Arts ‘Bed… and Breakfast’ with Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus is tonight Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus continue their 10th Anniversary Celebrations with their contribution to this years Pride Arts Festival this year, Bed… and Breakfast. Is it a holiday romance, or just a dirty weekend? High season or low rent? Check in with Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus for a thoroughly musical By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Mikado and HMS Pinafore in Portsmouth The National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company sails into Portsmouth with two sparkling new productions of the much-loved HMS Pinafore and The Mikado at the beginning of a nine week tour around the UK in September. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Theatre to hit the streets in August – volunteers wanted! An unsuspecting public will be treated to surprise ‘flash-mob’ theatre productions on the streets of Brighton. From August 6-9, research project Liveable Lives will host performances in public spaces to explore the idea of a life that is liveable rather than just bearable for lesbian, gay, bisexual, By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Panti Bliss in Brighton – ‘High heels in low places’ Join Ireland’s high queen, national treasure, performance giant and accidental activist Panti Bliss in her smash hit comedy show, High Heels in Low Places. Panti landed herself in the middle of a media shitstorm christened ‘Pantigate’ that rocked Ireland in 2014. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Sheila McWattie Arts SheilaFest: A celebration of the life of a community activist The former organisers of the Women’s Performance Tent at Brighton Pride are organising a Pride Eve night of live music and laughs to celebrate the life of Sheila McWattie. Sheila, the much-loved Brighton based journalist, community activist and passionate supporter of the Brighton Women’s Centre, di By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Sound of Music in Eastbourne The Rogers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music is more than a story of a young postulant who marries a handsome naval captain, becomes step-mother to his seven children and flees from the Nazi’s over the mountains to Switzerland and freedom. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Mentalists – Wyndham’s Theatre It’s rare that you can see in an actor’s face a look of “I know very well this is tripe, but I’ve just got to go through the motions,” but it is written all over Stephen Merchant’s gormless face from the very beginning of this revival of Richard Bean’s The Mentalist. By Kat Pope • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: All Male Twelfth Night The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, perform Twelfth Night as it would have been in Shakespeare’s day with an all male cast. Shakespeare’s most perfect comedy comes to Charleston, an exquisite tale of mischief and mistaken identity, the perfect way to spend a summer’s evening. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Pink Fringe: Double Bill: Artfunahack! & Rituals for Change ARtFUnSHACK! is a fast moving art show hosted by Evan. Expect eye-catching visuals and tips for making fun stuff out of rubbish. Evan can’t always maintain the role and sometimes slips up. By weaving together video, word play and audience interaction, tales of a queer reality become the glue that bi By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Jungle Book at Emporium From the moment you enter the Emporium Theatre, you become part of the wonderful world of the jungle created for this production. The set is very effective, you can feel the humidity of the jungle, you can smell it and you can touch it. It is all around you creating a magical world, where the darker By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Annie comes to Eastbourne The world’s favourite orphan comes to Eastbourne in August when Strictly Come Dancing judge, Craig Revel Horwood stars as the tyrannical Miss Hannigan. Set during The Great Depression in 1930s New York, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery and torment at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Quentin Crisp: Production of ‘Naked Hope’ supports the Rainbow Fund From a conventional Surrey upbringing to global notoriety via “The Naked Civil Servant”, Quentin Crisp was an extraordinary raconteur and wit. Following a UK tour and off-West End season at the St. James Theatre, this much-acclaimed production shows Quentin both in his beloved Chelsea flat as the 19 By Contributor • 1 min read
