Sep 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Sussex Guild – 11 September 2021 Unlocked, Unmasked, Unfolding -Art Wave 2021 Saturday 11th September – Sunday 26th September Open 10.00am – 5.00pm daily Over thirty members of the Sussex Guild display their stunning crafts in the former...
Aug 16, 2021 | Music
Brighton Consort – 16 August 2021 We are very pleased to announce that Greg Skidmore has been appointed to succeed James Dixon in the post of Music Director for Brighton Consort. Greg is well known as an expert in the interpretation of renaissance vocal...
Aug 12, 2021 | BHAC, Poetry, Uncategorized
BHAC – 12 August 2021 This year’s Sussex Poetry competition is finally open with a first prize of £1000 and many others. All winners will be invited to read on stage at the Poetry Festival which will be held at The Old Market Hove on Sunday...
Aug 3, 2021 | Art
After having to cancel the art show scheduled for April 2020, which was replaced by a very successful online show last summer, finally, there was a chance for people to see the high-quality artwork by our groups in real life. As usual, we held our Art Show at the...
Jul 31, 2021 | Music
Sussex Voiceworks – 31 July 2021 Nothing can stop Sussex Voiceworks having fun with music! After 14 months of rehearsing and performing on Zoom, local choir Sussex Voiceworks was preparing for their end of season celebration – an open air ‘Singing Picnic’....
Jul 6, 2021 | Dance
South East Dance – 6th July 2021 UPDATE FROM SOUTH EAST DANCE Here, Fundraising Co-ordinator at South East Dance, Hanna Stepanik, updates us on some exciting news re the city’s new home for dance The Dance Space. We wanted to start our update with some good...
May 5, 2021 | Visual arts
SCAR – 5 May 2021 Update from Society of Catholic Artists The National Society of Catholic Artists was started in 1929 but the Regional Group (SCAR) was started in Brighton in 1976 by John Armstrong and Barrie Huntbach. The Aim of the Society has always...
May 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
SPRINGBOARD – 01 May 2021 Springboard: Call for new trustees Springboard is looking for people to join our friendly and hands-on team of trustees. This would be an opportunity to contribute to the oversight of a creative charity, run on a daily basis by an...
Apr 27, 2021 | Music
Brighton Consort – 17 April 2021 Brighton Consort is getting excited at the prospect of being able to resume live rehearsals from May 19th. If all goes well our aim is to put on a public performance later in the summer. We will be working on a programme of...
Apr 26, 2021 | Music
Sussex Harmonisers – 26 April 2021 OUT OF LOCKDOWN WITH A NEW CHORUS DIRECTOR . Sussex A Cappella are thrilled to announce the appointment of Penny Homer as their new Chorus Director. Penny will be working with Sussex Harmonisers club Music Director, Mark...
Apr 13, 2021 | Music
BHMC – 13 April 2021 Open Strings becomes Brighton and Hove Music for Connection . For the past eight years Open Strings have been Brighton & Hove’s inclusive music hub: the community music service for adults of all abilities to connect and create together...
Apr 1, 2021 | Visual arts
Hove Civic Society – 01 April 2021 Sculpture in Our City needs your support Hove Civic Society is passionate about improving our local environment and public space for the benefit and enjoyment of all. Following our successful launch of the Hove Plinth as a new...
Mar 31, 2021 | Dance
South East Dance – 31 March 2021 Update on The Dance Space We are thrilled to announce that construction for The Dance Space, a brand-new home for dance located in the Tarner area of Brighton & Hove, is currently on track, and we are hoping to receive the...
Mar 24, 2021 | Theatre
Wick Theatre Group – 24th March 2021 Keeping the Stage Light Burning Bright Weekly Stories from Around the World – Free Online Keeping you company until we can welcome you back into the Theatre again Fresh from the success of the online Ghostly...
Mar 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Sussex Guild – 12 March 2021 After the turbulence of 2020 we are all hopeful for a more settled 2021, we are optimistic with the gradual unlocking we can welcome you back to our shop and our shows very soon. Our Online Winter Selling Exhibition was a...
Mar 1, 2021 | Theatre
Southwick Players – 1st March 2021 Who Dunnit? We Dunnit! What does an Am Dram group do when a pandemic strikes and live theatre is out of the question? The Southwick Players decided to create an interactive Murder Mystery for the small screen! This was...
