photos from the ‘Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror Picture Show’, hosted by Davina Sparkle in the Phil Starr Pavilion on Friday, March 17 during the B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival celebrating LGBT History Month. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts COMPETITION: Win a pair of tickets to Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror Gscene have one pair of tickets left to give away for the Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror hosted by Davina Sparkle in the Phil Starr Pavilion on Friday, February 17. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts SHORTFLIX: New filmmaking opportunity for young adults SHORTFLIX is for aspiring filmmakers aged 18-25 who are not in full-time education, employment or training, and have an idea for a short film that tells their own story or that of their community, heritage, identity or area. By Alice Blezard • 3 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival: Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the campest cult classic of all time and now you can enjoy it like never before. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: BFI Flare opens with World Premiere of ‘Against the Law’ The British Film Institute (BFI) Flare, the UK’s longest running LGBT film event, will celebrate its 31st edition with the world premiere of Against the Law, a “powerful and timely” factual BBC drama, at the BFI Southbank, London on Thursday, March 16. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Beyond the Binary – a digital symposium exploring trans artists in the digital world The National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) present Beyond the Binary: Trans Artists in the Digital World, a free digital symposium exploring how trans and non-binary artists from across the world are using digital media to transform their practice and make a difference. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: A Very Queer Nazi Faust is happening! Vince Laws, independent poet, artist and campaigner, has launched a new four-part participatory theatre project in Norwich. A Very Queer Nazi Faust will celebrate 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, and will “highlight the plight of disabled people under the curr By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Oska Bright adds LGBT+ strand for 2017 festival Oska Bright Film Festival, the leading international festival of films made by or featuring people with a learning disability adds an LGBTQ+ strand to its programme for the 2017 festival. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON FESTIVAL: LGBT History Month: Sing-a-long-a ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Now at long last The Rocky Horror Picture Show gets what it’s been SCREAMING for – the full sing-a-long-a treatment. If you’ve done The Time Warp before, you’ll never have done it quite like this! By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON FESTIVAL to host Brighton’s LGBT History Month events A special Pavilion erected on New Steine Gardens named after the legendary drag entertainer Phil Starr will be home to Brighton & Hove LGBT+ History Month events in February 2017. Miss Jason hosts the opening Gala event at the Phil Starr Pavilion on February 3 By Graham Robson • 3 min read