Arts PREVIEW: Charity Dance Gala The Gay Men’s Dance Company’s (GMDC) stage their first annual variety showcase, starring GMDC members from London and Brighton, their choir, pole dancers and special guest acts. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Nell Gwyn: Theatre Royal This was a warm and funny evening’s entertainment and a superb production of this delightful play by the Globe crew. Certainty worth getting out and watching and being inspired and charmed by this reconstruction of restoration theatre and the ground breaking changes wrought by Nell Gwynn and her fel By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts PREVIEW: A double bill for International Women’s Day A Monkey With Cymbals & Orange Girl Productions present a double-bill of Restoration women to celebrate International Women’s Day. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts (Brighton &) Hove Grown Festival 2017 returns on March 24 Following a successful launch in 2016 that saw over 1,000 people attend 29 shows, (Brighton &) Hove Grown is back for 2017, and has “grown” even more! (Brighton &) Hove Grown takes place between March 24 and April 2, 2017. Featuring 59 performances of 37 shows over 10 days across 4 venues – and ever By Besi • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rambert: Ghost Dances and others As usual with the Rambert their superb attention to details coupled with the passion and commitment of these young talented dancers combines to give a gripping evening performances, one which brought the full very excited house to it’s feet and deliver an ovation to this team at the peak of their ga By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: A Midsummer Night’s Dream@Young Vic With the whole cast of 14 on stage for the full two hours of this production, and with it taking place on a stage full of mud, you’d be forgiven for thinking this play was set on the last day of Glastonbury. By Kat Pope • 2 min read
Arts New stage play from local author The Trials of Colonel Barker, a new full-length stage play by Rose Collis, funded by Arts Council England and based on her book Colonel Barker’s Monstrous Regiment, makes its world premiere with a one-off rehearsed reading as part of the second (Brighton and) Hove Grown Festival. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PICTURE Diary: B RIGHT ON Festival: Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror Picture Show Photos from the ‘Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror Picture Show’, hosted by Davina Sparkle in the Phil Starr Pavilion on Friday, March 17 during the B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival celebrating LGBT History Month. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: My Brothers and Sisters @ Sarah Siddons Theatre, London MAD ‘ED THEATRES production of ‘My Brothers and Sisters’, a play originally commissioned by City of Westminster College last year to demonstrate its commitment to the government’s Prevent duty returns on February 20. By Contributor • 2 min read
News REVIEW: Not Dead Enough: Theatre Royal In twenty-five years’ of theatregoing you tend to forget things. How many Hamlets have I seen? I’ve certainly seen two Hedda Gablers. Or was it a Hedda and a Miss Julie? Whatever happens I can’t imagine ever forgetting this production of Not Dead Enough. In its own way it was one of the most strikin By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Lord of the Dance – Dangerous Games @ Brighton Centre Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance Dangerous Games returned to the Brighton Centre last night, 20 years after Flatley launched the original Lord of the Dance following parting company with Riverdance. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Pirates of Penzance @ ENO This delightful and vivid production is warm enough to please the fans, clean enough to please the critics and fresh enough to draw in a new curious crowd this is smooth and fresh revival. Recommended. By Eric Page • 4 min read
