SPOTLIGHT ON: Brighton Early Music Festival
Brian Butler lifts the lid on an early music treasure chest in Brighton
Previews
SPOTLIGHT ON: Disco, Drag, Drama and Dinosaurs
Brian Butler finds the Theatre Royal’s winter season has it all
CLASSICAL NOTES with Nick Boston
Reviews and previews from our classical music columnist
Birmingham’s Fierce festival to celebrate 25 years of outlandish, alternative and outsider performance
Featuring 50 events and artists from 16 countries and six continents, the festival, taking place between October 11-16, is an eclectic mix of thought-provoking, fun and entertaining works including theatre, music, dance, parties and performance art
Feature: Vivian and Anthony-Only An Octave Apart
Brian Butler hears about the drag star and the countertenor – honestly !
Traumfrau, Marlborough and Pecs present: ‘Very Private? The Party’ at Queer Bloomsbury festival this weekend
Join this holy trinity of queerness as they lead you through a night of debauched fun! Get there early for life-changing and pheromone-altering shows, queer DJs – including Xzan and Affy Go Bang! – all-women and non-binary company Pecs Drag Kings, and live art making with Artists Model Ink.
SPOTLIGHT ON: Queer romance, schoolboy crushes, bullying and disability
In the second of two preview articles Brian Butler finds joy, despair and Queer history to dig into