Arts OPERA REVIEW: Iolanthe @ENO Iolanthe English National Opera This all new production of Iolanthe has a different director Cal McCrystal from the ENO G&S smash hit Pirates of Penzance, but looks like being as huge a success as that was. McCrystal – who is newish to opera – plays it straight, proper Gilbert and Sullivan and this By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Paul Diello – EPICENE Award winning singer songwriter Paul Diello brings his gender-blending extravaganza ‘Epicene’ to the B Right On LGBT Community Festival after a sold out success at Brighton Fringe. Paul Diello invites you to his gender-blending celebration of iconic women in music. After a run of three sold out, fiv By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Mayor of Brighton & Hove opens B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival The Mayor of Brighton & Hove, Councillor Mo Marsh officially opened the 2018 B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival last night (February 16) celebrating Brighton’s contribution to LGBT History Month. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Britney to receive 2018 GLAAD Vanguard Award International Mega Star Britney Spears, to be honoured as one of the most prominent LGBT+ icons of all time, at the 2018 GLAAD Vanguard Awards. The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 12 at the Beverley Hilton in Los Angeles. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts DJ PROFILE: Claire Fuller We’ve survived January and are still coping with all the rubbish this crazy world seems determined to chuck at us. So it must be time for a bit of healing, particularly when Cupid’s set to twang that arrow. By Queen Josephine • 2 min read
Arts Sing for fun with RC+ RC+ (Rainbow Chorus Plus) is a community initiative from the Rainbow Chorus, Brighton’s long-standing LGBT choir. The ‘plus’ is there to highlight the fact that the group is an extension of the main choir and is open to the entire LGBT+ communities, embracing cis, trans and non-binary members with a By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: 45 Minutes of organ music 45 Minutes of Music @The Meeting House, University of Sussex, Brighton. The increasingly successful series of 45 Minutes of Music @ the Meeting House continues on February 28. There are four monthly concerts on the last Wednesday (except March) of each month till May. All start at 12 noon (March’s By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Queens on TV: girlband Denim set to see small screen spotlight Drag Queen pop group in production to feature on their own TV show. The comedic crew of queens are making their small screen debut, in their TV show of the same name. Produced by independent company Red Planet Pictures, of British favourites Death in paradise and Hooten and the Lady, the mockumentar By Ray A-J • 2 min read
Arts Like to sing but don’t know where? Continuing a long tradition in Brighton, Music for Life in association with Bar Broadway host weekly piano bars every Tuesday from 9-11pm. Each week, performers sing a mix of songs from the American songbook, songs from the shows, novelty songs or whatever else they choose. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: Satyagraha @ENO Visually it’s astonishing, blending and weaving itself with an endless sense of movement, representing the public support for Gandhi in the printed press. I was transfixed as the second part rose to its crescendo and with the projections, movement of actors, changing lighting effects and full of for By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts MUSIC REVIEW: LGBTQIA (A New Generation) by Matt Fishel We’re Queer, we’re here, and rocking out this year. Welcome to the Queer rock track celebrating the Generation of freedom. Rock is heavy, harsh, hard hitting and inherently political; It’s a tough act to follow. By Ray A-J • 3 min read
Arts Celebrate love and diversity at Refugee Valentine LOVE is in the air! A line up of local musicians, Yamaya (Afrobeat Funk Fusion) and Alaa (Oud and vocals from Syria) will bring the music of their international origins to create a night that defies categorization as either global or local. By Besi • 1 min read
