Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus: The Superhero Show The Superhero Show, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) contribution to the Brighton Fringe on Saturday evening (May 6), was a feast of musical excellence and performance with first class production values. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: MacBlair@The Warren Studio 3 It’s 1994- the young ambitious Tony Blair and the irascible Gordon Brown meet three journalists – ‘hacks’ in a stairwell in Parliament. The “weird journalists” predict TB will be Leader of the Labour Party, Prime Minister and King of the World. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts National Theatre unveils Queer Theatre event series The National Theatre is set to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales by staging its first Queer Theatre event series from July 6 – 10, 2017. By Paul Gustafson • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Ruffian on the stair@The Lantern @ ACT Pretty much Joe Orton’s first play – written in 1964 – this 3-hander deals comically and darkly with love, sex for sale , Catholicism, homosexuality, lies, power and loneliness. By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: The Holey Truth @ Blue Man Following a sell out run at the Camden Fringe Festival, Jake Howie brings The Holey Truth to Brighton with zero bars held. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: The greatest liar in all the world @ The Warren Main House Familia de la Noche make their Brighton Fringe debut with five star, darkly funny sequel to Pinocchio. Familia de la Noche’s hilarious mix of clowning, puppetry, music and shadow play tells a story of extraordinary encounters, curious characters and lost love. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: Protect and Survive @ Sweet St Andrew’s 1984. The doomsday clock stands at 23:57. Five strangers take part in exercise ‘HOT SEAT’, a role-play simulation for a pre-and post-nuclear attack on the UK. In 2017, the doomsday clock, once again, reads 23:57 and the game becomes reality! By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Stars to appear in West End gala for Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline Actor Mark Gatiss, a patron of the national Switchboard, LGBT+ helpline is to appear alongside twenty other performers in a one-night West End gala presentation of the true-life coming-out drama OUTINGS by Matthew Baldwin and Thomas Hescott as part of the Pride in London Festival. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Fringe Preview: BoxedIn Theatre presents WOOD Following their 5 star smash-hit production of Romeo and Juliet, BoxedIn presents WOOD, an explosive piece of new writing that examines gender constructions, sexual labels, and what to expect when you go camping. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: The Picture of Dorian Gray@The Warren, Studio 2 Argus Angel Award winning Box Tale Soup return to Brighton Fringe with an thrilling new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Commissioned by the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, Box Tale Soup’s new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is an inventive By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Miss Hope Springs to play the Wigmore Hall Internationally acclaimed singer songwriter, entertainer and star of the West End’s Live at Zedel, Miss Hope Springs embarks on a nine date UK solo tour launching on June 16 with a ‘late night show’ at the Wigmore Hall in London. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: The girl in the grate A spoken word show from storyteller Cathianne Hall, paying homage to vintage ‘Girl About Town’ sitcoms and exploring why sometimes you have to get stuck to get unstuck. Give yourself a squirt of ‘Charlie’ perfume, top up your glass of Babycham and join award-winning writer Cathianne Hall for The Gir By Contributor • 1 min read
