Arts REVIEW: Pink Fringe: La Poule Plombee La Poule is the triumph of self delusion, she’s a dangerously unstable mix of abandoned Norma Desmond, a soupcon of young gifted Streisand some hefty dollops of Little Eddie from Grey Gardens, all folded into the fragile body of a falling apart Minnelli it’s a heady frothy explosive intoxicating stu By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: FRINGE: The Tiger Lilies – PIAF The Tiger Lillie’s are a complex, dark acquired taste but an addictive one if they sate your appetite then it was a veritable feast served up at the Spiegeltent on Sunday, no one in the charged up thrilled audience left hungry. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Summer of entertainment across three Eastbourne theatres Eastbourne is in for a bumper season of entertainment with three of its big venues, the Congress Theatre, Devonshire Park Theatre and Winter Garden promoting their summer programmes. By Paul Gustafson • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Avenue Q comes to Eastbourne You’d be a muppet to miss this Tony award-winning Broadway and West End musical! A smash hit on Broadway and in the West End, award-winning comedy musical Avenue Q will bring a host of fuzzy friends to Congress Theatre, Eastbourne from Tuesday July 5 – Saturday, July 9 2016. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Ball and Boe together at Brighton Centre Michael Ball and Alfie Boe bring their UK Headline Tour Together to the Brighton Centre on November 15. By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Laurie Anderson: Music for Dogs Laurie Anderson sets tails wagging at the Brighton Festival. By Alice Blezard • 2 min read
Northern Proud Voices Arts Newcastle LGBT choir celebrates fifth birthday Northern Proud Voices (NPV), the North East’s largest and longest running LGBT community choir, celebrates its fifth birthday on May 18. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts STOOSHE to headline Portsmouth Pride Following the success of Portsmouth Pride last year, organisers have listened to feedback from supporters and created a bigger event in 2016. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus: Seven Deadly Sins There was something quite fabulous at seeing 60 men in glittery black sequined waistcoats singing (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life at the close of act one of the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus homage to the Seven Deadly Sins. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Amalthea Duo@Dome Studio The Amalthea Duo are Klio Blonz on Flute and Siobhan Swider on Harp and between them they have an impressive pedigree of repertoire and performance experience. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Spiegeltent: Laura Moody Her music shouldn’t work, but how it does. Contradictory, clashing, cacophonies are all tied together with huge leaps of artistic faith, bridging gaps with harmonic reaches and plunging into the abyss with the rhythmic, percussive use of her Cello. She’s utterly nuts, and yet centred with a fearful By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Spiegeltent: Meow Meow Meow Meow is a collapsing Diva, an ego in freefall who pulls out the talent when the spot lights shine. She also happens to be a true cabaret performers deftly and effortlessly blending all the skills usually devolved out to a night on their own. She’s singer, comedian, hostess, clown, chanteuse, sh By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: GLOW = GayLesbianOrWhatever! GLOW choir Brighton is a Natural Voice choir open to all voices. There are no auditions, no judgement, and no limits!, just lots of community magic, and sumptuous a cappella harmonies. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Legendary Sister Sledge coming to Brighton Pride Global superstars, Sister Sledge, are the latest addition to play the main stage lineup at Brighton Pride on August 6. The Grammy nominated, queens of disco with worldwide record sales of more than 15 million copies will bring the Pride Festival Finale to a pulsating climax. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Feelin’ Good’ with Brighton Goes Gospel Brighton’s premier gospel choir presents ‘FEELIN’ GOOD’ on Saturday, May 21 at the Roedean Theatre, Roedean School, Brighton. By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts Carly Rae Jepsen joins Brighton Pride Festival star-studded line-up Global superstar and chart-topping sensation Carly Rae Jepsen joins the growing list of stars performing at the Brighton Pride Festival at Preston Park on Saturday, August 6. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Travels With My Aunt@Minerva Theatre, Chichester Travels with my aunt, a musical with book by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, music by George Stiles, lyrics by Anthony Drewe and directed by Christopher Luscombe. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Preview: Rebelles to present their show ‘9’ at the Brighton Fringe Rebelles is a group of 9 singers; Julia, Natalie, Michelle, Marina, Andrea, Meredith, Sibyl, Sally and Cat. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus: ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’ Following a busy year celebrating their 10th anniversary, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) gears up for a fun filled 11th season starting with a brand new show for the Brighton Fringe Festival. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Festival: Classical Spectacular Popular classics by some of our most celebrated British composers, conducted by Peter Farrant and featuring professional soloists and instrumentalists, can be experienced amidst the stunning surroundings of St Bartholomew’s Church in Brighton during the Brighton Festival Fringe in May. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Jackie: The Musical: Theatre Royal The Musical has all the ingredients of a superb night out. It’s nostalgic, frothy and as substantial as a bubble being lit by a disco ball and exactly what this audience wanted. The packed house loved it, were up on their feet for the end of the show and left singing, chatting nosily away as they he By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts Trans star of The Voice to play main stage at Brighton Pride Since wowing the judges with her enchanting performance of Bob Dylan’s Just Like A Woman for her 2016 blind audition on The Voice, Jordan Gray has become the contestant we’ve all been rooting for and will appear on the main stage at Pride on August 6. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts PICTURE DIARY: Dignitaries attend first performance of new LGBT song cycle Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Cllr Lynda Hyde, the High Sheriff of East Sussex, Michael Foster and Peter Kyle, MP for Hove & Portslade were among the dignitaries attending the first performance of The Seven Doors of Danny at St Andrew Church, Hove last night. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Watch out for the big purple cow as Udderbelly returns to Southbank Udderbelly, the annual festival of contemporary circus, adult comedy and family fun, returns to London’s Southbank for another summer-long series of events. By Paul Gustafson • 1 min read
