Arts REVIEW: For the Birds: Brighton Festival You hop on a bus, reminiscent of the mystery tours so favoured by aunts of mine in the 1970’s and are deposited in the dark, with some superb and wholly novel views of the city in the distance, it’s a long walk thought this night-time trail, like a crepuscular robotic nature watch we come across the By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts Twenty two performances of Fringe show cancelled Twenty two performances of the Shiny Town event, due to take place in Royal Pavilion Gardens during the last two weeks of the Brighton Fringe have been cancelled after a failure to get required planning permission from the City Council. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus: The Superhero Show The Superhero Show, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) contribution to the Brighton Fringe on Saturday evening (May 6), was a feast of musical excellence and performance with first class production values. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: MacBlair@The Warren Studio 3 It’s 1994- the young ambitious Tony Blair and the irascible Gordon Brown meet three journalists – ‘hacks’ in a stairwell in Parliament. The “weird journalists” predict TB will be Leader of the Labour Party, Prime Minister and King of the World. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts National Theatre unveils Queer Theatre event series The National Theatre is set to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales by staging its first Queer Theatre event series from July 6 – 10, 2017. By Paul Gustafson • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Ruffian on the stair@The Lantern @ ACT Pretty much Joe Orton’s first play – written in 1964 – this 3-hander deals comically and darkly with love, sex for sale , Catholicism, homosexuality, lies, power and loneliness. By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: ELVIS Las Vegas 1969@The Woodville, Gravesend ELVIS Las Vegas 1969 is really two shows in one. The first half, mainly spoken with little music is a dramatic reconstruction of the hours leading to Elvis Presley’s return to the stage on July 31, 1969, after a ten-year break from live concerts, while making movies in Hollywood. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: The Holey Truth @ Blue Man Following a sell out run at the Camden Fringe Festival, Jake Howie brings The Holey Truth to Brighton with zero bars held. By Contributor • 1 min read
Community News 40 day countdown to the Brighton Bear Weekend! If you went down to The Camelford Arms early on Saturday morning you would have been in for a big surprise! For amongst the wooden tables and chairs sat M’Lady bear with her three bears who were shooting the front cover for the June edition of Gscene. By Besi • 1 min read
General News Council welcome volunteers for parks Over a thousand people who expressed an interest in volunteering in Brighton & Hove’s parks and open spaces are being contacted by the council asking how they would like to contribute. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Village MCC mark Mental Health Awareness Month To mark Mental Health Awareness Month which runs till May 31, The Village Metropolitan Community Church are holding a series of events each Sunday. You can join the Village Metropolitan Community Church for worship on Sundays at 6pm @ The Somerset Day Centre, 62 St James Street in Kemptown, Brighton By Besi • 1 min read
General News Lord Mayor of Manchester joins inaugural flight to Mykonos Thomas Cook airlines saw their inaugural flight to one of the most popular LGBT+ holiday destinations, Mykonos take off from Manchester Airport yesterday. The Lord Mayor of Manchester and his Consort joined the passenger celebrations with customary cake cutting and entertainment before joining them By Besi • 1 min read
