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
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
