Arts Charity cabaret night supporting Brighton Pride with Rose Wilby, VG Lee and many more A fully inclusive LGBTQ night of fabulous music and comedy at The Basement. Acts appearing include Rosie Wilby, VG Lee, Claire Parker, Jonwayne Connolly, Chick Atkinson and Judy Theobald. Rosie Wilby said of the event: “I’m excited to be involved with the event as its a great venue and I’m a fan of By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Actually Gay Women’s Chorus support training for anti LGBT bullying in schools Actually Gay Women’s Chorus will perform their new production Pride! (In the Name of Love) celebrating Freedom, Pride and Love on July 31. The show will start off the celebrations to Brighton Pride with music ranging from the huge harmonic realm of Beethoven to the Power of Pink, from the magic of D By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Rainbow Chorus proves that there is ‘Strength in Harmony’ Fresh from their appearance in Dublin at the Various Voices LGBT Choral Festival, The Rainbow Chorus, Brighton and Hove’s only LGBT choir, invite you to an evening of song and harmony. The evening launches their new logo and celebrates their Strength in Harmony strapline. Led by the talented and viv By Besi • 1 min read
Music Collabro to appear in Brighton The winners of Britain’s Got Talent 2014 are to appear at the Brighton Centre on February 13, 2015. Britain’s Got Talent 2014 winners Collabro have announced a 23 date nationwide UK tour for 2015 and will be joined by very special guest and runner up Lucy Kay. Collabro are an English musical theatre By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Pearl Fishers: ENO A mixed bag, some stunning set pieces then some irritating distractions, great voices, and a fabulously wired chorus who are kept oddly static. Like the Storm in this production, it washed over me, was enjoyable and nice to hear but didn’t leave me beached, panting at the over whelming thrill of the By Eric Page • 4 min read
In The South Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus on tour featuring Southampton Gay Men’s Chorus Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus is heading along the south coast to appear at The Hub Theatre in Southampton on Saturday, July 12. Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus On Tour is a collaborative production with Southampton Gay Men’s Chorus (SGMC) – one of the UK’s newer gay choruses which was established two years a By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Eva Iglesias joins line up for Golden Handbag Awards on Sunday Eva Iglesias, the diva who wowed the judges on this years Britain’s Got Talent with her rendition of Aretha Franklin’s classic hit ‘(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman’ has been added to the final line up at this years Golden Handbag Awards. Eva will be joining fellow semi finalist on Britain’s By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Pride performances by the Actually Chorus to support training for anti LGBT bullying in schools In the spirit of this year’s Brighton Pride theme, Freedom to Live, Actually Gay Men’s Chorus and cabaret star Miss Jason are taking to the stage for two performances of I Feel Love. The chorus will be raising money for Inclusion For All (IFA), the award winning training strategy working across the By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Katy B joins Pride main stage line-up Queen of the dance floor, Katy B will be appearing at Brighton Pride on August 2. Katy B, a singer songwriter on a mission, will perform numbers from her Mercury Award nominated 2013 album, Little Red and her critically aclaimed 2011 debut album On a mission. She will be bringing her unique mix of a By Besi • 1 min read
Arts ‘David Hill Experience’ to raise money for Sussex Beacon The David Hill Experience now in it’s third year has six events under their belts raising huge sums money for children’s hospice Chestnut Tree House. For one special night the team behind the project are raising money for the Sussex Beacon. To be held on the evening of June 18, the star of the show, By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Rainbow Chorus are leaving on a jet plane! Brighton LGBT choir jets off to Dublin for international choral festival. The Rainbow Chorus, Brighton and Hove’s LGBT choir, will be heading off to Dublin in June to sing in the worlds only international LGBT choral festival. Various Voices, which is held every 4 years, brings together LGBT choirs By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Mme Butterfly: The one man show at the Marlborough Mme Butterfly – The One Man Opera will be at The Marlborough Theatre, Brighton from June 5–7, before going on national tour. The show, set 30 years after the end of the iconic Puccini opera and starring Ignacio Jarquin, follows Mme Butterfly’s son, Tomisaburo, who travels to America in the hope of m By Besi • 1 min read
