Music Opera Review: la Bohème @ Theatre Royal Brighton This is an utterly charming performance, with some of Kents signature touches, a stage filling bit of spectacle, live orchestra, La Boehme is a romantically sad story, ending in tragedy but with some delightful set pieces celebrating love hope and beauty By Eric Page • 2 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: First Time for Everything by Henry Fry Author Fry centres Danny’s increasingly erratic choices in the narrative allowing us to explore with him, enjoy the fall out, laugh at the raw painful awfulness of it and wallow in the reflective dialogue of his endless therapy and patient loving friendships. It’s a cool narrative engine and whilst By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: BFI Flare Festival- Golden Delicious Brian Butler explores a Canadian/Chinese coming of age love story By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Wish You Were Dead @ Theatre Royal Brighton Brian Butler is underwhelmed by an over-acted piece of theatre By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts Review – BFI Flare Film Festival: Big Boys Brian Butler finds Corey Sherman’s coming out comedy endearing By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: Rethinking Gender: An Illustrated Exploration by Louie Läuger This is a lively, informative, and engaging graphic novel/guide to gender from and by this author-illustrator ( see more of their published work here) who helps readers grasp how many different answers can be give to the question: “What even is gender?”. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BFI Flare Film Review: Egghead and Twinkie Brian Butler watches a coming-of-age road trip film with a twist By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Heathers The Musical @ Theatre Royal Brighton It was my first time. A line from this bizarre high school musical which reflects my own experience this evening and wow did I get more than I bargained for! By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Queer Mental Health Workbook by Brendan J Dunlop This book is empowering and reassuring, there’s a lot of ‘self-help’ books out there, but this is a rather special and unique book offering compassionate insight to the LGBTQ/Queer community, and it’s workbook style with clear and easy to follow directed recommendations will go a long way to help y By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Steel Magnolias @ Theatre Royal Brighton Amusing and engaging, with some solid comic throw away lines and one stand out emotional scene of grief expressed, it felt froth with no firmness. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Queer Britain Part Two Brian Butler looks at episodes 4-6 of this LGBTQ+ series on BBC By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: My Son’s a Queer (but what can you do?) Brian Butler delves into the world of wool wigs, yellow frocks and Maleficent By Brian Butler • 2 min read
