Arts Ring at The Basement Theatre: Review David Rosenberg’s Ring, an unnerving aural journey into an immeasurable blanket of darkness, unearthed those unconscious fears that many of us would find difficult to admit to ourselves. The ‘ring’ of Ring is a therapy session, a meeting for those who have run or are running away from something, and By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News The circus comes to town! Billy Smart’s Circus is back on the road and touring the country. It opened in Brighton last night on Preston Park as part of the Brighton Fringe. The first Billy Smart’s Circus opened in 1946 and stopped touring in 1971. Their Circus TV specials continued until 1983. Sadly, due to financial problem By Besi • 3 min read
News Stand up for Labour Four speakers and two comedians take on the coalition government in an event on Saturday, May 25 at the TOM Old Market in Hove. Steven Bassam, Arnold Brown, Manos Kanellos, John McDonnell, Clare Summerskill and Joe Wells will be providing the words. Event: Stand up for Labour Where: Tom, The Old Mar By Besi • 1 min read
Arts The Overcoat: Old Court House: Theatre Review Akaky Akakievitch is born, sees his mother die, and is welcomed into the Ministry all in the first 30 seconds of Le Mot Juste’s adaptation of Gogol’s influential short story. It’s as if we’re on fast forward to the only crucial aspect of his existence; that of being a government copiest in St Peters By Kat Pope • 3 min read
News NoFit State Circus: BIANCO – Turning Savage: Review Is it circus? is it theatre? Is it installation? NoFit State Circus brings all these genres together on Hove seafront in a single exhilarating experience of promenade circus performed in the round. There are no seats at this show. The performance takes place around you in a space age tent. The show By Besi • 3 min read
News Beowulf – A Thousand Years of Baggage: SpiegelTent: Review This show has a few technical flaws, but it does have enthusiasm, talent and chutzpah in bucket loads and that makes for an exciting fresh and memorable evenings entertainment that made me a laugh about an 8th century Anglo Saxon epic poem which can still delight in it’s endless questions of ‘meanin By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts NoFit State Circus opens tonight with ‘BIANCO’ NoFit State Circus returns to Brighon & Hove tonight with their new show BIANCO. Renowned around the world for their elegant and subversive unique brand of circus, NoFit State were one of the highlights of the Fringe Festival the last time they appeared in Brighton & Hove. BIANCO is a return to the By Besi • 1 min read
Arts 10-Minute Play Competition 2013 New Venture Theatre and Sussex Playwrights are staging a 10-Minute Play Competition. Submissions are welcome from anyone until Saturday, July 13, and a shortlist of up to eight plays will be selected for production for seven performances between December 6-14. After each each performance the audienc By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts First ‘Pride at the Fringe’ show a triumph Brighton Pride made its debut at the Brighton Fringe on Sunday night with a Gala Show at the Sabai Pavilion, home to the Ladyboys of Bangkok, featuring the legendary Ceri Dupree and introducing a certain star of the future Myra Dubois. The evening was a triumph, the best night out I have had for qui By Besi • 3 min read
News The Lady Boys of Bangkok. The Sabai Pavilion. Review Glamorous Amorous! With a title like that it could only be the Lady Boys of Bangkok back with a fabulous new show for 2013. Those lovely Lady Boys always bring a much needed injection of high camp and glamour each year to The Brighton Festival. This evenings show was a little slow to start but as By Eric Page • 3 min read
News How Like An Angel: Circa, I Fagiolini: All Saints Church: Review Australian performing arts and acrobatic group Circa’s exhilarating brand of contemporary circus fused with the exquisite sound of I Fagiolini’s wonderfully evocative singing, How Like An Angel celebrates the beauty of Hove’s All Saints Church by exploring the spaces acoustically and also with stunn By Eric Page • 2 min read
Music Paul Lewis: Brighton Festival at Glyndebourne: Music Review This concert provided a breathtaking overview not only of Schubert’s genius but also of the artistry of one of today’s great instrumentalists, made even better by a picnic in the ground of Glyndebourne, the spring sunshine and a wonderful display of spring flowers By Eric Page • 1 min read