Feb 17, 2021 | Music
Sussex Chorus – 17th February 2021 UPDATE FROM SUSSEX CHORUS Our committee continues to progress in such a way that keeps us all safe – no face to face meetings – with Zoom meetings on Monday evenings, at our normal rehearsal time. We have the...
Feb 17, 2021 | Music
Open Strings – 17th February 2021 Update from Open Strings We’re currently running several online sessions every week. The ones which are open to the public are: Stretch and Sing Club (over-50s music-making, quiz, friendly faces), Wednesdays...
Feb 17, 2021 | Theatre
Southwick Players – 17th February 2021 Bringing a show to stage in the Pandemic By Gary Cook, President of Southwick Players Back in March 2020 BP (Before Pandemic), the Southwick Players had just completed a very successful run of “The Elephant Man” and there...
Feb 6, 2021 | Spoken word
Brighton & Hove French Circle – 6th February 2021 On 13 January 15, members got together via Zoom to recall memories of being in France at Christmas time. One member, a young au-pair at the time, had the dubious pleasure of applying...
Jan 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival (21 January 2021) New Livestream Talks from Brighton Dome and Fane The latest series of livestream talks featuring celebrated authors and TV personalities begin this month, produced by Fane...
Jan 14, 2021 | Music
Strings Attached (14 January 2021) News from Strings Attached On 22 November, Strings Attached was to have held a socially distanced live chamber music concert in the Brighton Dome Concert Hall featuring the GIldas Quartet with Joanna MacGregor (piano)...
Jan 14, 2021 | Music
Open Strings (14 January 2021) Update from Open Strings We are continuing to deliver several online workshops per week: Mondays at a local care home: songs from the 40s to the 90s (Primal Scream’s Moving On Up was a request this week!) Tuesdays: Silver Strings...
Jan 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Springboard (11 January 2021) Our chair, Jannet King, did an interview with Latest TV explaining the benefits of the online festival, which runs at weekends from 27 February to 21 March 2021, and how pleased we are that the festival will continue after nearly 100...
Jan 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
St Thomas More Art Group (11 January 2021) As we can’t meet in person as a group, we’ve been meeting on WhatsApp and by Zoom meetings on Wednesday afternoons. Sometimes we paint or sketch together and other weeks we just catch-up. Here are some...
Dec 18, 2020 | Dance, Uncategorized
South East Dance (18th December 2020) Apply now for U.Dance 2021 South East Dance are delighted to announce that applications are now open for the U.Dance Digital South East Regional Platform 2021! The U.Dance Digital South East Regional Platform 2021...
Dec 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sussex Guild (1st December 2020) We are delighted to announce that the Sussex Guild Shop is now ONLINE, bringing some of the best designer/makers’ new work direct to your living room. Please feel free to browse the unique gifts for sale and support our...
Nov 24, 2020 | Theatre
Wick Theatre (24 November 2020) Ghostly Christmas Advent Calendar Designed and Produced by Guy Steddon and Suse Crosby Deliciously Dark & Chilling Tales each December day until Christmas . Theatre may be closed at the moment but multi-award winning Wick...
Nov 12, 2020 | Music
BHMA (12 November 2020) Brighton & Hove Music & Arts and East Sussex Music (part of Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival) are the biggest music service in the area teaching over 4,000 children. With our exciting new programme for Autumn 2020,...
Nov 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Springboard Festival (6th November 2020) (updated 6 December 2020) . An opportunity to perform in your own home . On a Sunday afternoon in October, a group of young singers and their families gathered round screens in their homes to take part via Zoom in a Springboard...
Nov 5, 2020 | Visual arts
Fabrica (05 November 2020) News on Temporary Closure of Fabrica . This autumn it was wonderful to welcome visitors back into our gallery for Earthworks by Semiconductor. Following the recent UK government announcement, we will be temporarily closing Fabrica to...
Oct 21, 2020 | Spoken word
Brighton & Hove French Circle (21st October 2020) The Cercle Français has been delighted to be able to resume its meetings this season. Brighthelm Centre has generously allowed us to meet in their 200 seater Auditorium (67 seater auditorium in...
Oct 4, 2020 | Visual arts
Hove Civic Society (4th October 2020) A Sculpture Well Worth Waiting For It’s been a long spring and summer under Covid and inevitably the timescale for the next sculpture for Hove Plinth has been affected by the pandemic. But don’t worry, we are still...
