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AUG 2019 CONTENTS GSCENE magazine CHRISTMAS IN JULY FUNDRAISER FOR RAINBOW FUND AT BEDFORD TAVERN www.gscene.com @gscene GScene.Brighton PUBLISHER Peter Storrow TEL 01273 749 947 EDITORIAL [email protected] ADS+ARTWORK [email protected] EDITORIAL TEAM James Ledward, Graham Robson, Gary Hart SPORTS EDITOR Paul Gustafson ARTS EDITOR Michael Hootman SUB EDITOR Graham Robson SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Marina Marzotto ZANZIBAR REUNION @ SUBLINE DESIGN Michèle Allardyce FRONT COVER MODELS Daniel Burgess & Florence Cornwell PHOTOGRAPHER Creag Aaro www.caaropix.com CONTRIBUTORS @ CHARLES ST TAP POLYGLAMOROUS Simon Adams, Ray A-J, Jaq Bayles, Jo Bourne, Nick Boston, Brian Butler, Suchi Chatterjee, Richard Jeneway, NEWS Craig Hanlon-Smith, Samuel Hall, Lee Henriques, Adam Mallaby, Enzo 6 Pride Info & News Marra, Eric Page, Simon Robinson- 12 News Stynes, Del Sharp, Gay Socrates, Brian Stacey, Michael Steinhage, Sugar Swan, Glen Stevens, Duncan SCENE LISTINGS Stewart, Craig Storrie, Violet Valentine (Zoe Anslow-Gwilliam), 34 Gscene Out & About Mike Wall, Netty Wendt, Roger 36 Brighton & Hove Wheeler, Kate Wildblood, Ray Barron Woolford 54 Solent PHOTOGRAPHERS Creag Aaro,Graeme Atack, Jack Lynn, ARTS James Ledward, Peter McEachern 60 Arts News 61 Arts Matters 61 Arts Jazz 62 Classical Notes REGULARS © GSCENE 2019 All work appearing in Gscene Ltd is ALL NEW BULLDOG RAISE £203.23 FOR RAINBOW FUND AT FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND 28 Food: New Steine, copyright. 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No part of this FEATURES publication may be reproduced, stored in an electronic or other retrieval system, 56 Dance Music transmitted in any form or by any means, 26 MORNING GLORY electronic, mechanical, photocopying, 56 DJ Profile: DJ Alpha recording or otherwise without the prior Brian Butler chats to Andrew Kaye, Allan Cardew and Jason Sutton knowledge and consent of the publishers. as they head up to the Edinburgh Fringe with a new one-man show 57 Shopping The appearance of any person or any organisation in Gscene is not to be 64 Craig’s Thoughts construed as an implication of the sexual 30 GOLDEN HANDBAG AWARDS 65 Gay Socrates orientation or political persuasion of such The Golden Handbag Awards 2019, winners and highlights persons or organisations. 65 Hydes’ Hopes 58 THE BRIGHTON BIRDCAGE 66 Charlie Says Eric Page talks shop with the co-director of Brighton’s new drag 67 Scene It, Done It boutique, Nick Jordan 67 Stuff & Things 59 HOPE CHARITY PROJECT 68 Sam Trans Man Craig Hanlon-Smith looks at the charity that provides a resource for children and their families experiencing mental health issues INFORMATION 69 Services Directory 63 DANIEL EVANS 70 Classifieds Brian Butler talks to Welshman Daniel Evans, the artistic director of Chichester Festival Theatre 71 Advertisers’ Map THE ZONE 6 GSCENE BRIGHTON & HOVE PRIDE 2019 GENERATIONS OF LOVE FRIDAY 2 –SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 T Pride Community Parade From Hove Lawns: Sat 3, 11am I D N Pride In The Park Preston Park: Sat 3, 12pm –late A B N Pride Village Party Sat 3, 4pm –midnight; Sun 4, 3 –9pm A E L Pride Pleasure Gardens Old Steine Gardens: Fri 2 –Sun 4 C LoveBN1Fest Preston Park: Sun 4, 1.30–9.30pm Pride Festival tickets www.pride-tickets.org N PRIDE COMMUNITY PARADE I A G A ) The Brighton Pride LGBT+ Community N R O Parade is flamboyant, vibrant and colourful, a J B show-stopping spectacle not to be missed. piece, black male dance troupe and All4 reality One of the undisputed highlights of the stars the Prancing Elites who are flying in from Brighton & Hove Pride weekend it showcases Alabama especially to lead the Brighton Pride the city’s charities, community groups, small Parade. businesses as well as the invaluable blue light services and statutory partners. The Brighton PRIDE IN THE PARK ) Attractions on the park this year includes the & Hove Pride 2019 parade will celebrate the @ PRESTON PARK Legends Cabaret Big Top featuring the finest 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Inn ) The turnstiles at Preston Park will open line-up of drag queens and singers at any UK uprising in New York City that ignited the at noon on Saturday Aug 3 . To avoid queues, Pride, the Pride Dance Big Top hosted by worldwide Pride movement, with the theme arrive shortly after the parade or get to the He.She.They , DIVA dance tent, Brut Men’s Generations of Love - Celebrating 50 years of park before the parade arrives. Security on the Dance Tent , Women’s Performance Stage , and Campaigning with Pride . park will be very tight, the less you carry, the the BAME and Queer Town stages. Brighton