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
Music Drag Idol 2013 tonight at Charles Street The south east region’s heats of Drag Idol 2013, the nationwide search to find the next big thing on the cabaret scene, will be hosted by Pat Cruise at Charles Street bar in Brighton, tonight, Monday, May 27 at 7.30pm and at The London Hotel in Southampton on Thursday, May 30 at 8pm. Since its […] By Besi • 2 min read
Music Countdown to ‘As One in the Park’ – Bank Hoiiday Sunday As One In The Park 2013, London’s new LGBT festival is being held in Victoria Park, Hackney, London E9, on Bank Holiday Sunday, May 26 from noon to 11pm. Presented by Orange Nation, As One In The Park is the first large-scale gay festival in London for over a decade, and brings the capital in […] By Besi • 3 min read
Music Elias String Quartet: St George’s Church: Brighton Festival Review This was an exceptional evening of musical accomplishment and a real highlight of the festival for me so far, the Elias Quartet are simply superb. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Douze Points: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus: Music Review Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus contribution to this years Brighton Fringe was Douze Points! “Amidst claims that Eurovision has had it’s day, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus imagine what might happen should Brighton attempt to stage an alternative song contest. What would be the highs and lows, the delights and By Besi • 3 min read