Sep 17, 2020 | Music
Brighton & Hove Music & Arts (17th September 2020) Gift the magic of music and sign up for music lessons in school, at home or online We are on a mission to bring the magic of music into every home and school because we know learning music helps young...
Sep 7, 2020 | Music
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra (7th September 2020) Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra announces new Music Director Joanna MacGregor CBE, one of the world’s leading musicians, has been appointed as Music Director of the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra as...
Aug 31, 2020 | Visual arts
Rottingdean Preservation Society (31st August 2020) Welcome To The Rottingdean Preservation Society Latest News We are pleased to inform you of some major developments. 1) The Grange is now open. For details of our amended program for the The Grange...
Aug 30, 2020 | Music
Music & Wine at St Luke’s (30th August 2020) We are delighted to announce the return of live music at Music & Wine at St. Luke’s under new distancing guidelines. The concerts will start at 7.30pm and last up to one hour with no interval. You may...
Aug 25, 2020 | Poetry, Written word
Shoreham Wordfest (25th August 2020) Wordfest August Newsletter Poems for Our Time Shoreham Wordfest will launch Lines from the Lockdown in September, a book of children’s poetry inspired by their hopes, fears, observations and feelings during school closures...
Aug 24, 2020 | Music
Rottingdean Arts (24th August 2020) UPDATE FROM ROTTINGDEAN ARTS The Management Committee of Rottingdean Arts has reluctantly decided to cancel the rest of this year’s planned programme: the three remaining Terraces concerts, the Jazz event in the Village Hall and the...
Aug 24, 2020 | Theatre
Southwick Players (24th August 2020) Lighting The Barn Red On August 11th, we lit The Barn red in solidarity with the theatre industry that has suffered a devastating impact due to the pandemic. We were just one of a number of theatres up and...
Aug 23, 2020 | Music
Open Strings (23rd August 2020) MUSICAL BOX SCHEME (MBS) ‘I thought it would be really remote-feeling but it wasn’t. It gave me a lift – I was feeling blue and I don’t anymore.’ Are you or a loved one an older person who is socially isolated due...
Aug 23, 2020 | Music
Sussex Voiceworks (23rd August 2020) Sussex Voiceworks, normally based in Shoreham-by-Sea, has been continuing its activities through lockdown. We have met online weekly, using Zoom-based rehearsals backed up with online resources and videos posted by our...
Aug 22, 2020 | Music
Sussex Harmonisers (22nd August 2020) SUSSEX HARMONISERS – KINGS OF HARMONY & SUSSEX A CAPPELLA The Sussex Harmonisers, based in Burgess Hill, is a one-stop entertainment centre for unaccompanied harmony. The original chorus was all-male and based...
Aug 22, 2020 | Music
Sussex Chorus (22nd August 2020) UPDATE FROM SUSSEX CHORUS . . Our committee has been exceptionally careful to keep all of our choir members as safe as possible from Covid-19. Sadly, this has meant we have not been able to sing together for a long time. However...
Aug 11, 2020 | Music
Brighton Consort (11th August 2020) Brighton Consort was formed in 1971 and is looking forward to celebrating its 50th anniversary year in 2021. We are a small choir of about 30 people and over the years we have become well known in particular for our...
Aug 1, 2020 | Music
Music & Wine at St Luke’s (1st August 2020) Music & Wine at St. Luke’s is currently consulting with its audience regarding starting concerts in a ‘physical distance’ format. Numbers will be strictly limited, people will need to pre-book...
Jul 28, 2020 | Dance
South East Dance (28th July 2020) Two years after Jamie Watton’s death in July 2018, we are today relaunching the fund created in his name, this time to support South East based dance artists affected by COVID-19 who have, in many cases, lost almost their...
Jul 23, 2020 | Music
Coastline Harmony (23rd July 2020) Coastline Harmony, a women’s acapella group that usually meets in Southwick Community Church, has been hard at work, rehearsing on Zoom, mastering new technology and recording themselves in their own homes. ‘It’s not been easy, and...
Jul 16, 2020 | Music
Seaford Music Society (16th July 2020) Coming soon? When the government allows indoor concerts, Seaford Music Society has planned a ‘Three Day Beethoven Festival’ including concerts to be played in an auditorium which will accommodate an audience of 50 people...
