Arts WORTHING LGBT HISTORY MONTH: The Trials of Colonel Barker In the Twenties, Colonel Sir Victor Barker DSO was a fine figure of a man. Dashing, handsome, with impeccable manners, he was a model gentleman and devoted father of a young son. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts ‘Rights of Passage’: A presentational talk by Clare Summerskill Renowned lesbian celebrity and playwright Clare Summerskill talks about her work with the play Rights of Passage. Rights of Passage is a play by Clare Summerskill, created from interviews with LGBT asylum seekers in the UK. This production toured to theatres nationally earlier this year over a six w By Besi • 2 min read
Arts LGBT History Month celebrates 25 years of the Sussex Beacon In the presence of the Mayor of Brighton & Hove, Cllr Pete West, Celebration! will be the curtain raiser to LGBT+ History Month 2017, and the opening event of the B RIGHT ON LGBT+ Festival being staged for the first time in the specially constructed Phil Starr Pavilion on New Steine Gardens. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Sister Act @ Brighton Centre The hit musical comedy Sister Act comes to the Brighton Centre from January 11-14. Starring Alexandra Burke, the musical is based on the smash hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON FESTIVAL: LGBT History Month: Sing-a-long-a ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Now at long last The Rocky Horror Picture Show gets what it’s been SCREAMING for – the full sing-a-long-a treatment. If you’ve done The Time Warp before, you’ll never have done it quite like this! By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘We Raise Our Hands in the Sanctuary’ New play spotlights the crucial importance of queer spaces and club culture. The 1980’s saw a major shift towards the emergence of a global gay club culture, but it was set against a backdrop of desperate levels of unemployment, riots, driven by racism, and AIDS casually reported as a gay plague. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON FESTIVAL to host Brighton’s LGBT History Month events A special Pavilion erected on New Steine Gardens named after the legendary drag entertainer Phil Starr will be home to Brighton & Hove LGBT+ History Month events in February 2017. Miss Jason hosts the opening Gala event at the Phil Starr Pavilion on February 3 By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts TONIGHT: ‘Let it Snow’ – Actually Gay Men’s Chorus The Actually Gay Men’s Chorus (AGMC) Christmas offering this year will be on Friday, December 23 at St Andrew Church in Hove. Their first Christmas show under new musical director Samuel Cousins, the AGMC will be singing Christmas standards with a few new surprises and will be raising money for Incl By Besi • 1 min read
Cabaret Hart of Eastbourne to raise funds for older LGBT+ people The Hart of Eastbourne will be raising funds for the Eastbourne Rainbow Group on Sunday, January 22 from 7.30pm. ‘Till I hear You Sing’ will be “an evening of light song and entertainment to warm the heart”. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Michael Ball and Alfie Boe ‘Together Again’ in 2017 Following the stunning success of their Platinum selling album Together and 29 sold out shows across the UK in 2016, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe return to the Brighton Centre on Saturday, December 2, 2017 as part of their Together Again tour. By Besi • 2 min read
Photo: Johan Persson Arts PREVIEW: Running Wild @ Chichester Festival Theatre Following a hugely successful run at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in London, RUNNING WILD returns home to Chichester. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Dome – spring 2017 programme highlights Brighton Dome new spring programme, features a wide range of events across music, dance, theatre, comedy and more. By Paul Gustafson • 3 min read
