General News Dancing on Ice celebrity launches Royal Pavilion Ice Rink Over four hundred celebrities, journalists and dignitaries last night (November 6), enjoyed the fifth birthday party of Brighton’s Royal Pavilion Ice Rink, which opens to the public from November 8 to January 18.The party was hosted by Heart FM’s breakfast team and featured Dancing on Ice and X-Fact By Besi • 2 min read
Arts La La Theatre Company auditioning for local actor La La Theatre Company are seeking a Brighton actor for an exciting new comedy. “Therapy” centres around four characters who embark on a series of unusual holistic treatments at the Orpady School of self-discovery. The course takes the residents on a bonkers journey, only to discover all is not as it By Michael Hootman • 1 min read
Arts MUSIC REVIEW: Peter and the Wolf: Chamberhouse Winds Chamberhouse Winds are a fun local group of professional orchestral woodwind players with a nice line in millinery who also know how to engage and hold the attention of young children for an hour or so and provide and entertaining and unusual performance for their parents too. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Sorry I’m A Lady Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Holestar cult queer icon and “London’s favorite Tranny with a Fanny” (Time Out) presents her one wo-man show, Sorry I’m A Lady for one night only as part of the Mimetic Festival at The Vaults. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Beauty & The Beast at Theatre Royal Stratford East This Christmas, in keeping with its long-standing tradition of combining the best loved stories with original music and new writing, Theatre Royal Stratford East presents a magical, fun-packed and sparkling new version of Beauty & The Beast. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Slope by Pamela Carter Autumn 2014 sees Untitled Projects create a brand new production of Pamela Carter’s play Slope, staged at the Citizens and Traverse theatres and filmed for a live online stream every night it is performed. Originally produced by Untitled Projects in 2006, Slope explores the love affair between the 1 By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Adult Panto 2015: The Magical Road to Oz Stars from the annual Alternative Adult Panto were at Pinocchio’s this evening for the launch of the 2015 Adult Panto The Magical Road to Oz. They were joined by The Mayor and Mayoress of Brighton & Hove, Cllr Brian Fitch and his fabulous wife Nora who worked the diners selling raffle tickets to ben By Besi • 2 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: La Bohème This is the third outing for Millers La Boheme and it’s developing in to a fine vintage, full of flavour and body. Under revival director Natasha Metherell we experienced one of opera’s greatest love stories, tracing the doomed relationship between the impoverished poet Rodolfo and his seamstress gi By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Thank You for the Music Experience the UK’s No 1 concert show Thank You for the Music. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of ABBA’s Eurovision triumph, hit stage show ‘Thank You for the Music’ is coming to town for one night only in December. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Bat Boy: The Musical Ten years after the last known sighting, Bat Boy will return to sink his fangs into the London stage in a brand new production in The Large at Southwark Playhouse. A strange bat-child is discovered in a dank cave in deepest, darkest West Virginia. For the small community of Hope Falls, the discovery By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Booty and the Biatch This December, Excess All Areas and Paul L Martin present the 14th of their now iconic, adult pantomimes, Booty And The Biatch; the perfect antidote to the festive season’s barrage of saccharine, family-friendly fare. Imagine a world where Mrs Potts the teapot is a meth-head who talks to herself, th By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Alternative burlesque phenomenon hits soho The SuicideGirls: Blackheart Burlesque tour has been wowing audiences across the globe with its tongue-in-cheek humour, raw sexuality, and stunning choreography. This January, after a decade-long wait, and fresh from a nationwide tour of America, UK SuicideGirls fans will finally see the return of t By Besi • 2 min read
