Arts ‘Boy in a dress’: Marlborough Theatre Boy in a Dress, the life story thus far of La JohnJoseph, a Scouse, third-gendered, fallen Catholic, ex-fashion model from the wrong side of the tracks, will be playing at the Marlborough Theatre on March 8 at 7.30pm. Written and performed by La JohnJoseph, and directed by Sarah Chew, the show featu By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Carmen: Theatre Royal: Opera review Directed by Ellen Kent, this traditionally staged, romantic new production was set in Seville and reflected a Goya painting, with fountains, flowers, orange trees and even a wonderfully calm rescue donkey from Coral Weaver’s sanctuary. It was an evening of passion, romance and tragedy. Starring me By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Coming out stories tonight at the Marlborough Theatre Random Acts Theatre Company presents To come out or not come out… this evening at the Marlborough Theatre. When was the moment you plucked up the courage to tell the world about your sexuality? Or have you not been able to tell the people in your life yet? Or are you trying to find the […] By Besi • 1 min read
News Tosca: Theatre Royal: Opera Review Opera director Ellen Kent celebrated 20 years of bringing opera to the masses with a “gothic, melodramatic” production of Puccini’s Tosca at The Theatre Royal. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts La Traviata: ENO: Opera review Go and be delighted, the final scene is a triumph of ENO’s pursuit of presenting new talent and allowing it to shine. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Features & Longread ‘Miss Saigon’: Corn Exchange: Theatre Review: After producing their masterpiece Les Miserables in 1970, Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil turned their attention to reworking Puccini’s Madame Butterfly into the huge success that became Miss Saigon. Musically more emotional, complex and operatic than the earlier, heroic Les Miserables, Miss Saig By Besi • 4 min read
News Passion Play returns to Brighton Soul by the sea the team that produced and performed the Passion of Christ on Brighton seafront last year returns to perform the Passion Play on the lawns of St Peter Church on Good Friday, March 29, Saturday 30 and Easter Sunday, March 31. Four supporting roles are up for grabs in the production [… By Besi • 1 min read
News Steyning Town Football Club: Cinderella & the Uglies in the Land of Make Believe Micronian Theatre Productions present a new original pantomime production, Cinderella and the Uglies in the Land of Make Believe at Steyning Town Football Club in February to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. The show is written and directed by Mike Black. Nat Robinson the manager at the By Besi • 1 min read
News Corn Exchange: Miss Saigon Brighton Theatre Group Youth will be bringing Miss Saigon, the dramatic reworking of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, to the Brighton Corn Exchange from Tuesday, January 29–Saturday, February 2. Directed by Michael Burnie, this schools edition of the musical involves a cast of over 50 young people aged b By Besi • 1 min read
News Owners of Theatre Royal top the Stage 100 list Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire, co-founders of Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) and owners of Theatre Royal Brighton, have topped the The Stage 100 for a fourth consecutive year. The Stage 100 is an exclusive list, compiled annually by the theatre industry’s leading newspaper, which ranks the power By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Licence at the Brunswick in Hove Husband and wife creative team, Jonathan and Annika Brown, will be administering a double-dose of surrealist folk rock music and one-man theatre at The Brunswick in Hove on Thursday, January 24 at 8pm. Jonathan’s one-man play, Licence, the gripping tale of the last days of a public house as told by By Besi • 1 min read
News I must have wanton poets! Four of the most exciting queer poets in the UK today are putting on a performance in celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans (LGBT) History Month at Envy, upstairs from Charles Street Bar, on Sunday February 17, as part of The B.Right.On Festival. John McCullough’s author of Frost Fairs has j By Besi • 1 min read
