Arts Overlooked: Lizzy Mace: Fringe Review Charming, understated and funny, Mace sneaks up on us unawares and moves us from pity to hilarity in one swift ruthlessly observed remark. Don’t underestimate this overlooked show By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Charleston Festival Celebrates 25 Years Carol Ann Duffy, Richard Dawkins, Grayson Perry and Alan Bennett are amongst a string of high-profile names speaking at the 25th Charleston Festival. Set up to reflect the intellectual and creative ideals of Bloomsbury group artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, the original inhabitants of Charlest By Besi • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare’s Globe For most of the last few centuries Shakespeare scholars have relegated Titus Andronicus to somewhere near the bottom of the league table. The very aspects that they deem unworthy of Will – the torture, rape, mutilation and murder – are the kind of qualities that certainly don’t harm its box office By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Pink Lime: Brighton Fringe event at Thistle Hotel Set to blow your literary socks off this May is Pink Lime, a Fringe Saint Lucia 2014 event highlight in the form of LGBTQI performances and readings from local and international Caribbean writers. Special guest MC for the evening is the gorgeous Vincent Mc Doom who has come all the way from Paris to By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: LGBT themed events during Brighton Fringe 2014 Brighton Fringe 2014 are hosting 38 LGBT themed events during this years festival. Below is a roundup of all the events on offer, starting from the first scheduled event, and cascading in date order: Speaking Volumes: HIV+ Life Stories When: May 4,11,18, 25 June 1, 8: 11-5pm. April 30 May 2- 3, 7 By Mitchell Orriss • 6 min read
Music Looking for a unique event for that special celebration? Brighton Events Live is a brand new public and corporate events company providing tailor made events and bespoke productions. Each project is individually designed for every occasion, venue, client and is suitable for either corporate entertainment, public events or private functions. Using a pool o By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘The Electra Project’ at Emporium After their five star success at the fringe festivals last year, Hungry Wolf return with a new play The Electra Project. This production is a piece of theatre that alludes to a 2012 nationally publicised and controversial GCSE performance, which resulted in the sacking of two drama teachers. The pie By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Dandifest secures lottery funding from Arts Council England Art collective extraordinaire, The Norwich Dandies have received Arts Council funding to stage a two week happening in Norwich called Dandifest launching on April 28. Dandifest!, a two week happening is an independent artist led festival centred on St Margaret’s Church of Art, on St Benedict’s Stree By Besi • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Endgame: Emporium Endgame is the bleakest of black comedies, a post-apocalyptic nightmare in which a domestic tyrant presides over his obedient son and his hapless parents – both of whom live in barrels whose sawdust isn’t changed as often as is hygienic. The outside world – ‘the other hell‘ – is a place without Turk By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Horseplay Books PREVIEW: Naked Boys Reading: Horseplay London’s Naked Boys Reading is to host its first event outside London at the Marlborough Theatre, Brighton on April 10. Combining nudity and horseplay themed literature the boys will be sharing a selection of works from their Horse-hung book collection. Dr Sharon Husbands will be hosting the event t By Besi • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Pam Ann: Fly Tour She lectures on manners when being shocking rude, on morals when being debauched, on kindness when being bitingly harsh and on high ideals when spouting vulgarity. Her foul mouthed tirade of abuse is wrapped in her tongue in cheek Australian eloquence. This effortless contradiction is the core of Pa By Eric Page • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News PREVIEW: Brighton Fringe: Piers & Queers A tour of Brighton’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender history. Piers & Queers offer a tour of Brighton from a lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer perspective, taking in over 200 years of history in a colourful 80-minute walk along the beach and historic centre of one of Europe’s queerest cit By Besi • 1 min read
