Brighton Fringe Ironworks Studios announces its “most ambitious programme yet” for 2025 Brighton Fringe Festival Ironworks Studios, Brighton’s hub for live entertainment, immersive experiences, and cutting-edge performance, has announced its “most ambitious programme yet” for the 2025 Brighton Fringe Festival. Bringing together bold new voices, boundary-pushing artistry, and an inclusive spirit, Ironworks Stud By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Previews Cabaret stars, including Alfie Ordinary, Allan Jay, Billie Gold and Davina Sparkle, gear up for this year’s Brighton Alternative Panto – ‘Jack – Stripped Back’ Producer Allan Cardew and stars of Brighton’s cabaret scene are gearing up for this year’s Brighton Alternative Panto: Jack – Stripped Back!, which is at Brighton Ironworks Studios from 28 January – 2 February. It’s got a starry cast of Brighton resident performers and a few visitors and will blend By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove City Council Black History Month event celebrates and recognises “Black experience, Black excellence and Black futures” Brighton & Hove City Council hosted a Black History Month event at Ironworks Studios on Monday, October 14, “celebrating and recognising Black experience, Black excellence and Black futures”. The event, which aligned with the Black History Month 2024 theme of reclaiming narratives, featured speeches By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Revealing St James’s Street to launch at Ironworks Studios on Sunday, November 3 with award-winning drag prince Alfie Ordinary Marlborough Productions is to launch Revealing St James’s Street at Ironworks Studios in Brighton on Sunday, November 3 with award-winning drag prince Alfie Ordinary on hosting duties. Revealing St James Street is a project that embarks on a mission to collect and preserve the memories of the thrivi By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Re-booting Our Archive: Our Tales of Lesbian Brighton & Hove Words by Kate Wildblood, Community Champion for Queer Heritage South‘s Live Archive project Re-booting Our Archive: Our Tales of Lesbian Brighton & Hove. What we did mattered. It always has. Lives lived, changes created, connections made. And if you were like me back in the late ’80s / early ’90s – By Contributor • 2 min read
Community News Rhize Up Fest: Radical Rhizomes to open its doors to general public for the very first time at Brighton’s Ironworks on Sunday, March 24 To celebrate 5+ years of creative QTIBPoC communities in Brighton & Hove, Radical Rhizomes is to open its doors for the first time to the general public at Brighton’s Ironworks on Sunday, March 24, showcasing and sharing some favourite activities from its regular programme. Rhize Up Fest is a QTIBPo By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Previews PRAISE KINK: Billie Gold to bring “immersive and viciously entertaining show” to Ironworks Brighton in May Queer performer Billie Gold will be bringing PRAISE KINK to Ironworks Brighton in May. If you haven’t seen Praise Kink before, expect an immersive and viciously entertaining show about identity and self-validation from a lesbian ex sex-worker and now full time drag performer. Praise Kink is a fast, By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Lola Lasagne Community News The Brighton Rainbow Fund presents grants to community groups and celebrates fundraisers All photos by Michael Stone from Nick Ford Photography On Monday, October 16, Ironworks Studios was the venue for the 2023 event to announce the grants that have been approved by the Brighton Rainbow Fund (BRF) independent grants panel. BRF distributes funds raised within the community as grants to By Chris Gull • 4 min read
Cabaret Brighton Alternative Panto to return with CINDERELLA: REMIXED in January to raise funds for the Sussex Beacon Under completely new artistic direction and production, the much anticipated Brighton tradition is back and Remixed with a live band, professional dancers and of course a cast of Brighton’s favourite cabaret stars. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Traumfrau and FilmPride team up for International Women’s Day special Traumfrau and FilmPride have teamed up for an “iconic” International Women’s Day (IWD) film screening and party at Ironworks Studios in Brighton on Saturday, March 11 from 7pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Pride at the Ironworks this September As the dust settles on another Pride season, Brighton & Hove Pride is quick to remind us that Pride at the Ironworks provides all year round LGBTQ+ cabaret, music and entertainment at the gorgeous Ironworks Studios right here in Brighton. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts My Genderation to celebrate 10 years of film-making at Ironworks Studios Join My Genderation, a non-profit film project that celebrates intersectional trans lives and experiences, in celebrating 10 years of trans documentation and celebration of trans lives with a special screening of hand-picked clips and short films created over the past decade at Ironworks Studios in By Graham Robson • 1 min read
