Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: The Circus of Horrors @Preston Park After taking to the road over 22 years ago and touring all over the world the phenomenon returns with its latest brand new show especially designed for Brighton Fringe Festival. The spectacular features an amazing amalgamation of bizarre and fantastic circus acts act’s all woven into a sensational s By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: Two Singular Sensations @Purple Playhouse Theatre This intimate homage to the stage musical from Brighton-based Elevation Productions starts with mini toeches shining on the tap dancing feet of Edwin Ray, and on his saxophone-playing life-long friend Emma Jane Morton – in their tribute to A Chorus Line. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: Hats off to Laurel and Hardy Tony Carpenter (Laurel) and Philip Hutchinson (Hardy) overcome the first big hurdle of a tribute show in Hats Off to Laurel and Hardy at the Sweet Waterfront – they actually look and sound like the originals. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Community News Trans activist to buff Sussex nails at Jubilee Library for IDAHOBIT! To mark IDAHOBIT this year, Brighton & Hove City Council’s LGBT Workers Forum have invited activist, manicurist and all round fabulous person Charlie Craggs to come to Sussex and spend a day being herself, meeting folk and sharing not only her exquisite manicure skills with anyone who might like a f By Besi • 2 min read
In The South Scam caller targets businesses in Brighton & Hove Brighton & Hove City Council’s Trading Standards service and Sussex Police issue warning about a new scam. An individual has been telephoning businesses in the city claiming to be the Chief Crime Prevention Officer working for the Police. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: Sex addiction: The lecture @One Church I hadn’t intended on writing a review for The Queer Historian’s latest Fringe show Sex Addiction: The Lecture because I already submitted a preview piece in April’s issue of Gscene. And Tommy (The Queer Historian) has become one of my closest friends in Brighton since moving here in January, so I ac By Spencer Charles Smith • 2 min read
Community News Bristol police appeal for witnesses to homophobic attack Avon and Somerset Police are investigating a homophobic hate crime in which a teenager was assaulted in Bristol city centre. The 19-year-old victim was in Park Street, near to Tesco on College Green, when he was verbally abused by two men before one of them punched him in the face just before 4am on By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Youth group publishes review of their work Blueprint 22, a youth organisation for 16-25 year olds deliver project work along the south coast from Brighton to Bognor Regis to young people. In January 2017 they commissioned an independent consultant to undertake a reflective review of the past 6 years of their work. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Fundraiser for Chechnya: Screening of Paragraph 175 @Duke’s at Komedia, Brighton The People’s Film Club and Eyes Wide Open Cinema will present a screening of Paragraph 175 on June 1 to benefit LGBT+ people in Chechnya. Between 1933-1945 approximately 100,000 men were arrested for homosexuality in Nazi Germany, half of whom were imprisoned. An estimated 10,000 – 15,000 were sent By Besi • 2 min read
Before General News Brighton & Hove to get new bins Hundreds of new communal refuse bins will be rolled out in Brighton & Hove over the next few weeks, replacing those which have been badly damaged or broken. The 330 bins were ordered after an audit last year which revealed that just under half of the 600-strong stock were ready for replacement. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts ‘Love is not a crime’: Casting call for Project 74 photography project A surprising number of countries still punish same-sex relationships with life imprisonment or even death. Project 74 will raise awareness of this issue through their new photography project Love is not a crime. By Besi • 1 min read
General News Northern Irish couple seek judicial review A humanist couple, backed by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and its Northern Ireland Humanists section, has gained permission to seek a judicial review of the failure of the Northern Irish authorities to extend legal recognition to humanist marriages. By Besi • 3 min read
