Production photo of Toxic by Nathaniel J Hall, photo taken by Dawn Kilner Brighton & Hove The Old Market named Audience Choice Best Large Venue at the Brighton Fringe Awards 2025 This year, TOM hosted a variety of events that included Toxic, written by and starring Nathaniel J Hall and presented by Dibby Theatre, as well The Black Cat Cabaret, a showcase night which featured performances by Joanna Woodward, Le Gateau Chocolat, Carol Cates, Chi Chi Revolver and Aurora Starr. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Mannequim @ Brighton Fringe – Actors Brighton Fringe’s Mannequim is billed as a”ploem” – a mashup of a play and a poem, and it truly is, as much of its speech is cleverly in rhyming couplets. What Ted Gooda and Lexy Medwell have created is the dialogue between lifelong friends Alex and Michaela – Alex a boy desperately wanting to be [ By Eric Page • 2 min read
Brighton Fringe Ironworks Studios announces its “most ambitious programme yet” for 2025 Brighton Fringe Festival Ironworks Studios, Brighton’s hub for live entertainment, immersive experiences, and cutting-edge performance, has announced its “most ambitious programme yet” for the 2025 Brighton Fringe Festival. Bringing together bold new voices, boundary-pushing artistry, and an inclusive spirit, Ironworks Stud By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Brighton Fringe BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: ‘The Pink List’ by Michael Trauffer It’s well documented that gay people were singled out alongside Jews to be persecuted and sent by the Nazis to concentration camps in the 1930s and ’40s. Less well known – certainly to me – was the fact that the so-called Pink Lists of such people compiled by the Nazis continued to be used as […] By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Brighton Fringe Brighton Fringe: all things queer and quirky In part two of my preview of Brighton Fringe, I give you tips for more queer and quirky shows that might amuse, shock and educate. Dates and times vary, so in no particular order, here they are: C’est Magnifique is a love letter to cabaret and musical theatre. Be swept along as our characters whisk By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Brighton Fringe Brighton Fringe: all things queer and wonderful This year’s Brighton Fringe is as weird and wonderful as always, and with a printed brochure running to 102 pages, how do you know where to start? By Brian Butler • 2 min read
LGBTQ Choirs Retrospective: 20 Years of Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus For the first concert of their 20th anniversary year, the boys from the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BrightonGMC) are back with a new show highlighting the history of the chorus. A jukebox show that celebrates the joy and community the group has generated over the last 20 years, Retrospective: 20 Year By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Fringe 2025 Previews whacky and weird as usual Brighton Fringe has new venues – including Spiegel Gardens near the seafront and the Revel Puck Circus at the Level By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Brighton Fringe Brighton’s The Level to be transformed into Circus Yard for Brighton Fringe 2025 Revel Puck Circus, a contemporary circus company from East London, is set to transform Brighton’s The Level into a hub for of family-friendly circus and late-night cabaret at this year’s Brighton Fringe Festival. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ Choirs Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus to celebrate 20 years of Singing, Socialising and Support Picture the scene, Brighton 2005… a small group of friends are lamenting the lack of a non-scene space to socialise and decide it’s high time Brighton & Hove had its own gay men’s chorus. This small, but life-changing decision will be celebrated in Retrospective: 20 Years of Brighton Gay Men’s Choru By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Theatre Nathaniel J Hall, HIV activist and star of ‘It’s a Sin’, to bring critically acclaimed play ‘TOXIC’ to the Old Market during Brighton Fringe Following its sell-out debut at HOME in Manchester in 2023, actor, writer and HIV activist Nathaniel J Hall, who starred in seminal series It’s A Sin, will be bringing his critically acclaimed play Toxic to the Old Market during the Brighton Fringe in May. Set in the hedonistic world of Manchester’s By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts INTERVIEW: Cabaret Bohemia – revolutionary queer performers If your cabaret was a safe house during a queer revolution, what would be the secret password? “Hold my drink, my tits are burning” By Eric Page • 4 min read
