Arts REVIEW: Actually Gay Men’s Chorus and London Gay Symphony Orchestra Last nights concert at the Dome (Jan 10) was a showcase for the combined talents of the Actually Gay Men’s Chorus (AGMC), The London Gay Symphony Orchestra (LGSO), pianists Coady Green and Christopher Wayne Smith, sopranos Laura Wolk-Lewanowicz and Samantha Howard and entertainers Jason Sutton and D By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Actually Gay Men’s Chorus at the Brighton Dome David Raven, Miss Jason and soprano Samantha Howard join an impressive line-up of performers in the splendour of the Brighton Dome tonight, Sunday, January 10. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Eastbourne audiences spoilt for choice this Spring Eastbourne Theatres Spring brochure for 2016 features top West End musicals including Blood Brothers, Priscilla, Chicago and Thriller Live. Willy Russell’s classic Blood Brothers plays at the Congress Theatre from January 18-23, Pricilla Queen Of The Desert rolls into town from March 14-19 and the M By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts ‘Actually’ pianists on top of the world Actually pianists set a historic world record with Himalayas performance. Coady Green, Artistic Director for Actually Gay Men’s Chorus and his partner Christopher Wayne Smith, both internationally award-winning classical pianists have made the record books by performing two massive symphonies for pi By Gary Hart • 2 min read
In The South CD REVIEW: The Sound of McAlmont & Butler So you want to know me now? The Sound of McAlmont & Butler celebrates its 20th anniversary. The pitfalls of skirting about the peripheral edges of a mass music movement such as Brit-Pop in the mid 1990s are that you are certain to disappear from view as swiftly as you briefly appeared. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Actually Gay Men’s Chorus: Ring out the bells! Actually Gay Men’s Chorus (AGMC) sang their hearts out at their traditional Christmas Carol Concert on Wednesday, December 23 at St Andrews Church in Hove. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Aneesa Chaudhry appointed MD of new European Queer Choir Aneesa Chaudhry, the musical director of the Rainbow Chorus has been appointed musical director of the new European Queer Choir. She will lead the choir on its journey to perform at the largest LGBT Singing Festival in the World at GALA Choruses, Denver Festival 2016, in Colorado, USA next July. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
In The South From Boom Boom Boom to Buttucks and Snow White! Scottish recording artist Allan Jay releases new single Boom Boom Boom and is set to appear as Buttucks in Sinderfella, the adult panto here in Brighton. By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Resound Arts REVIEW: Resound & Rebelles ‘Hove For The Holidays’ After a taster of what these two classy choirs could do at the World Aids Day concert on December 1, my expectations were very high – and I was not to be disappointed. Musical Director Stefan Holmström has drilled both groups to a peak of perfection that any musical ensemble could be proud of, profe By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: The Frocktail Hour Marilyn Monroe is hosting a cocktail party and has invited some very special legendary Divas along, but each Diva can only stay for one song… By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Have a Queer New Year Traumfrau presents a Queer New Year, an underground New Year’s Eve party at the Wagner Hall in Brighton on Thursday, December 31 from 9pm. Featuring DJs Von Petrovsoky and Alex Spinks, performers Alfie Ordinary, Rosy Carrick and Lydia L’Scabies, art, food, and more dancing than you can shake a stick By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Charity single benefits Albert Kennedy Trust and GMFA ‘December the 20something’ is a kitsch, classic Christmas pop song recorded by the electro-pop duo Draco Draco to raise funds for the Albert Kennedy Trust and GMFA. The idea came about when the guys were putting the finishing touches to their debut EP ‘River Cry’ so close to the Christmas season, re By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rainbow Chorus Christmas Show The Christmas spirit finally came to Kemptown last night, December 5 with the Rainbow Chorus’ Christmas Show, Do you hear the Rainbows Sing? By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Miss Hope Springs: ‘Now it’s Christmas time’ The uniquely talented Ty Jeffries bring his creation Miss Hope Springs to the Komedia on Tuesday December 8 with her laugh-out-loud-move-you-to-tears’ one woman show. The ex-Vegas nightclub chanteuse Miss Hope Springs will be playing the piano and singing her award-winning repertoire of uniquely cat By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Bridge of Spies CD + DVD Box Set This multi-disc re-mastered release of their multi-platinum selling debut outing can only ensure that they remain in our conscience for a little whole longer yet. Including the original album in full, all the big hitters are here, most notably China in Your Hand, Heart and Soul, and Valentine, but a By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Madonna: The Rebel Heart Tour Whilst I have seen Madonna put on a show before, The Rebel Heart Tour has to be up there amongst her finest onstage outings. Although not amongst her most commercially successful, the Rebel Heart album is a cracker and of the opening seven songs, six are taken from her latest release. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: You can hear the Rainbows sing tonight! The Rainbows will throw open the doors of St. George’s Church, Kemptown tonight for a show stopping festive Christmas concert Can you hear the Rainbows sing?, featuring songs from their Christmas repertoire over the last 18 years and a new tribute medley from one of the most successful musicals of a By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Lulu -The Tiger Lilies: Dome The Tiger Lilies, crepuscular music makers and all round darkly dark cabaret trio, who’s music, songs and personas are as twisted as a Prime Ministers arguments for war and just as deluded and deadly presented their new show Lulu: a murder ballad at the Brighton Dome. By Eric Page • 3 min read
In The South REVIEW: World Aids Day Concert This annual event is an extraordinary coming together of the City’s LGBT music scene, mainly choral, as an act of remembrance and awareness and also as a fund raiser for the charity Lunch Positive – and as such it would be wrong to in any way criticise any of the performances. By Andrew Kay • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Mikado: ENO Set in an ever-so English 1930s seaside hotel, bleached white with privilege and wealth Jonathan Miller’s Marx Brothers-inspired song-and-dance Mikado is a popular hit with audiences of all ages. A distant picture of Hokusai’s Great Wave off Kanagawa is one of the only gentle echos of this operettas By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Qukulele Christmas Special Brighton’s favourite ukulele band rock up at the Rialto on Sunday, December 6 with a festive feast of mashups and mayhem. Banish those winter blues with some Hawaiian hilarity, seasonal silliness, special guests and songs old and new! The band’s varied repertoire shows that any song can be given the By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: World AIDS Day Charity Concert With just one day to go Brighton’s LGBT choirs are learning those final words, practicing their harmonies and brushing off their costumes for this year’s World Aids Day concert which will raise funds for local charity Lunch Positive. The concert will take place in the magnificent surroundings of St By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Celebrate! Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus All communities have their high and low moments. Celebrate! the 10th Anniversary Show with the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) at the Theatre Royal on Sunday November 22 was one of those high moments not only for the singers but for everyone lucky enough to be in the audience on the night. By Besi • 4 min read
Flown Arts PREVIEW: Festive fun and more at Brighton Dome this December Following a stand out performance at Brighton Festival 2014 and fresh from a sell-out tour across Australia, the Dome welcomes back Pirates of the Carabina as they perform a special Christmas run of their acclaimed show, Flown, a thrilling mix of theatre, acrobatics, aerial feats and stunts –all set By Paul Gustafson • 1 min read
