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
Miss Jason will narrate Carnival of the Animals Arts A carnival of music sails into Brighton Dome A menagerie of lions, elephants and kangaroos will be let loose in Brighton Dome on Sunday, January 10 with cabaret star Miss Jason firmly holding the reigns. London Gay Symphony Orchestra (LGSO) will be bringing these beasts and many others to life, in a performance of Saint-Saëns’ grand zoological By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: John Grant at the Dome Last night Grant played an impressive set showcasing material from his latest album, Grey Tickles, Black Pressure. It’s a work I’ve been having some difficulty with – some of the lyrics are maybe a tad arch – but seeing him live won me over. By Michael Hootman • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: There’s no place like Hove for the holidays! Resound Male Voices, a Brighton and Hove based male singing group and women’s jazz choir Rebelles present a unique evening of beautiful music and a few laughs in the run up to Christmas. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
