Arts ‘Hercules & Love Affair’ confirmed for Brighton Pride. The critically acclaimed house, disco and pop music collective Hercules & Love Affair will perform at the Brighton Pride Festival at Preston Park on Saturday, August 1. Andy Butler’s ever evolving musical collective Hercules & Love Affair combines must-dance grooves with tales of emotional triumph t By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Back To The Bond Age Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus will be bringing their new show ‘Back To The Bond Age’ to the Brighton Fringe Festival at the beginning of May. Back To The Bond Age is the first show the Chorus will be performing in this, their 10th Anniversary year. “Guns! Gags! Gizmos! Be shaken, stirred and seduced by By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Light Up The Night’ Three stunning singers with three stunning voices, Charlotte Jaconelli, Daniel Koek and Jai McDowall,will sing sensational hits from stage, screen and the charts! British soprano Charlotte Jaconelli, teams up here with Australian tenor Daniel Koek one of musical theatre’s brightest stars and Britain By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Free tickets available for Eastbourne Summer Season Show preview Residents living in the BN21 to BN24 catchment areas are being invited to attend the Royal Hippodrome Theatre on Sunday, March 22 at 5.30pm to see the Summer Season Showcase FOR FREE! This one hour show will highlight what people have been missing for the past 2 years during the Summer Season at the By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts ALBUM REVIEW: Madonna ‘Rebel Heart’ THE arrival of a new Madonna album still excites editors in charge of column inches even if commercial success is a fraction of the heady days of True Blue and Like A Virgin. The preamble to this latest offering is unlikely to have been what Team Madonna had planned; 20+ leaked demos from a hacked c By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Crosby, Stills & Nash play Brighton in September Legendary folk rock supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) will play the Brighton Centre during their European Tour on September 19. THE tour kicks off on September 12 in London, with two nights at Eventim Apollo, and will wrap up on October 11 at Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. The tour features two nigh By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Oklahoma arrives in Eastbourne Celebrate America’s pioneering spirit with the original feel-good, boot-stomping musical Oklahoma! which will ride into Eastbourne’s Congress Theatre on Tuesday, April 7. As refreshing and stirring as the day it was written over 70 years ago, this popular Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features muc By Besi • 1 min read
Arts GLOWchoirBrighton! GLOWchoirBrighton is a Natural Voice Community Choir for LGBTQ people and their straight allies to come together in song. All voices are welcome, from experienced singers to shower divas and absolute beginners! GLOW choirs sing a cappella songs of passion, protest and celebration from across the glo By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Charity cabaret night On Saturday March 14, Charity Cabaret will present a night of comedy and music. All proceeds go to Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard. The Brunswick Pub, Holland Road, Hove has a fully licensed bar. Food is available and there will be a raffle. Doors 7 p.m. Show 7.30 p.m. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
International News Jess Glynne to appear at Brighton Pride Double Brit nominee and Grammy award winner Jess Glynne wowed us with her distinctive and evocative vocals on Clean Bandit’s No.1 platinum dance smash Rather Be. Jess, whose distinctive and evocative vocals ensured Route 94’s incredible House-flavoured My Love hit the top spot will be performing liv By Besi • 1 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: The Indian Queen In this vibrant production, devised by acclaimed director Peter Sellars, the rich and transcendent score of Purcell’s final unfinished opera is reworked around a new text and the inclusion of a number of Purcell’s most ravishing religious anthems. This new retelling of The Indian Queen recounts the By Eric Page • 5 min read
Fat Boy Slim Arts Fatboy Slim waives fee for Brighton Pride appearance in August International superstar DJ, recording artist and local boy made good, Fatboy Slim returns to headline Brighton Pride’s biggest ever dance big top production on August 1. More Brighton than the beach he lives beside. More Brighton than the Seagulls he cheers on. And prouder than anyone else to be par By Besi • 2 min read
