Arts DUSTY LIMITS – POST MORTEM: Emporium Theatre: Review Dusty’s show, which clocks in at just over an hour, is a short and (bitter)sweet look at life’s big full stop. An obit junkie – Mr Limits claims to have them beamed directly to his Kindle – he begins the evening fretting about how the newsprint summation of his life will read. His rumination on […] By Contributor • 1 min read
Music All Saints Hove: Lunchtime recital programme All Saints Church in Hove will be presenting a series of Jazz recitals during their Wednesday Lunchtime Recitals in July and September. The programmes include: Magdalena Reising and Pamela Pecko Smith: Harp & Flute: July 17 Magdalena Reising has one of the most original voices performing on the con By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Trans benefit at The Prince Albert There is a fundraising gig at The Prince Albert on Friday, August 5 to benefit Gendered Intelligence, an organisation who support young trans people. The event, an ‘alternative’ night of quirky and entertaining music, will include performances by The Astronauts, Asbo Derek, Citizen 2 and The Bobby M By Besi • 1 min read
Music Scarlett’s Roses play Brighton Pride Scarlett’s Roses, a live pop-ska band hailing from South London, will be taking to the main stage at this year’s Brighton Pride on Saturday, August 3. With influences ranging from calypso, reggae, 2-tone and a sprinkling of Britney, the band’s honest lyrics and catchy melodies will be a perfect fit By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Madame Butterfly: Opera Holland Park: Review To be frank, the set looked tatty. Bare plywood covered with strips of black material, and an equally cobbled-together-looking raised stage platform with rough, canvas edging didn’t bode well. But Neil Irish’s design for Opera Holland Park’s latest open air outing, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, had a By Kat Pope • 3 min read
Music Lloyd Webber and the ‘Profumo Affair’ Love him or loathe him, a new musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber is big news. And today, therefore, is a big news day Stephen Ward (yes, that’s it’s rather mundane name) will premiere at the Aldwych Theatre on December 3 this year, and tickets go on sale as of today. With music by Lloyd Webber and […] By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Music Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus win a Golden Handbag Brighton’s Gay Men’s Chorus took the award for ‘Favourite LGBT Community Social/Leisure Organisation’ at the 2013 Golden Handbag Awards. The Golden Handbag Show took place Sunday 23 June at the Brighton Metropole Hilton, with the winners voted for by readers of Gscene magazine. The annual awards sho By Besi • 2 min read
Music ‘Live at All Saints Hove’ Now its 23rd year, All Saints Church in Hove plays host to a series of free lunchtime concerts every Wednesday from June to September at 1-2pm. The series is coordinated by Director of Music, Andrew Wilson. Admission is free, although there is a collection which goes towards the musicians’ fees. Rev By Besi • 1 min read
Music Queens Of Pop at Revenge tonight! Brothers, Ged and James Weir from Manchester are QOP. To their near million new fans they are much better known as the outrageously funny Queens of Pop. They formed by accident in October 2012 after Ged’s previous band Saltylips split and he asked James to help him out on some music. The brothers’ By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Entertainers to honour Guy Lewis at Memorial Show The Guy Lewis Music Memorial Show is on Monday, June 24 in the Oxford Suite at the Metropole Hilton Hotel on Kings Road, Brighton. Guy died suddenly earlier this year. The father of twin boys, he was awaiting the birth of his daughter, due a week later when he was taken unexpectedly ill with chest p By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus: Taken from behind (the scenes) Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus return to the familiar surrounds of St Georges Church in Kemptown for their next show, Taken from behind (the scenes) which is part of the new Brighton Pride Arts and Film Festival. Go back stage with the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus as they put on another killer show! Witness By Besi • 1 min read
