Arts Treat your mum to the King on Mothers day There are a few places still available for the Suspiciously ELVIS, Mothers Day lunch in the magnificent surroundings of the Paganini Ballroom at the Old Ship Hotel on Brighton seafront tomorrow, Sunday, March 26 starting at 1.30pm. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts ‘Showtune Bear-a-oke’ with Brighton Bear Weekend Have you ever fancied belting out a show tune or song from a movie? Well now’s your chance! Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) present Showtune Bear-a-oke upstairs at Bar Broadway on Steine Street, from 5 – 8 pm on Sunday, April 2. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Magid El-Bushra’s A Willesden Liederkreis (‘A Willesden Song-Cycle’) Operatic countertenor Magid El-Bushra’s acclaimed one-man drag opera cabaret A Willesden Liederkreis comes to the Marlborough Theatre this weekend (March 22). A Willesden Liederkreis (‘A Willesden Song-Cycle’) is a funny, provocative and touching work from acclaimed countertenor Magid El-Bushra, bas By Besi • 2 min read
Arts ‘Time to talk’ about sex and drugs – a different approach to community engagement The Brighton ‘Time to talk’ project is an idea inspired by the ‘Let’s talk about gay sex and drugs’ project in London which began as a response to a rise in heavy drug use, HIV and hep-c transmission in the capital. By Besi • 2 min read
Years & Years Arts Years & Years added to Brighton Pride main stage line up Years & Years will perform a UK Pride Exclusive Show at Brighton Pride’s Summer Of Love Festival at Preston Park, on Saturday, August 5. The band declared by NME as “the most important pop band of our time”, are winners of the coveted BPI Critics Choice Award, BBC’s Sound of 2015, MTV Best UK and Ir By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Traumfrau: ACCA: The Infamous Queer Takeover Traumfrau head out of town to take over the Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts (ACCA), one of the newest arts venues in Brighton, with a night of live art, DJs and lots of dancing on Friday, April 7 from 9.30pm. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts New songwriting scholarship encourages equality and diversity in music ICMP launches a Masters (MA) In Songwriting Scholarship worth over £7k to encourage equality and diversity in music. The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP), in partnership with British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA), have announced a new ICMP Diversity and Equa By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Boyzlife @ Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel Brian McFadden and Keith Duffy, part of the multi-platinum, record breaking bands, Westlife and Boyzone, joined forces last year to create Boyzlife. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Resound Male Voices present ‘Soundtrek’ Resound Male Voices make their Brighton Fringe debut in May with ‘Soundtrek’, a devised show of choral music from all over the world set in….a pub! By Besi • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Somebody to Love The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury The death of this vibrant and spectacularly talented rock star shook the world of medicine as well as the world of music. Somebody to Love finally puts the record straight and pays detailed tribute to the man himself. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Celtic Connections competition winner to play Brighton Fringe Winner of the Celtic Connections Danny Kyle Competition, Fiddle & Cello duo An Dhá bring their unique blend of Celtic music and Jazz to the Brighton Fringe. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Pet Shop Boys to headline Brighton Pride The legendary Pet Shop Boys will headline the Brighton Pride, ‘Summer Of Love’ Festival in Preston Park on Saturday, August 5, 2017 with their first Pride performance in 20 years. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Win a pair of tickets for the X Factor show at Brighton Centre Gscene have a pair of tickets to give away for each of the X Factor Live Tour shows on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 of March, when the final eight contestants come to the Brighton Centre. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Marc Almond to perform at first UK Pride in Hull Marc Almond will perform at the first ever UK Pride, part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017’s LGBT 50 events marking the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Sisters are doing it for themselves! An event celebrating International Women’s Day – Singing workshop led by Aneesa Chaudhry. Time for a workshop where women can sing out their views on today’s unsettling times. This will be a kick ass workshop encouraging women, sisters, mum’s, daughters, friends to come together and make some noise. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: International Women’s Day: ‘Celebrating Women in Film’ The Brighton Film Quartet will be playing live at Brighton’s oldest arthouse cinema, the Duke of York’s, showcasing beautiful imagery from top local filmmaking talent on the big screen and a specially composed soundtrack. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: 45 Minutes of Organ Music with D’Arcy Trinkwon The series is performed by the University Organist, D’Arcy Trinkwon – the internationally acclaimed concert organist regarded as one of the outstanding virtuoso musicians of his generation. D’Arcy is also organist of Worth Abbey. These fascinating, relaxed and informal concerts include interesting v By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PICTURE Diary: B RIGHT ON Festival: DIVAS Photos from the DIVAS show, starring Aneesa Chaudhry, Gabriella Parrish, Hannah Brackenbury and Jennie Castell in the Phil Starr Pavilion on Sunday, March 19 during the B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival celebrating LGBT History Month. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts COMPETITION: Win a pair of tickets to DIVAS on Sunday, February 19 Gscene have a single pairs of tickets left to give away for DIVAS the closing show at the Phil Starr Pavilion on Sunday, February 19. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival: Rainbow Chorus to sing at family fun day today at 1pm As part of the B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival celebrating LGBT History Month, the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (B&H LGBT CSF) are holding a Family Fun Day for children on Saturday, February 18. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival: DIVAS on Sunday, February 19 Aneesa Chaudhry, Jennie Castell, Gabriella Parish and Hannah Brackenbury join forces to bring you an evening of jazz, showtunes and ballards. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts 100 new artists for The Great Escape Having already signed-up some of the most hotly tipped musicians for 2017 in September, including Rag’ n’ Bone Man, Ray BLK, Cabbage and Nilüfer Yanya, The Great Escape (TGE) have announced a further 100 artists playing the festival for new music this year. By Alice Blezard • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Pirates of Penzance @ ENO This delightful and vivid production is warm enough to please the fans, clean enough to please the critics and fresh enough to draw in a new curious crowd this is smooth and fresh revival. Recommended. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts New charity single for Retired Greyhound Trust The Retired Greyhound Trust (RGT) will be releasing their debut charity single, Let’s hear it for the Boy(s), performed by chart-topping artist Allan Jay later this month. Originally a 1980’s No.1 hit for Deniece Williams, the song’s title is also the name of their current campaign which is to highl By Besi • 2 min read