Pride will feature campaigning for quicker you’ll get in. If it’s sunny take plenty global LGBT+ rights at the front of the parade of suncream and keep yourself hydrated all with representatives of the BAME and trans day. You will not be allowed to take food, drink or animals onto the Pride site with you. T communities along with the fabulous N E T Prancing Elites , a black male dance troupe T E R A from Alabama, USA. Pride’s campaigning B A C placards this year will feature LGBT+ Heroes S D N who have devoted their lives, passion and E G E energies to advance global LGBT+ rights. L ) Add to that the Funfair , Family Diversity Area , Trans and Access tents, and the Community Village area, and Brighton & Hove E I Pride 2019 will be the most diverse ever with L Y K something for everyone. The main stage ) Pop Princess Kylie Minogue will headline running orders and line-ups in the various the Generations of Love Festival in Preston entertainment areas will be available on the big Park performing a very special show just for screens in Preston Park all weekend. Brighton Pride including all her hits. The B word ‘Legend’ is bandied around far too U L C easily, however Kylie is truly a legend and R This year’s parade route is slightly different E T T from 2018 due to the Valley Gardens LGBT+ Icon. Other main stage performers will U B include Clean Bandit , Fleur East , the ABBA O development. The Brighton Pride Community C O C Parade will start from the Peace Statue , Hove tribute band Björn Again, Alice Chater, Zak E G A Abel and direct from the USA, the seven T S Lawns at 11am on Saturday August 3. It will E M progress along the seafront, passing the A B Hilton Brighton Metropole on the left, and the i360 on the right - turning left up West Street , past the Clock Tower , then along Queens Road towards Brighton Station, before turning right down North Road just past Community Base . At the bottom of North Road, the parade will turn left to re- join the old route and progress along Gloucester Place and London Road finishing as usual in Preston Park. 8 GSCENE BRIGHTON & HOVE PRIDE 2019 GENERATIONS OF LOVE PRIDE VILLAGE PARTY @ ST JAMES’ ST & MARINE PARADE www.pride-tickets.org ) EPICENE at 8pm: Epicene is an LGBT+ Fringe Award-nominated gender blending celebration of iconic women in music. Part musical cabaret, part rock concert, it’s a full blown tribute to the greats, including: Madonna , Annie Lennox , Kate Bush , Bjork , Cher and Cyndi Lauper to name a few! Musician (and QueerTown host) Paul Diello and his acoustic ensemble take you on a musical journey down memory lane looking back on hilarious childhood stories of growing up in the 1980s/90s in a small town with gender confusion . Free entry with Festival or PVP wristband ) DYNAMITE BOOGALOO at 9pm: The legendary trio of Boogaloo Stu , Dynamite Sal and Dolly Social Impact Funds . Marine Parade will be Rocket recently celebrated their Silver closed to traffic creating a mega dance arena Fanniversary in showbiz, and back again to light on the seafront with live music, DJs and the up the Pride celebrations with their heady very best cabaret in town. cocktail of pop and daft cabaret, playing to a flamboyant, fun-loving polysexual crowd of ) Pride Village Street Party (PVP) St James’s ) Wristbands are required to attend the PVP. dedicated followers. From 1992 until 2009, St and Marine Parade , Saturday 3 (4pm- Individual venues within the PVP may also worshippers attending the Church of Boogaloo midnight) and Sunday 4 (3pm-9pm) . Once have a separate door charge. The PVP has every Thursday were dressed up and drenched in Kylie brings the entertainment on the park to a limited capacity so it’s strongly advised to sweat, packing out the dancefloor to a wildly close, it’s on to the Village Street Party in St purchase wristbands in advance from: eclectic mix of pop bangers, disco classics and James’s St and Marine Parade where www.pride-tickets.org Wristbands will also indie smashes. The midnight cabaret with Stu businesses come together to celebrate Pride be available from the Pride Box Office from and Dolly became the stuff of legend, with Stu’s and raise extra funds for the Rainbow and July 30 until August 2 (no booking fee). absurd gameshow antics ably abetted by bosomy goddess Dolly, with the chant of “Shitlips!” echoing through the streets of Brighton into the PRIDE PLEASURE GARDENS @ OLD STEINE small hours. Remember – Too Much Is Never www.pride-tickets.org Enough! ***** ‘An institution!’ The Argus. Free FRIDAY 2 entry before 11pm with Festival or PVP wristband. ) BOOGALOO BINGO at 7pm: Join showbiz ) THE PRANCING ELITES : The first European sensation Boogaloo Stu for frivolity, performance by the Prancing Elites .