Music Brighton gay radio! Brighton Gay Radio is on line 24 hours a day playing poptastic music round the clock. DJ Mark ‘Marcia’ Jenkins, well known to Bulldog regulars as DJ Marcia is in charge of all programming which features camp classics from the last forty years of gayness. Mark has been resident DJ at the legendary Bu By Besi • 2 min read
Music ‘Tainted Love’ with Actually Gay Men’s Chorus Cabaret star Miss Jason will perform with Actually Gay Men’s Chorus when they take to the stage for their new show Tainted Love as part of this year’s Pride celebrations. The Chorus will perform iconic songs from the sixties to present day, written and performed by artists such as Adele, U2, the Be By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Kat calls Hello m’dears! Kat here, beginning a new weekly column letting you in on what I’ve been to see each week. It’s a ragbag of odds and sods so you might be surprised. You might even be vaguely entertained. If not, you lucky people, you always have the option of shutting down your browser. I, on […] By Kat Pope • 18 min read
Music Music: Martha Wainwright at Komedia The hugely expressive Martha Wainwright, little sister of Rufus and daughter of folk legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, will be performing an intimate gig at the Komedia, Brighton on Thursday, August 22 at 8pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Music Music & Words: Patti Smith & Tony Shanahan at St George’s Church Mother of Punk Patti Smith will be accompanied by band member Tony Shanahan for An Evening of Words and Music at St George’s Church, Brighton on Friday, August 9 at 7pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Music ‘Drag Disgrace’ at Blind Tiger Drag Disgrace, an alternative drag night raising funds to stabilise the degree shows of University of Brighton’s art students, will be launching at the Blind Tiger on Wednesday, June 19 from 8pm. Presented by the House of Grand Parade, this evening of cocaine chic features burlesque artists, bands a By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Alexandra Burke Music Burke leaves second record label Alexandra Burke, a former winner of X Factor has parted from her second record label since winning the TV reality show in 2008. In 2011 Ms Burke left Simon Cowell’s record label, Syco and signed with RCA to work with the team that helped make Beyonce and Rihanna international recording stars. Burke By Besi • 1 min read
Music Miss Nightingale at the Connaught Theare Over at the Connaught Theatre in Worthing you can catch some 1940’s burlesque in Miss Nightingale, a tale of gin, gents and garter-belts which runs til the end of the week. Not just a cabaret, this is a ‘proper show’ with a story ‘n’ all, starring Amber Topaz as the eponymous heroine. Northern songb By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Music The Perfect American by Phillip Glass: ENO: Review This portrayal of Disney from the book by Peter Stephen Jungk’s is one of a driven myopic racist man who is determined to make his name live on down the centuries and to sell the world an odd fantasy idea of backwoods American all sweet-as-apple-pie and creepy as hell in a Stepford way. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts Sophie Evans in Concert: An evening with Dorothy and Jesus Sophie Evans, who very nearly made it as Dorothy in the Beeb’s Over the Rainbow, proves she’s got what it takes to be a Musical Diva (yes, with a capital M and a capital D!) next week when she arrives on the stage of the Eastbourne Hippodrome for her very own show. She’ll be belting […] By Kat Pope • 1 min read
Arts NIght after night: Neil Bartlett & Nicolas Bloomfield: Marlborough Theatre This classic Neil Bartlett/Nicolas Bloomfield music drama explores a shadow world of longing both familiar and alien. The year is 1958. The playwrights’ parents meet at a theatre in London’s West End to celebrate the playwright’s conception. They encounter a host of characters whose lives are linked By Besi • 1 min read
Music Nick Howard: Stay who you are: Up close and acoustic: Latest Bar Brighton born singer/songwriter Nick Howard, winner of The Voice of Germany, will be performing Stay who you are: Up close and acoustic at The Latest Music Bar, tonight, Wednesday, May 29. The unplugged gig will feature songs from his album Unbreakable, which went to the top of the charts in Germany By Graham Robson • 1 min read