Arts Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus: Music Review Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) pull another cracker out of the hat. BGMC staged their third annual Christmas Show Pull A Cracker at the Brighton Dome last night, Saturday, December 8. The event was raising funds for the Sussex Beacon who offer specialist care and support for men, women and familie By Besi • 4 min read
Arts The Charioteer by Mary Renault: Book Review This positive, sincere and heartfelt classic novel has just been reissued by Virago modern press who are also undertaking a project to reissue all of Renaults books, Hurrah! Her work can be divided into two strands: the searing, evocative historical novels she is justly famous for, which couldn’t be By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts STRANGER BY THE LAKE: Review This is an unnerving psychological thriller which takes place entirely in an idyllic lakeside cruising ground. Its characters seem almost unmoored from society – we have almost no idea of how they live the rest of their lives – and so the cruising ground comes to represent a sort of alternative soci By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Arts HALBWELT KULTUR: Review Halbwelt Kultur is musical cabaret opening with a wonderfully engaging chorus and using the lives of seven dynamic and sensual women from the Weimer republic to highlight the tensions between freedom of expression and oppressive conformity. By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts Satyagraha: ENO: Review Satyagraha: Phillip Glass: English National Opera: Review Following the early life of Gandhi in South Africa and his non violent campaigning against segregation and racism and named after his word for Non-violence (for which there is no word in any language in the whole word, which is worth noting.) By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts Blue Is The Warmest Colour: Review Film review by Lily Pritchard Acclaimed director Abdellatif Kechiche’s latest film, based on Julie Maroh’s graphic novel, is a lesbian coming-of-age drama between two female leads. It was the star of this year’s Cannes Film Festival even before it was awarded the Palme d’Or. Chairman of the jury, St By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Burning Ashes: Book Review It’s warm and cozy and not in the slightest bit threatening and I can imagine a few men who would rather enjoy this optimistic story of modern gay love. The author has certainly done their research regarding the cricketing world and it feels authentic enough.. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts The Magic Flute: ENO : Review From its clever opening to the dramatic close this new production directed by Simon McBurney’s of Complicite caught the attention of the audience and kept it held close like one of the delightful flapping paper birds that followed Papageno around. The setting feels organically oppressive, set in som By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts Boy George: Concorde 2: Review Promoting the release of his first album of original material in 18 years, Boy George alongside a nine-piece band dazzled with a sprinkling of classic hits and tracks from This Is What I Do at Concorde 2 in Brighton. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts TRANSGENDER SEEKIN: Sunny Drake: Review An eclectic and heart warming UK premier show presented by Pink Fringe and The Basement. This charming and disarmingly clever young antipodean performer takes us on a no hole barred tender and hilarious confessional journey of the experience of being a queer romance-a-holic and how, even in a harsh By Eric Page • 3 min read
Reviews THRILLER LIVE: Lyric Theatre, London: Review Kat Pope hates Michael Jackson so what the hell is she going to make of THRILLER LIVE’s 2000th performance? Prepare to be surprised… By Kat Pope • 11 min read
Arts ALISON MOYET: Dome: Review Alison Moyet, the treacle voiced chanteuse of spiky pop, returned to her electro roots at a concert featuring cuts from her new album the minutes and a peppering of hits at the Brighton Dome. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
