Arts PREVIEW: The Haven Anniversary Concert The West End comes to Henfield in November as professional singers supported by members of the Henfield Theatre Company, perform a unique, one-off concert to celebrate the first anniversary of the Henfield Haven. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: Nabucco With some charming walk on by local young people and children from The Theatre Workshop this was a lovely engaging piece of opera presented in Ms Kent’s trademark way, lot’s of drama, quality singing and an intimate feeling of seeing good opera done in a straight foreword way By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Miss Hope Springs at the Nightingale Room Miss Hope Springs paid a rare visit to Brighton last Friday (September 30) to raise money for the Sussex Cancer Fund and what a splendid treat it was for the sold out audience. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Dr Evadne Hinge returns in The Dowager’s Oyster Ageing spinster Dr Evadne Hinge makes her operatic comeback this Autumn in comic opera The Dowager’s Oyster at the So & So Arts Club. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at 88 London Road This is a spirited version of Stephen Sondheim’s musical of murder, revenge and madness. It has some very good performances, it’s well paced, finely costumed and designed, and, apart from problems with the acoustics – words are often drowned out by the band which is a shame as Sondheim is such a sup By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Arts Top comedian to perform at University of Sussex’s Migration Awareness Day A rising star of comedy world is set to perform at the University of Sussex’s Migration Awareness Day. Comedian Sajeela Kershi will perform her highly acclaimed Immigrant Diaries show at the event, in which she tells her own story of being an immigrant from Pakistan in an ever-changing Britain. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Round the Horne: The 50th Anniversary Tour Celebrating the ground-breaking radio comedy series of the 1960s, Apollo Theatre Company lovingly 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 is now in London for an eight week run at the Mu By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Early Music Festival: Nature & Science BREMF 2016: Nature & Science OBSERVATION, DISCOVERY, INVENTION, CREATION 28th October to 13th November Brighton Early Music Festival, known as BREMF, is a world leader in pioneering dynamic events which make music from the last 1000 years and from many parts of the world, relevant and exciting to mo By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus join Alan Cumming on stage Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) will join iconic stage actor and performer Alan Cumming on stage for two numbers at the Brighton Dome in October. On top of his myriad of accomplishments and accolades, Alan Cumming has been hailed by Time Magazine as one of the most fun people in show business! By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Welcome to my nightmare with Actually Gay Men’s Chorus Following the sellout success of their Halloween performance last year, Actually Gay Men’s Chorus (AGMC) embrace their dark side once again as they bid you ‘Welcome To My Nightmare’. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Christina Bianco: Me, Myself & Everyone Else – The UK Tour After a successful week-long stint at the Edinburgh Fringe and three five-star reviews, the long-awaited one-woman show, featuring US singing sensation, Christina Bianco – Me, Myself & Everyone Else is coming to Brighton. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Relatively Speaking: Theatre Royal Alan Ayckbourn’s 1967 play takes a deceptively simple idea, stretches to what seems like breaking point, and then incredibly takes it further. By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
