Arts PREVIEW: Hundred Watt Club – Burlesque and Cabaret Don your finery and enjoy an evening of vintage inspired entertainment by the sea. Hundred Watt Club returns with another dazzling, giggling, glittering burlesque and cabaret show on December 2! Perfect for a festive night out with a difference! By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: X Factor Live Tour is back in 2018! The X Factor Live Tour returns for 2018 and for the first time ever the audience will choose their own winner…each and every night! The X Factor digital host, Becca Dudley, will be on the road with the contestants and presenting the tour competition each night. At the end of each show, the audience By Contributor • 2 min read
Film Polish couple make video of honeymoon trip Gay couple Jakub Kwiecinski and Dawid Mycek married in Madeira on June 9 because they could not marry in Poland. They filmed their honeymoon trip through Scandinavia and have made a music video backed by a new Roxette song, Good Karma. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Brighton & Hove to get Kids Free Little Library Brighton & Hove’s first Little Free Library is to launch at Norfolk Square with storytelling from CBeebies presenter Sid Sloane and others on Friday, October 20 from 11am. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Free dance performance to mark World Mental Health Day A free dance performance Witness This will shine a spotlight on Mental Health to mark World Mental Health Day on October 10. Brighton Dome marks World Mental Health Day on Tuesday, October 10 with a free dance performance shining a spotlight on mental health. By Besi • 2 min read
In The South Rainbow Flag to find permanent home at Stonewall Monument Rainbow Flag to be dedicated on Wednesday, October 11 at Stonewall National Monument on Manhattan’s Christopher Street. The Rainbow Flag, the international symbol of LGBT+ liberation and pride, will be unveiled in a special ceremony at noon, on Wednesday, October 11 at the historic Stonewall Nationa By Besi • 2 min read
In The South LETTER TO EDITOR: Which Gay Bars allow e-cigarettes? I do not know if you have done this previously and I have not seen it in any recent publishing, but have you considered running an article about which Gay Bars in Brighton and Hove allow or do not permit e-cigarettes? By Contributor • 1 min read
In The South Participants sought for research on couple finances Charlotte Bendall, a Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, is seeking participants for a research study exploring how finances are both held, and thought about, in same-sex couples. By Besi • 1 min read
In The South Gay hookup site advert causes controversy in Detroit A billboard for gay hookup site Squirt.org, in Detroit, Michigan, causes controversy and is removed. The billboard, which was located close to the interstate (East McNichols and Riopelle Streets), featured two men who are lightly touching in a manner implying sexual familiarity, while the text promo By Besi • 1 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: The Barber of Seville @English National Opera Two centuries after its premiere and thirty years after its first outing in 1987, Jonathan Miller’s Tiepolo-inspired staging brilliantly intercuts the traditions of the Italian commedia dell’arte and the Whitehall farce to create a charming evening of musical and comedy enjoyment. Rossini’s prequel By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts Brandon Robertson book launch at The Village MCC The Village MCC will host Brandon Robertson again as he visits the UK to promote his latest book “Our Witness: The Unheard Stories of LGBT+ Christians”. The event will feature readings from Brandon whose personal story is contained in the book, a presentation about the harm of non-inclusion and the By Besi • 2 min read
Arts THEATRE REVIEW: Cilla The Musical @Mayflower Theatre Southampton It is always tricky when you choose to present the life of a showbiz legend in the format of a musical, but on many levels Bill Kenwright gets it spot on with his new production Cilla the Musical. By Besi • 2 min read
