Arts REVIEW: Fringe: Mirando the Gay Tempest As well as being our most celebrated dramatist, Shakespeare was a prolific story-teller. In Theatre North’s Mirando, the Gay Tempest, which has just finished a run of performances at Brighton Fringe, Martin Lewton’s one man show brings Shakespeare’s play to new life through a remarkable tour de forc By Paul Gustafson • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Lady Boys of Bangkok The Lady Boys of Bangkok bring much-needed glamour to the city during the Fringe with their new production Beauties and the Beats. This year’s bevy of beauties are quite simply stunning and in my humble opinion the most glamorous LadyBoys we have seen in the 17 years the troupe have been returning e By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Call for performers for controversial play Edit Profile is a play being produced by the Very Awkward Company which will run at the Marlborough Theatre on July 2,3, and 4, 2015. The producers are still recruiting cast members and extras to participate in the production which is the story of a recently single gay man’s journey into the world o By Besi • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Fringe: You can do better Brighton based duo Puppy Fat bring us a collection of their characters all suffering from the triumph of self-delusion with some dark/ish insights into their own failures, so far so ‘League of Gentleman’ and although there were some well fleshed out characters; the ex-child star, the dumb American t By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Fringe: Point and Shoot This was a sophisticated and highly planned bit of musical mischief making and the highly planned and ruthlessly choreographed changing of instruments and tune was occasionally buried under some of the action unfolding on stage. I assumed this was intentional. With funny acting and high octane singi By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Fringe: I need a Doctor How do you write a Doctor Who musical without getting shut down by the BBC? Jamie Wildon & Jess Sprey try their very best in this unauthorized Whosical show. Watch their time traveling hero’s battle copyright-free villains the ‘Exterminators’ and ‘Cybergents’ in this award-winning musical comedy. Th By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: West End Wendies does Broadway Drag Queen and chef extraordinaire Spice brings his unique brand of musical mayhem to the Brighton Fringe, Upstairs at Bar Broadway on Thursday, May 7. Spice will be recreating his favourite show tunes, live on stage, featuring songs from musicals both old and new, amazing costumes and plenty of lau By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Fringe: A little respect Hungry Wolf Visionary Youth Theatre has enjoyed great success since it’s launch in 2013 and has since been propelled to the forefront of cutting edge theatre made and performed by young people. Hungry Wolf made their debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Growing Pains, receiving 5* reviews, na By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Eastbourne theatre bids for community money The Royal Hippodrome Theatre (RHT), Eastbourne appeals for help to apply for funding from the Aviva Community Fund. The Community Interest Company that runs the venue has put in an application for up to £25,000 from the fund in the support community category. If successful the money will be used to By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Late Show: Basement The Late Show Basement The Otherplace FINISHING off the night at The Late Show in the basement was soft, and relaxing, with an apparently French Chanteuse and her smoky throaty blues heavy songs with just the right streak of anger and hope mixed in. This was a late night laid back show, with no pret By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Shit-faced Showtime: Basement Shit-faced Showtime The Otherplace Magnificent Bastard Productions From the very same crew that brought us last years Shit-faced Shakespeare comes an all new, all singing, all dancing, parody musical revue. This fresh-from-rehab group of musical performers are taking us on whistle stop ‘Shit-faced By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts London LGBT arts festival seeks applications from artists, filmmakers and performers Gaywise FESTival (GFEST) has announced the 2015 call for entries from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) artists. THE London based event invites expression of interest in three main categories: film (shorts and features), visual arts and performance. Niranjan Kamatkar, By Paul Gustafson • 1 min read
