Photo by Nick Ford Photography Arts REVIEW: Actually With Bells On Brian Butler rings out the old with Actually Gay Men’s Chorus By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Peter Duncan’s streamed Cinderella Oh yes, it is- it’s time for Brian Butler to hiss and boo a streamed panto by legendary actor/writer/director and Blue Peter icon Peter Duncan. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts Resound & Rebelles: Rebooted Like all Brighton and Hove’s choirs, these two fine examples have suffered in the claws of Covid. Few rehearsals or performances, illness… all have taken their toll and in addition, By Andrew Kay • 1 min read
Michael Stone from Nick Ford Photography Arts REVIEW: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus Brian Butler finds treats inside a Chorus cracker of a show from the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts Rainbows Return: The Rainbow Chorus Among the best and most popular of Brighton & Hove’s community choirs, the Rainbows returned with a triple celebration. By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Miss Hope Springs – Christmas Agogo! Brian Butler is reduced to tears of laughter by the faded showbiz girl herself, singer/songwriter Miss Hope Springs. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide If you like books about sinister powerful elitist organisations who use all sorts of nefarious tricks to keep their holds on power you’ll love this book, but look in the mirror as it’s not a conspiracy thriller but the fictionalised narrative of institutionalised racism and individual prejudice focu By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Brian Butler is blown away by this musical journey from teen boy to drag queen. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts Spotlight On: Anthony Sher Brian Butler pays tribute to the out and proud actor Sir Anthony Sher, who died yesterday. By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Guy UsinU – Oil & fetish The book is an evocative and crepuscular exploration not just of the people and places of Brighton but also the psycho-sexual geography of the artist themselves. Where they lay, pause, linger, what they see, feel and embrace, and what they leave in the echoes of desire, control and abandonment which By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW:The Return Of The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show Brian Butler marvels at the crazy, funny, moving antics of real Drag Royalty By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: For Queen And Country Brian Butler is deceived by drag queen, super spy Denis Rake By Brian Butler • 2 min read
