Music Actually Gay Men’s Chorus: ‘Music of the Night’: St Andrews Church: Music review Actually Gay Men’s Chorus latest production, ‘The Music of The Night’ on Friday, April 26 featured excerpts from many of the finest musicals ever written including West Side Story, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Rent, Les Miserables, Chess, Man of La Mancha, Tell Me On Sunday and Love Never Dies. Th By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Music of the night, Actually! The Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Cllr Bill Randall, the Lady Mayor, and the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex were special guests at last night performance by the Actually Gay Men’s Chorus of their new show Music Of The Night at St Andrews Church in Waterloo Street, Hove. They are pictured with (from le By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Paloma Faith plays Brighton Pride The main stage returns to Brighton Pride this year as the focus of the Icons on the Park event on Preston Park with organisers promising the best lineup of performers ever seen at Brighton Pride. Following the huge success of Norman Cook’s appearance at Pride 2012, Paloma Faithwill be playing a DJ By Besi • 1 min read
Arts New music festival for Sussex The Sussex Festival of Music, a new mid-summer music festival, will be taking place at Sussex County Cricket Ground from Friday, June 21-Sunday, June 23. The weekend comprises of a series of musical events for all the family, including: • A jazz three-course supper featuring a tribute to Hot Club de By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Music Local charities benefit from the voices of ‘Actually’ Following successful performances and fundraising throughout 2012 by both Actually Gay Men’s Chorus and Actually Gay Women’s Chorus, £1141.64 has been presented to local charities. This month Actually CIC presented Sussex Air Ambulance with £323.16, Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard with £498.16 and By Besi • 1 min read
Music Pink Narcissus: Blood on the Page: Music Review With their new 6-track EP, Brighton’s self-styled ‘freak rockers’ Pink Narcissus have sparkled up grunge with a pinch of glitter. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Music Local charities benefit from the voices of Actually Following successful performances and fundraising throughout 2012 by both Actually Gay Men’s Chorus and Actually Gay Women’s Chorus, £1141.64 has been presented to local charities and organisations. This month Actually CIC presented Sussex Air Ambulance with £323.16, Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboar By Besi • 1 min read
Health Piano recital to benefit Diabetes UK The Brighton Voluntary Group of Diabetes UK will be hosting a piano recital by Dave Fischer at St Andrew’s Church in Hove on Sunday, May 5 at 3pm. Tickets: £8 for Friends of St Andrew’s Full price adult tickets: £10, Other concessions: £8, children £5. Contact Ian for more info: telephone 07931 34 By Besi • 1 min read
Music Olivia Newton John: The Brighton Centre: Music Review The original Australian sweetheart, Olivia Newton-John, wove a place where everyone dared to go at a timeless show brimming with unabashed confidence at The Brighton Centre. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Music London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Dome I was pleasantly surprised to see such a full audience on a cold, wet and windy night in Brighton to hear the London Philharmonic Orchestra perform, conducted by David Parry. True, the programme was a crowd pleaser – Beethoven 5, Schumann’s Cello Concerto and Elgar’s Enigma Variations – ‘nothing we By Eric Page • 3 min read
Music ‘4 Poofs & A Piano’ bring new line-up to Hove 4 Poofs & A Piano, the former house band from the Jonathan Ross Show, will be performing at The Old Market, Brighton on Saturday, April 13 at 7.30pm. Camp and naughty, the show features original comedy songs, musical parodies, pop standards, dance, physical comedy and light-hearted banter. Original By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts The Tallis Scholars’ 40th Anniversary Concert at St Paul’s Cathedral It was a real privilege to be in the audience for the launch concert of The Tallis Scholars’ 40th anniversary celebrations at St Paul’s Cathedral. I was expecting something special, but this concert must be up there with one of the best live music experiences I can remember. On the programme were s By Eric Page • 3 min read
