Arts PREVIEW: Paul Gunn & WORSTED@The Verdict Ever found yourself looking for the right tea, the right hat, the right shoes, the right Martini, or even The Right Man or Miss? Look no further! The Glitz of The Jazz Age and the buffoonery and wit of The Ealing Comedies collide and collude in this bang up to date setting! Presenting their English By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Pakistani drag star releases new music video on eve of first UK Gay Marriages Asifa Lahore releases cover of Bollywood hit Tum Hi Ho, featuring an Asian gay wedding. Drag artist Asifa Lahore is releasing her latest and most politically significant music cover to date, using her position as a global activist to promote gay marriage, family acceptance and to speak out against S By Besi • 3 min read
Music Hove MP Weatherley makes final call for budding local musicians As the deadline of Monday March 31 draws closer, Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade is encouraging any constituents who want to take part to apply before the competition closes. Rock the House, now Parliament’s largest competition was founded by Mike and raises awareness of By Sarah Green • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus take part in “Abbaversary” at Brighton Dome On Sunday April 6, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) will be joining life-long ABBA fanatic Christopher Green (Tina C, Ida Barr), to relive ABBA’s historic Eurovision Song Contest win on the very spot it happened, 40 years ago to the day. In this party performance lecture celebrating ABBA and their m By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Open Rehearsal…..Actually Want to join a choir? Brighton’s Actually choirs are looking for new singers. Actually Gay Men’s and Actually Gay Women’s Choruses will be holding an ‘open rehearsal’ on Thursday, April 17. The choirs are staging the event to give anyone interested in joining a singing group or chorus, or anyone who By Besi • 2 min read
Arts West End Eurovision: The final battle Now in its seventh and final year West End Eurovision 2014 The Final Battle is set to go out with a Boom Bang-A-Bang! After the phenomenal success of West End Eurovision 2013, the Make A Difference (MAD) Trust will be returning to the Dominion theatre on May 22, 2014. West End Eurovision sees 10 cas By Besi • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: OperaUndone This was a convincing performance done with conviction and thoroughly enjoyable all round. It’s also unusual to see music presented in such a straight foreword way at the Marlborough which has such a reputation for avant-garde and experimental works, but it’s a beautiful venue to experience live cla By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts Brighton Fringe 2014 Launched With more than 700 shows on offer, a third are family friendly and lots are FREE and featuring venues from toilets to a PerfomR an app based on Grindr , this is a huge effort to present, organise and arrange and it’s sorted in time for us, the humble punters to enjoy this May. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts New opera company to launch at the Marlborough Theatre, Brighton New opera company Opera Undone to launch with a performance of Bellini’s I Capuletti e I Montecchi, at the Marlborough Theatre, Brighton on Wednesday, March 5 Based on the original 13th Century manuscript that gave birth to Shakespeare’s play, the opera is set in a Medieval empire where the strict b By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Brighton Festival 2014 programme announced Guest Director Hofesh Schechter has launched the programme of events for the Brighton Festival 2014. Hofesh Schechter has been responsible for shaping this years programme of events for the three week event beginning May 3 until May 25. This years Festival is to include a diverse genre of events and By Mitchell Orriss • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rodelinda: ENO Handel’s epic story of love, power and mistaken identity is a triumph, but not an easy one to present to the modern audience, but the singing is exquisite; tonight the ENO live up to their hype as the House of Handel. Book now! By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts Double International Women’s Day Celebrations Brighton Women’s Centre Turns 40! This year’s International Women’s Day celebrations will also mark the 40th birthday of Brighton Women’s Centre (BWC). Established in 1974 as a safe space where women could find mutual support and overcome isolation, BWC has inspired the development of a number of mu By Besi • 2 min read
