Arts PREVIEW: An Enemy of the People@Festival Theatre, Chichester Dr Stockmann has made a shocking scientific discovery about the standards of sanitation at the popular local baths, which he insists must close immediately to rid them of pollution. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Travels With My Aunt@Minerva Theatre, Chichester Travels with my aunt, a musical with book by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, music by George Stiles, lyrics by Anthony Drewe and directed by Christopher Luscombe. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Care Takers by Billy Cowan An explosive new play about homophobia and bullying by award-winning playwright Billy Cowan. The play is a hard-hitting drama about homophobic bullying in the staff room of a school. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Fringe: Queer Side Story Queer Side Story is a tribute to West Side Story with a queer twist. A celebration of Queers, Queens, Gays and Trans from Yesteryear and Nowadays. West Side Story revisited with a queer twist! What would it be like if the musical were told as a gay story? Love, tolerance, fun and drama, is there any By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Fringe: Sisters of Avalon: Lullabies for Lover and Sinners The performance starts where the video “Night circus” stops. At the end of the tunnel. It is all about the journey of my inner self, as the tunnel symbolises the unconscious internal self. Inside its darkness, I had only one weapon to fight with, My light. My light was my childhood captured in songs By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Ceri Dupree Arts Ceri Dupree to star at Golden Handbag Awards The Golden Handbag Show, Brighton’s annual Gay Oscar award ceremony will take place on Sunday June 12 at the Brighton Metropole Hilton Hotel. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Peter Kyle MP for Hove & Portslade, Dolly Rocket & Simon Dowe: CEO Sussex Beacon Arts Duncan James to host Beacon Halloween Horror Show Dolly Rocket hosted the launch party for The Halloween Horror Show 2016 at the Grand Hotel in Brighton last week with organisers able to announce many of the tables for the event in October were already sold. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Jackie: The Musical: Theatre Royal The Musical has all the ingredients of a superb night out. It’s nostalgic, frothy and as substantial as a bubble being lit by a disco ball and exactly what this audience wanted. The packed house loved it, were up on their feet for the end of the show and left singing, chatting nosily away as they he By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Festival: Boy Stroke Girl Can you fall in love with someone without knowing their gender? Peter is about to find out when he falls for the sexually ambiguous ‘Blue’. Their relationship poses a challenge to Peter’s identity, forcing him to face some difficult questions: To what extent are we all encouraged to conform to narro By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Fringe: HYSTERICAL by Karis Halsall Following a sell-out run in London HOAX (Uk/Aus/Can) and Luminary Theatre (uk) bring their award winning show HYSTERICAL to Brighton Fringe 2016! By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Sunset Boulevard@ The Coliseum Great musicals require great stories. Consider the longest running shows in London’s current West End and the golden ages of yesteryear, and of course the scores and choreographers are key, but it’s strong stories and enchanting characters that matter. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Dealer’s Choice@88 London Road Patrick Marber’s play is a jaundiced look at masculinity and shows how men fail at being fathers, sons and friends. During one night of poker the game itself becomes a kind of weapon which the play’s characters use to goad, taunt and humiliate each other. But the portraits presented, though far from By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