Jul 16, 2020 | Visual arts
Fabrica (16th July 2020) Walter and Zoniel . We have an exhibition which is launching at the end of July called ‘A Simple Act of Wonder’; this is the spring exhibition which has been delayed and will be shown virtually and also outside in Moulsecomb and...
May 22, 2020 | Music
Coastline Harmony (22nd May 2020) You live and learn they say. Well we’re certainly doing that as Coastline Harmony morphs into a virtual choir. There’s no real substitute for singing together but there’s little chance of us ringing those chords in the same room...
May 6, 2020 | Covid-19
Brighton & Hove Arts & Creative Industries (06 May 2020) Free 1:1 support if you need to talk things through The Covid-19 disruption is hitting the creative, cultural, heritage, media and live events industries hard. Delivered in partnership with...
Apr 20, 2020 | BHAC
Brighton & Hove Arts Council (20 April 2020) Call for Nominations Brighton & Hove Arts Council (BHAC) is delighted to invite its group members to nominate an individual for its annual Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Award. Each year BHAC has selected an...
Mar 23, 2020 | Poetry
Brighton & Hove Quill Poetry (23 Feb 2020) Due to the current Coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic, the Brighton & Hove Quill Poetry group have had to close for the foreseeable future and are therefore no longer meeting each week at the Brighthelm...
Mar 20, 2020 | Music
Open Strings Music (20/3/20) Now that Brooke Mead is closed to outside activities, we are reflecting on alternative ways that we can continue to use music to reach out to people living with dementia and their carers in this time of profound social isolation....
Feb 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Shoreham Wordfest (19 February 2020) CELEBRATING SHAKESPEARE – SHOREHAM WORDFEST’S FIFTH ANNUAL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 22 – 26 April 2020 Welcome to a diverse array of Shakespearean delights in our 5th annual Festival… An enchanting performance of The...
Jan 14, 2020 | Music
Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society (14 January 2020) Nicolas Chisholm at the Society’s AGM, Sunday 1 December 2019 “As I come to the end of nine years as a member of the Board of Management of the Brighton Phil I can look back with pleasure at some...
Oct 6, 2019 | BHAC
Brighton & Hove Arts Council (6th October 2019) Enthusiastic volunteer required! Are you interested in running the best annual art show in Brighton (well, we think it is)? Our committee member and ex-Chair, John Hird, has been organising this event for many...
Oct 6, 2019 | BHAC
Brighton & Hove Arts Council (6th October 2019) Do you have expertise in marketing, PR, and social media? Could you spare a couple of hours a week to help us? BHAC now have approximately 80 group members covering all areas of not-for-profit arts, including...
Oct 2, 2019 | Music
The online entry system is now open for Springboard 2020. Please take a look at our syllabuses, which are all available on the web pages of the relevant section. New for 2020: Singing: The Dame Felicity Lott Recital Competition We are delighted to offer two...
Jul 29, 2019 | Music
Brighton Philharmonic (29 July 2019) Every year the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra awards prizes of a pair of season tickets to two talented young musicians who have taken part in the Springboard Festival. In 2018 the recipients were pianist Tyzer McAllister &...
Jul 4, 2019 | BHAC
BHAC (4th July 2019) 2019 Contribution to the Arts Award Andrew Sherwood (Member group: encore) At the BHAC Annual General Meeting on 3rd July, we were delighted to announce that this year’s recipient of our annual Contribution to the Arts Award ,...
May 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
St Mary’s Kemptown (12th May 2019) Art & Inspiration Discussion Group Monday afternoons, 2.15pm Returns 13 May – FREE Our Art & Inspiration Group is back on Mondays at 2.15pm. It’s a small, friendly discussion group, open to...
May 1, 2019 | BHAC
BHAC (1st May 2019) Brighton & Hove Arts Council (BHAC) is delighted to invite its group members to nominate an individual for its annual Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Award. Each year BHAC has selected an individual who we believe has made a difference to...
Apr 24, 2019 | Music
Coastline Harmony (24 April 2019) Southwick-based singing group Coastline Harmony is looking for a new MD as they sadly bid farewell this summer to their encouraging, funny and patient leader, Miguel Fernandes. **** As Oscar Wilde almost said: “To...
