Music Rock Superstar Slash to meet Hove MP in Parliament Saul Hudson better known as Slash, the legendary guitarist with the American hard rock band Guns N’ Roses will be joining the Conservative, Hove & Portslade MP and Intellectual Property Advisor to the Prime Minister, Mike Weatherley, on Monday in Parliament. He will be accompanied on his visit by My By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Strictly Resounding Resound Male Voices will be presenting their next concert, Strictly Resound, on Saturday, July 5, at Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College (BHASVIC) Hall in Seven Dials at 7.30pm The chorus will be paying tribute to the popular BBC programme Strictly Come Dancing. Resound Male Voices will pre By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: The Blue Camel Club at Brighton Corn Exchange Blue Camel Club – a Carousel project – will be hosting a club night on Monday, June 23 at Brighton Corn Exchange. Picture the scene. A massive dance floor in a beautiful old building in central Brighton. On stage the brilliant dance tunes of The Dancing Rock Queens, TV sensation Daniel Wakeford, mel By Mitchell Orriss • 1 min read
Arts Actually choirs to join forces with award winning teacher to fight homophobia in schools Actually Gay Men’s Chorus and Actually Gay Women’s Chorus are teaming up with anti LGBT bullying champion and homophobic bullying survivor Shaun Dellenty to raise money for Inclusion For All (IFA). IFA is an award winning training strategy working to prevent homophobic,biphobic and transphobic bully By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Mamma Mia! and Les Miserables jointly take West End Eurovision crown Director, Andrew Keates bravely reveals his own true story about HIV. A celebrity-studded West End Eurovision returned to the Dominion Theatre this week for its seventh and final year in support of The Make A Difference (MAD) Trust. Mamma Mia! and Les Misérables jointly took the Winners Trophy. With By Besi • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Cosi fan Tutte: ENO Full of flirtatious passion and with a real sense of revelation and surprise designer Tom Pye’s evocative and surreal British travelling circus interpretation of a Coney Island fairground was a feast for the eyes it also allowed this most silly of operas to detach itself from reality enough to relax By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: African Dance Party This was a fun night out and everyone at this packed out night was up for it, engaging with the music and all seemed to be having a great time, everyone dancing and appreciating this slick night of quality African fusion music By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Brighton’s Youth Celebrate Sir John Tavener It’s always a pleasure to listen to Taverner, when the air is misted with the scent of frankincense the high ethereal brick vaults pierced through with the rays of a setting sun and massed voices rolling around a sacred space then it’s a highlight and delight, By Eric Page • 2 min read
Comedy REVIEW: Hedwig & The Angry Inch: New Venture Theatre This is an authentic production of Hedwig keeping to the spirit and intention of John Cameron Mitchell’s writing and giving us a Hedwig who demands our unconditional love whilst slightly scaring us with the intensity of a life lived at full throttle. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts Gay choir supports local charities Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus have raised nearly £550 for two local charities at their annual Festival Fringe shows Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus’ two extremely well-received Fringe Festival performances of Nautical but nice at St George’s Church, Kemptown at the start of May helped to boost the coffers of By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Normal Heights Walker should be congratulated, this play is charming and seriously touching while never dipping into mawkishness or melancholy. Even in his saddest moments Uncle Edward shines with hope, and when going full pelt into the shining light of living life fully is a force of nature. By Eric Page • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News L Project single enters UK charts We’re All Human official theme tune for IDAHO on May 17, breaks into the UK charts. We’re All Human, the new charity single from the L Project and official theme tune for the 10th International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHOT) on May 17, has entered the UK official independent singles chart at no 36. By Besi • 2 min read
