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
Arts OPERA REVIEW: Rigoletto @ ENO A tragic story of jealousy, vengeance and sacrifice, Rigoletto is one of Verdi’s most popular operas. Jonathan Miller’s much-loved ‘Mafia’ production makes a welcome return to the ENO stage, relocating the action to New York’s Little Italy in the 1950s with a tightly cut ‘ Mad men’ swagger to the co By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus Tribute Concert for Pablo Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus held a Tribute Concert to celebrate the life of their friend and colleague Pablo Fernandez Arias Carzola at the Phil Starr Pavilion on Sunday, February 5. By Besi • 2 min read
