Arts Banned poet to perform his work in London Controversial poet and artist Vince Laws will be performing at Incite, an evening of LGBT poetry and in-house jazz, at the Phoenix Artist Club, London on Wednesday, May 8 at 7pm. Vince will be taking his This Pope Is Pants, Mental Helmet and Queen Never plaques along to this monthly event, which is By Besi • 1 min read
Arts In Capacity House: The Regency Tavern In Capacity House, a one man show centered on the trials and tribulations of failed drag artist Miss Diagnosis, plays at The Regency Tavern as part of The Brighton Fringe in May. Written and performed by Ken McLoone, the show follows Glaswegian alternative drag queen Miss Diagnosis who is unable to By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Guilt & Shame: Addicted to Everything’: Upstairs at Three & Ten Guilt & Shame’s ‘Addicted to Everything’, a wild night of sketch comedy, plays at Upstairs at Three & Ten as part of The Brighton Fringe in May. With pumping music, crazy dance numbers and rapping transvestites, Addicted To Everything tells the story of Gabe, an (allegedly) reformed sex addict tryin By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts In Extremis: The Old Courtroom Neil Bartlett’s In Extremis, a play centred around the days proceeding the arrest of Oscar Wilde, will be playing at The Old Courtroom, Brighton as part of The Brighton Fringe in May and June. On the night of the March 24, 1895, Mrs Robinson, a society palm reader, agreed to see Oscar Wilde in her [ By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Brighton £5 Fringe is easy on the wallet This year’s Brighton Five Pound Fringe, a festival where no ticket costs more than a fiver, takes place between May 3 and June 3 throughout Brighton & Hove. Now in its second year, the festival, which is run entirely through website and social media, is Britain’s first festival to operate without a By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Fringe at St Andrew’s St Andrew’s Church, in Waterloo Street, Hove has released its spring brochure, including its events for this year’s Brighton Fringe Festival. The Grade I listed venue will be hosting an eclectic mix of plays, classical music recitals and LGBT choir concerts in April and May. These including: • Actua By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Passion Play: Theatre Royal: Review Passion Play succeeds by dint of a playfully witty script, some intriguing ideas about the nature of monogamy and four heartfelt, emotionally rich performances. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Adventure/Misadventure at The Marlborough Writer, musician and performer Nick Field’s Adventure/Misadventure will be playing at The Marlborough Theatre, Brighton as part of The Brighton Fringe in May. The one-man show explores how freedom is found in a world where our sense of home is constantly shifting. Nick guides audiences through a tri By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Lady of the Wild West Hill: The Marlborough Theatre Author and comedian VG Lee will be bringing her show, The Lady of the Wild West Hill, to The Marlborough Theatre as part of the Fringe Festival in May. This one-woman play sees Jean Bushell and her friends getting older but still hope for something more from their lives. Malcolm, Jean’s octogenarian By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Switchboard to benefit from play’s opening night Author Bern Bowers has donated the opening night of his play Return to Venice to raise funds for Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard. All proceeds from the performance on Saturday May 4, will go to the charity. Return to Venice is a new play based on the boy who inspired Thomas Mann’s iconic novella De By Besi • 1 min read
Arts The Door: The Warren The Door, an unnerving journey into the world of sleep deprivation, will be playing at The Warren, Brighton as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival in May. Inspired by writer Cherise Cross’s own battles with insomnia and produced by a company of National Theatre staff, The Door is a dark, psychologi By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Theatre: Watery Journey of Nereus Pike The Watery Journey of Nereus Pike will be playing at The Marlborough Theatre, Brighton on Saturday, April 13. Comedian and storyteller Laura Mugridge offers the audience an acutely personal and intimate performance, with Laura telling the story of Nereus Pike, an old man floating to the bottom of th By Graham Robson • 1 min read
