Arts MUSIC REVIEW: Christmas Oratorio: BREMF This evening’s music was superb, it’s almost as if the BREMF was saving the best till last but this year’s programme has excelled in the quality of its music and tonight was no exception. John Hancorn conducted with a florid grace which kept the music tight and graceful while allowing the complex in By Eric Page • 3 min read
General News REVIEW: TALES IN MUSIC: THE PIGEON AND THE ALBATROSS: Little Baroque Company TALES IN MUSIC: THE PIGEON AND THE ALBATROSS Little Baroque Company The room was full of rows of expectant children and the parents in a semi circle everyone excited. The room was lovely and warm. The musicians were wearing feather wigs, bright colours, looking resplendent in their outfits and engag By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Stars release charity Christmas single for Albert Kennedy Trust Eastenders Star June Brown MBE joins Union J singer Jaymi Hensley and a host of LGBT+ celebrities to record a charity single and video to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Alison Moyet donates profits from Brighton show to local Samaritans branch Alison Moyet donates the profits from her Brighton tour date to local Samaritans Branch. On Wednesday, November 8, pop singer Alison Moyet played to a sell out audience at the Brighton Dome where she performed a fantastic set in aid of Samaritans. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: ORFEO: BREMF Once again the Brighton Early Music Festival shows that you can take problematic and difficult pieces of early music and when stripped down and presented with care and consideration they can be allowed to shine and be appreciated for their own idiosyncratic, early charms. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts ‘Royal Platinum Love Song’ celebrates Queen’s Platinum wedding anniversary Composer Olga Thomas-Bosovskaya release her new composition Royal Platinum Love Song to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh’s Platinum wedding anniversary in November and raise money for Cruse Bereavement Care (CBC). By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus – ‘Dreaming of Christmas’ Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) will be raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support at their annual Christmas Concert on Friday, December 15. The chorus will be performing Christmas favourites under the direction of musical director Marc Yarrow and accompanist Tim Nail. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Roots, Shoots and Celestial Flowers: BREMF The Soprano and two mezzos gave some sublime and subtle performances across the evening and I found myself floating off into the ethereal vaults more than once as their voices combined and entwined in perfect harmony and sored into blissfulness. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Shoreham panto support charity Christmas single for cancer charity LP Creatives, the team behind the sell-out pantomime at the Ropetackle Arts Centre in Shoreham support the charity Cancer is a Drag with its new charity song release Christmas Time With You. Cancer is a Drag is a registered charity (Reg. No. 1160129) who’s main aim is to provide financial and wellbe By Besi • 4 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: The life to come by Fry & Mander it’s refreshing to listen to the voice of such a staunch eloquent atheist being applied to religious dogma and doggerel and the very real harm it has caused to the expression of love in all it’s infinite variety. It’s the first time in a long time when I’ve thought ‘you deserved that you sanctimo By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: A Spectacular Night for Michael Topping Some of the biggest acts in the business come together for A Spectacular Night for Michael Topping at the Two Brewers on Thursday, November 9. The star-studded celebration of 50 years of outrageous cabaret genius from the man who amongst others was the Malitza to Dave Lynn and Topping to Butch will By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Resound and Rebelles Christmas concert Resound and Rebelles present their Christmas concert Hope for the Holidays – A New Hove at St Andrew’s Church, Waterloo Street, Hove on December 15 and 16. By Contributor • 1 min read
