Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival: DIVAS on Sunday, February 19 Aneesa Chaudhry, Jennie Castell, Gabriella Parish and Hannah Brackenbury join forces to bring you an evening of jazz, showtunes and ballards. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Ingeborg Bachmann literary prize winner comes to Brighton In July 2016, Sharon won the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann prize (€25,000) with short story Herr Gröttrup Sits Down, which she wrote in German and tells the story about the rocket scientist who worked for the Nazis, then the USSR. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Hundred Watt Club – Burlesque and Cabaret Dust off your top hats and polish those stockings – Hundred Watt Club’s evening of burlesque and cabaret is back in town with another rip-roaring, gender-bending, tassel-twirling night of abandonment! By Besi • 2 min read
Arts 100 new artists for The Great Escape Having already signed-up some of the most hotly tipped musicians for 2017 in September, including Rag’ n’ Bone Man, Ray BLK, Cabbage and Nilüfer Yanya, The Great Escape (TGE) have announced a further 100 artists playing the festival for new music this year. By Alice Blezard • 4 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival: Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the campest cult classic of all time and now you can enjoy it like never before. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: BFI Flare opens with World Premiere of ‘Against the Law’ The British Film Institute (BFI) Flare, the UK’s longest running LGBT film event, will celebrate its 31st edition with the world premiere of Against the Law, a “powerful and timely” factual BBC drama, at the BFI Southbank, London on Thursday, March 16. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Myra Dubois – Self AdMyra, National Tour Myra Dubois brings her new show Self Admyra to the Komedia, Brighton on April 22 as part of a national tour. Former barmaid, actress and singer Myra Dubois hits the road in 2017 with her Self AdMyra tour, combining her signature brand of acid-tongued wit, razor-sharp observations, songs and maybe ev By Besi • 2 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival: ROCK UP! – Open Mic Night Join local musician and open mic host Robin Coward for a mic night with a difference as part of LGBT History Month. Robin is well-known across Brighton and Hove for his friendly, inclusive music nights, which he has run for the last 15 years and have proved a great starting point for many musicians By Besi • 2 min read
Arts LGBT HISTORY MONTH: ‘Smiles Matter’ at Jubilee Library A new exhibition at Brighton’s Jubilee library runs till February 26 highlighting the good work of Accessibility Matters at Pride last year in Brighton & Hove. Curated and designed by the Brighton & Hove, LGBT Community Safety Forum (B&H LGBT CSF) with the kind support of the Community Safety Team a By Besi • 2 min read
In The South B RIGHT ON FESTIVAL: Brighton HIV charity run Community Café at Phil Starr Pavilion LGBT History Month events Lunch Positive the Brighton based HIV charity will be catering at a wide range of events being staged as part of the B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival which celebrates LGBT History month during February. The Lunch Positive Community Café, situated just outside the Phil Starr Pavilion in New Steine Gardens wi By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Celebration! gets the B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival off to a great start Two icons of the drag scene were smiling in heaven last night as hundreds of ‘queens’ battled the elements on Brighton Seafront to take their seats in the Phil Starr Pavilion, while storm Doris blew outside. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON Festival: LGBT History Month: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus to give free concert at Phil Starr Pavilion on Sunday The Brighton Gay Men’s chorus present a free Tribute Concert on Sunday, February 5 at the Phil Starr Pavilion during Soul Safari 1, a day exploring our LGBT spirituality organised by Village MCC. The concert will be remembering choir member Pablo Fernández-Arias, who passed away shortly before Chris By Besi • 2 min read