Mar 2, 2019 | Theatre
Southwick Players – 2nd March 2019 Around a year ago I directed “The Turn of the Screw” (an adaptation of the Henry James ghost story) for the Southwick Players. Working with a dream cast and crew, this dark, ambiguous story came together wonderfully and played...
Jan 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Forum Society (23rd January 2019) The Forum Society, which has been running now for 61 years, urgently needs a new Chair and Talks Secretary . A social society formed in 1958 to arrange talks, social functions and other activities, our members are mostly 60+. We...
Jan 9, 2019 | Music
Sussex Chorus – 9th January 2019 One of the county’s best-loved choirs, Sussex Chorus, is looking forward to an exciting 2019 under the baton of new Director of Music, Jack Thompson. Jack begins rehearsals with the choir on Monday 7th January as they...
Dec 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Springboard Festival 2019 The festival is held annually during weekends in March at Brighton & Hove High School GDST, Montpelier Road, Brighton, BN1 3AT. This year’s dates are: Speech & Drama 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 23 March 2019 Singing 2, 3 March...
Dec 13, 2018 | Theatre
Jane Collins – Adjudicator – BHAC 2018 Drama Awards (12th December 2018) First of all I would like to say a big thank you to Brighton and Hove Arts Council for inviting me to be the adjudicator for this year’s drama awards. I had no idea what to expect – but if I am...
Nov 28, 2018 | BHAC
BHAC – 28 November 2018 Brighton & Hove Arts Council (BHAC), a local charity run entirely by volunteers, is looking for an experienced marketing executive to join our team. The time requirement is for a few hours a month, plus around six meetings a year. ...
Nov 27, 2018 | Group history, Music
Resound Male Voices (27 November 2018) Foggy Friday – taking our lives in our hands on a wintry, darkening and dense foggy Friday evening Resound ventured over to Eastbourne Youth Hostel on the edge of the South Downs. Our Annual residential is an opportunity for...
Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Brighton & Hove City Council (15th November 2018) THE ART OF GOOD HEALTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2018 Foreword by Alistair Hill Should we look closer at the role of arts in health? I argue that that we should, especially in our highly...
Nov 14, 2018 | BHAC
Brighton & Hove Arts Council (14 November 2018) Are you interested in the wider arts? Would you like to join a group and take part yourself? Or not miss out on their events? Well, here is a list of our current Group Members. (Full details are on the Members...
Oct 25, 2018 | Dance
South East Dance (25th October 2018) An inspirational leader and passionate advocate for dance, former Artistic Director/CEO Jamie Watton’s tireless tenacity and vision has for more than a decade been the driving force behind the creation of The Dance Space: a...
Oct 11, 2018 | Music
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra (11th October 2018) We asked our musicians which pieces of music they were particularly looking forward to playing this season: “This season is offering several things that are new to me, and that in itself is a rare treat. In the...
Aug 21, 2018 | Art, Visual arts
Dupont Art Club (21st August 2018) This year was a successful year for the Dupont Art Club’s annual art exhibition. We saw close to 500 people attend with over £1000.00 in sales. We were pleased with these numbers considering the poor weather for half of the days....
Jul 1, 2018 | Poetry, Uncategorized
Brighton & Hove Quill of Poetry (1st July 2018) The National Health Service is 70 years old on 5 July 2018. Terry Godwin of Brighton & Hove Quill of Poetry has written two poems to celebrate this event and will be giving public readings of them both...
May 30, 2018 | Theatre
Wick Theatre Company (30th May 2018) Back in 1948, a stage-struck young lass named Betty Carpenter persuaded the leader of the Unity Youth Club to invite two members of the Southwick Players – Elizabeth Penney and Peter Elder – to speak on the subject of...
May 30, 2018 | Music
Sussex Symphony Orchestra (30th May 2018) It is very hard for many of us to believe that we are this year celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Sussex Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra has gone from performing just two concerts in its first year, up to nine...
Apr 30, 2018 | Music
encore (30th April 2018) encore with Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival present MUSIC MARATHON A joint fundraising event for encore and Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival, supporting the next generation of musical talent on Saturday 17 November 2018,...
Apr 21, 2018 | Art, Visual arts
BHAC – 21st April 2018 The 2018 Spring Exhibition by Brighton & Hove Arts Council ended today, 21st April, with our Trustee, Mr John Hird, announcing the winner of “The People’s Choice” for the public’s favourite exhibit. This...
