#brighton festival

[shakespearenews]

Bringing together gods and mortals in a town that refuses a monstrous sacrifice, Galatea is a story of mistaken identity and first love, where gender and sexual attraction are elastic. And this is no straight staging. “My practice has been more rooted in contemporary performance and traditions of queer and trans cabaret,” says Frankland, whose last show I saw had her sharpening knives on the broken wings of an angel at the end of the world. “When Andy and I discussed staging this, we thought, ‘What would it be to approach the play with that community?’”

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Galatea is a busy, clever play, but its core message is one of acceptance. Towards the end, Venus, the goddess of love, is asked what she makes of the queer lovers in front of her. “I like it well, and allow it,” she declares. As simple as that. “We’re currently dealing with such a hostile environment,” says Frankland, “particularly towards trans people. And here is this play that has this explicit moment of acceptance.”

[martinscoresdaisy]

The Wrong Planet!

Exactly what I thought watching this Strange trip down the intergalactic rabbit hole!

Photo: Brighton Fringe Festival Bosco Theatre! 2023

[babsi-and-stella]

Unseen photo of Marianne Faithfull at the British Song Festival in Brighton, May 1965.

[thatsgonnaleaveamark]

whyy are concerts so expensive and not close to me ಠ╭╮ಠ

[batnbreakfast]

Look Again - Supergraphics Festival Newhaven

[myeurovisionsongcontest]

[famousornotbuthot]

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[downthetubes]

Panel Borders: Youth and Wellbeing features Alison Bechdel, Jaime Huxtable and Zara Slattery

The next Panel Borders comic-focused radio show, titled “Youth and Wellbeing”, features interviews with Alison Bechdel, Jaime Huxtable and Zara Slattery

Former Comics Laureate Hannah Berry chats to renowned cartoonist Alison Bechel in the next Panel Borders radio show, about her latest book The Secret to Superhuman Strength, as well as her classics Dykes to Watch Out For and Fun Home, in a Q and A recorded at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Award-winning comic creator Alison Bechdel on stage with Hannah Berry at LICAF 2022. Photo:…

[ironmanrecords]

Transglobal Underground - A band of cosmic mutant rebels representing the living, beating heart of multicultural Britain, a living rebuttal of race-hate politics

All booking enquiries please email Peter Conway Tel: 44 (0)20 8378 1012 / 07885 288512 “…a band of cosmic mutant rebels” — BBC There are few acts in the UK with as strong an influence and as complex a legacy as Transglobal Underground. For over 25 years it’s been a DJ/musical collective, one of the founders of global fusion, a working band famous for it’s scorching live shows, a techno…

[rstilgoefilmfestivals2023]

Working as a volunteer at the Brighton Cine City Film festival (November 2023)

During the second week of December 2023, I was given the opportunity to work as a volunteer at the Brighton Cine city annual film festival. It was a lot of fun and has allowed me to gain a greater understanding of not only how a film festival functions but the affect they have on audiences. The jobs I were doing mainly entailed explaining to audience members how the reviewing system works and how important it was to the progression of the festival as well as ensuring that the viewing of the films shown (I works when The Boy and the Heron and Orlando: My political biography were showing) where up to standard and went smoothly. This experience was greatly appreciated, and I will definitely be volunteering again this year, and I am now so much more aware of the difficulties and vast benefits that a film festival can hold. 

[xflowerstarx]

Brighton + Hove Pride - Fabuloso Pride In The Park - Flawed First Impressions

Brighton + Hove Pride - Fabuloso Pride In The Park - Flawed First Impressions

Full disclaimer: this is my first time travelling to Brighton by myself and this is the first Brighton + Hove Pride I attended. Due to my carers/support workers hectic, busy schedule, there isn’t a carer/support worker available to accompany me. If a carer/support worker is unable to take me somewhere, usually a friend travels with me as a chaperone. If the friend is too busy, I had no choice but…

[martinscoresdaisy]

If you don’t already know Caravanserai is in Town!

Check out Brighton Fringe for more information on different shows and events

[babsi-and-stella]

Brighton Pop Festival, 1965.

[rawrampmag]

MIKE ROSS Album Release Dates

MIKE ROSS Album Release Dates #UKDates #UKtour #NewAlbum #AlbumRelease

The multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist, and astonishingly assiduous re-worker of blues sounds & American roots music  MIKE ROSS has announced a run of selected UK shows in support of his forthcoming, rock-infused, 12-track album ‘Third Eye Open’ which is due out 28th April, 2023.  Pre-orders for the album — available in several formats — are now open and the countdown to the exciting …

[queertranshappiness]

Here is this week's good queer and trans news (July 28th):

Tennessee will finally remove sex workers who have HIV from sex offender lists, after a lawsuit was settled in favour of sex workers, thank god (https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/07/tennessee-put-sex-workers-on-sex-offender-registry-for-having-hiv-they-will-be-removed/)

Trans Pride Brighton and London have recorded their largest attendances ever, with ~40,000 people and 55,000 people respectively marching through the cities to celebrate and advocate for trans lives (@/gaystarnews, @/londontranspride on Instagram)

Michigan has banned the 'gay/trans panic' legal defence, making it the 20th state overall to do so (https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/07/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-signs-bill-banning-gay-or-trans-panic-defense/)

Queer Ass Folk, a live music night in Hastings highlighting queer songwriters and talent, has had a sold out first event, which is very good for queer culture (https://www.instagram.com/p/C9xdtgyCUwg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)

The first ever trans and gender diverse film festival in Ireland has been launched in Dublin, TITE (Trans Image, Trans Experiences), with submissions open from next month, and the festival itself scheduled for April next year (https://gcn.ie/trans-non-binary-film-festival-ireland/)

Hypersoft, a European queer dance music label and collective, has released their first ever charity compilation album, Soft Power Volume 1, with all proceeds going to trans charities TGEU and Mermaids (it's primarily a tech and progressive house album, and you can support it here: https://hypersoft.bandcamp.com/album/soft-power-vol-1-protect-trans-youth)

And a new HIV drug, when taken twice a year, has been shown to be highly effective at preventing infections in AFAB people in phase 3 trials, which is a good sign for a new treatment (https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/07/trial-shows-that-shot-taken-twice-a-year-very-effective-at-preventing-hiv-in-women/)

(Credit to: LGBTQ Nation, @/gaystarnews and @/transpridelondon, @/notaphaseorg, GCN and Hypersoft themselves for these stories.)

[myeurovisionsongcontest]

Billete de ingreso al Dome Brighton para asistir a Eurovision Brighton 1974.