Arts PREVIEW: Charity Dance Gala The Gay Men’s Dance Company’s (GMDC) stage their first annual variety showcase, starring GMDC members from London and Brighton, their choir, pole dancers and special guest acts. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: A double bill for International Women’s Day A Monkey With Cymbals & Orange Girl Productions present a double-bill of Restoration women to celebrate International Women’s Day. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: HAHA SISTERHOOD – Comedy special for International Women’s Day For the second year running, a group of Brighton’s finest comediennes will come together to make the public laugh and to raise money and awareness for the Survivor’s Network on International Women’s Day. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts (Brighton &) Hove Grown Festival 2017 returns on March 24 Following a successful launch in 2016 that saw over 1,000 people attend 29 shows, (Brighton &) Hove Grown is back for 2017, and has “grown” even more! (Brighton &) Hove Grown takes place between March 24 and April 2, 2017. Featuring 59 performances of 37 shows over 10 days across 4 venues – and ever By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Celtic Connections competition winner to play Brighton Fringe Winner of the Celtic Connections Danny Kyle Competition, Fiddle & Cello duo An Dhá bring their unique blend of Celtic music and Jazz to the Brighton Fringe. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Applications open for Towner’s annual Open exhibition Sussex Open 2017 Towner Art Gallery’s annual Open exhibition is to be re-launched in 2017 as Sussex Open with artists from both East and West Sussex invited to participate. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Pet Shop Boys to headline Brighton Pride The legendary Pet Shop Boys will headline the Brighton Pride, ‘Summer Of Love’ Festival in Preston Park on Saturday, August 5, 2017 with their first Pride performance in 20 years. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Marc Almond to perform at first UK Pride in Hull Marc Almond will perform at the first ever UK Pride, part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017’s LGBT 50 events marking the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: NOVA POP! The art of Billy Chainsaw BILLY CHAINSAW’s first solo art show in Brighton – at the BRUSH gallery – sees him take his mixed-media ‘cut up pop art’ to another dimension, in which the dystopian reality of human existence attempts release via flashbacks to the psychedelic ’60s. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Over 1,500 artists to exhibit at Artists Open Houses Festival 2017 The Artists Open Houses (AOH) festival 2017, the largest event of its kind in the UK, will take place in Brighton, Hove and beyond over four weekends in May, starting Saturday 6th May 6 to May 28. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: BFI Flare LGBT Film Festival announce 2017 programme BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival has unveiled its 31st edition’s full programme. One of the most significant and long-standing film events in the world’s LGBT calendar, BFI Flare will present over 50 features, more than 100 shorts and a wide range of special events, guest appearances, discussion By Alice Blezard • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: HOTBED – A Festival of Sex We live in a world saturated with sexual imagery – but how often do we talk about sex as it’s really felt, experienced or imagined? And why is theatre so seldom a part of that conversation? Hotbed is the Camden People’s Theatre’s brand new festival of sex: three weeks of adventurous performance guar By Alice Blezard • 2 min read