Mar 31, 2018 | Group history, Music
Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society (1st April 2018) As part of their prize from the Brighton Phil, last year’s Springboard Festival winners Berniya Hamie and Natasha O’Flynn chose to attend the Brighton Phil’s rehearsal at Brighton Dome on Sunday 11 February...
Mar 20, 2018 | Music
Coastline Harmony (20 March 2018) Coastline Harmony, a local women’s a cappella chorus, competed on Saturday 10 March 2018 at the Chichester Music Festival. This is the first time they have taken part in this event and it was a fun day out. Competing in 3 different...
Feb 28, 2018 | Group history
Forum Society (28th February 2018) The members of The Forum Society are proudly celebrating its 60th year since its first meeting in the Royal Albion Hotel in 1958. Despite all the changes and innovations in life, the members still enjoy regular meetings in the...
Jan 20, 2018 | Art, Visual arts
Hove Civic Society (20th January 2018) This is the year when the Hove Plinth becomes a reality after all the hard work to reach this stage. From next month, you should see work beginning on the sea front just south of the Queen Victoria statue on Grand Avenue. The...
Jan 18, 2018 | Visual arts
Embroiderers’ Guild – Brighton Branch (18th January 2018) We celebrated our 35th anniversary last year, with many members producing a wide range of pieces. The common theme was using the colour coral in the work. (Janet Summerton) (See their...
Dec 21, 2017 | Group history
Brighton Unitarians (21st December 2017) Many people see our building in New Road, with its giant columns and large red doors, and wonder what such a place could stand for and what its services might be like. So what does happen behind the red doors? We have...
Dec 16, 2017 | BHAC
BHAC (16th December 2017) “Oh would some Power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us” – Robert Burns This article was included in the recent edition of “Comment” – the in-house magazine of one of our sponsors, Coffin Mew...
Nov 23, 2017 | Music
Coastline Harmony (23rd November 2017) Coastline Harmony, an acapella group from Southwick, love to sing all over the world. In 2013 they visited Cyprus, in 2015 they took a trip to their Musical Director’s home town of Porto in Portugal and this year they spent a...
Nov 22, 2017 | Music
Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society (22nd November 2017) We asked the orchestra which pieces of music, and indeed concerts, they are most looking forward to this season, and our next concert, on Sunday 3 December*, ranked particularly highly in their responses...
Oct 26, 2017 | Music
Brighton Early Music Festival (26th October 2017) I feel very privileged to be one of four trainees at the Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF) this year. I have been working with BREMF officially since July and have relished every second. I have been...
Oct 24, 2017 | Poetry
Brighton & Hove Arts Council (24th October 2017) Now that the BHAC Poetry Competition has closed with a record six hundred entries all eyes and efforts turn to the Poetry Festival itself which takes place at The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove on Saturday...
Oct 24, 2017 | Music
Brighton Philharmonic (24th October 2017) By Richard Watson – double bass The first time I came to the Dome was in the very early ’50s when as a small child we were on holiday with some relatives who lived in Hove and I remember Douglas Reeve playing the...
Sep 21, 2017 | Dance
South East Dance (21st September 2017) Announcing the Dance Space…on the cusp of South East Dance’s 20th anniversary Fanfares and bunting! It’s with enormous excitement that we are finally able to announce that construction has begun at Brighton’s Circus Street...
Sep 19, 2017 | Music
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra (19th September 2017) Our recent story about Barbara & Samuel Burston, who met playing the violin in the Brighton Philharmonic in 1948, got us thinking about how many musical partnerships the orchestra has benefited from...
Sep 8, 2017 | Art
Rottingdean Preservation Society 8th September 2017 Over the last few months, the Society has worked closely with the Whiteway Centre to renovate the Nicholson Studio, which was once part of the Grange Gardens, but now lies in the grounds of St Margaret’s School. ...
Sep 6, 2017 | Art
Dupont Art Club (6th September 2017) Victor Perkins was the winner of the Peoples Choice award at this years Dupont Art Club annual Art Exhibition, which ran from 24th to 26th August. The lovely pencil drawing titled SHH is shown here with Victor and Dupont...
Sep 2, 2017 | Group history, Music
Music & Wine at St Luke’s (2nd Sept 2017) Since the church purchased the Steinway piano in the 1990s it has hosted occasional concerts. As a local resident who had performed there, Rachel Fryer decided to work with the church and began a regular series in...
