Production photo of Toxic by Nathaniel J Hall, photo taken by Dawn Kilner Brighton & Hove The Old Market named Audience Choice Best Large Venue at the Brighton Fringe Awards 2025 This year, TOM hosted a variety of events that included Toxic, written by and starring Nathaniel J Hall and presented by Dibby Theatre, as well The Black Cat Cabaret, a showcase night which featured performances by Joanna Woodward, Le Gateau Chocolat, Carol Cates, Chi Chi Revolver and Aurora Starr. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Brighton Festival REVIEW: Celestial Voices @ The Old Market (Brighton Festival) …possibly the most interesting intersectional cultural evening I’ve attended in a long time, full of beauty, cultural fertilisation, invocation, innovation and pure raw beauty. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts FRINGE REVIEW: A Pole Tragedy Brian Butler finds a narrow line between art and porn By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Musclemen, a queer ventriloquist and a faded star In Part 2 of his Brighton Fringe picks, Brian Butler encounters Muscleman, a queer ventriloquist, and a faded cabaret star By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE: After The Echo, a queer-made physical theatre show, at the Old Market The physical theatre show by Dutch mime duo DeRonde/Deroo will be there from May 27-29. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts All That Bex to return to the Old Market for a fabulous cabaret event to raise funds for Martin Fisher Foundation All That Bex is back to present another fabulous cabaret event to raise funds for Martin Fisher Foundation on Saturday, July 30 at The Old Market By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts The Old Market receives funding as part of the government’s Culture Recovery Fund Brighton venue The Old Market receives funding as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and ensure they have a sustainable future. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Waterstones presents Jake Shears in conversation At this special event the lead singer of multiplatinum-selling glam rock band Scissor Sisters and one of the World’s most famous LGBT+ icons will discuss his beautifully wide-eyed and determined coming-of-age memoir: Boys Keep Swinging with award winning journalist and author, Matthew Todd. By Besi • 1 min read
Image: Richard Davenport Arts PREVIEW: ‘TESTOSTERONE’ by Kit Redstone Drawing on autobiographical experiences, this is the true story of transgender writer-performer Kit Redstone’s first entrance into a male gym changing room at the age of 33. What first appears as a routine ritual of four men changing after a work out, then transforms into an epic coming-of-age ques By Contributor • 2 min read
