Arts Total raised by Alternative Panto for LGBT Community Safety Forum climbs to £3,814.07 After 20 performances the curtain fell on this years Alternative Pantomime A LADD IN at the Sallis Benney Theatre last Thursday night (February 2). Starring Dave Lynn, Jason Sutton, Davina Sparkle, Allan Jay, Jason Lee, Sally Vate, Christopher Howard and Lola Lasagne, the pantomime written by Andrew By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Gaslight @ Theatre Royal Tightly written, well-acted and delightfully compact production with a few well timed thrills, Gaslight is a lovely night out and worth trotting along to if you fancy some rather delightful quality writing performed with relish by this safe engaging team . It is 2 hours 25 minutes (including interva By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts Alternative Panto total for LGBT Community Safety Forum climbs to £3,814.07 After 20 performances the curtain fell on this years Alternative Pantomime A LADD IN at the Sallis Benney Theatre last Thursday night (February 2). Starring Dave Lynn, Jason Sutton, Davina Sparkle, Allan Jay, Jason Lee, Sally Vate, Christopher Howard and Lola Lasagne, the pantomime written by Andrew By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Sleeping Beauty and a little prick at the Old Ship It is tricky when you try to change the format of any tried and tested product to bring your audience along with you. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: Rigoletto @ ENO A tragic story of jealousy, vengeance and sacrifice, Rigoletto is one of Verdi’s most popular operas. Jonathan Miller’s much-loved ‘Mafia’ production makes a welcome return to the ENO stage, relocating the action to New York’s Little Italy in the 1950s with a tightly cut ‘ Mad men’ swagger to the co By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts Celebration! gets the B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival off to a great start Two icons of the drag scene were smiling in heaven last night as hundreds of ‘queens’ battled the elements on Brighton Seafront to take their seats in the Phil Starr Pavilion, while storm Doris blew outside. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON Festival: LGBT History Month: Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus to give free concert at Phil Starr Pavilion on Sunday The Brighton Gay Men’s chorus present a free Tribute Concert on Sunday, February 5 at the Phil Starr Pavilion during Soul Safari 1, a day exploring our LGBT spirituality organised by Village MCC. The concert will be remembering choir member Pablo Fernández-Arias, who passed away shortly before Chris By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rent @ Devonshire Park Theatre This show now in its 20th year and wrapped round the plot of La bohème centres on the lives of a group of impoverished young American artists struggling with identity, HIV, homelessness, politics, death and a world which doesn’t seem to care about them or their dreams. This interwoven group are fran By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON Festival: Phil Starr Pavilion hosts LGBT History Month events Today (February 1) is the start of LGBT History Month, an international month-long observance of our collective LGBT+Histories. History month gives all LGBT+ people and their allies the opportunity to commemorate and remember the bravery of those who campaigned and spoke out over the years to help u By Besi • 2 min read
Arts New performance venue named after legendary drag queen, Phil Starr The curtain rises on LGBT History Month at the Phil Starr Pavilion on Friday, February 3 with a series of over 50 events taking place under the collective banner of the B.RIGHT.ON LGBT Festival, to highlight the work of the city’s many LGBT groups and organisations. By Besi • 4 min read
Arts PREVIEW: A Very Queer Nazi Faust is happening! Vince Laws, independent poet, artist and campaigner, has launched a new four-part participatory theatre project in Norwich. A Very Queer Nazi Faust will celebrate 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, and will “highlight the plight of disabled people under the curr By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Round the Horne: The 50th Anniversary Tour Celebrating the ground breaking radio comedy series of the 1960s, Apollo Theatre Company recreate the original recordings from the BBC’s Paris Studios to mark fifty years of enduring laughter. The production toured the country during 2015 and 2016 and is back now with brand new material for 2017, co By Contributor • 2 min read
