Film ‘ONE FOR THE BOOKS: THE MAUPIN MARATHON’ to be screened at Hastings Rocks International Film Festival 2024 on Saturday, April 13 Seaford writer and director Rose Collis is to present her documentary ONE FOR THE BOOKS: THE MAUPIN MARATHON at Hastings Rocks International Film Festival 2024 on Saturday, April 13. In 1984, HM Customs raided the legendary Gay’s the Word bookshop and seized 2,000+ books. They included Tales of the By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Have You Heard? Stories From My Archive – a new podcast series by Rose Collis The podcast is based on her archive of historic materials collected since 1978, covering social, political and cultural history. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Rose Collis aged 19 in 1979 Arts The Boy and The Bear — A Film by Rose Collis Personal stories unwind against a social and political backdrop and context of early Gay Pride marches; police harassment; anti-fascist/anti-racist activism; ‘agit-prop’ gay and feminist theatre; the London lesbian and gay scene and media of the late 1970s and early 1980s; and the first decade of th By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Rose Collis reprints ground-breaking first book Seaford-based writer and performer Rose Collis is re-issuing her acclaimed first book, ‘Portraits To The Wall: Historic Lesbian Lives Unveiled’. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts LONDON: Equity LGBT History Month event presented by Rose Collis The author, Rose Collis will present a new illustrated talk, ‘Player Kings and Queens: Equity Founders and Friends in LGBT History’, at a special LGBT History Month event for the entertainment union Equity. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Trouser-wearing characters’ by Rose Collis Trouser-Wearing Characters by Rose Collis is the first ever musical cabaret show written and performed by a British female author. This original entertainment, written and performed by local Sussex’s favourite Rose Collis, is a unique mixture of music, history and comedy. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Local author to give two talks on ‘The Trials of Colonel Barker’ Writer and performer Rose Collis will give two talks about her book Colonel Barker’s Monstrous Regiment and the new stage play she is writing, based on the book. By Besi • 1 min read
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 PREVIEW: Third meeting of LGBTQ+ History Club and workshops The third Queer in Brighton History Club meeting is on Sunday, October 20 at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Arts Council funds new play by local author Writer and performer Rose Collis has been awarded research and development funding from Grants for the Arts, supported by Arts Council England, to create a two-act stage play based on her book Colonel Barker’s Monstrous Regiment. By Contributor • 2 min read
Community News Blueprint 22 – a project for young people Blueprint 22 is a not-for-profit youth organisation operating along the coastal strip from Brighton to Bognor Regis. They work with anyone aged 16-25 and over the last 5 years have run 101 youth-led projects working with 1270 different young people. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Wanting the Moon’ by Rose Collis After four sell-out previews in Brighton, Arundel and Hove earlier this year, local author Rose Collis takes her new one-woman play ‘Wanting the Moon’ to the award-winning London venue Bread & Roses for six performances in September. By Contributor • 1 min read
