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Day: May 25, 2016

Last chance to vote in Golden Handbag Awards 2016

Posted on by Graham Robson

There are just four hours left to vote in this years Golden Handbag Awards with voting closing at midnight tonight (May 25).

Mark Inscoe
Mark Inscoe

West End star Mark Inscoe will appear at Golden Handbag Awards on June 12.

Mark, one of the most in demand leading men in musical theatre, recently played Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, William Desmond Taylor in Mack & Mabel with Michael Ball and Dean Martin at the Savoy Theatre in The Ratback Live from Las Vegas.

He will be joined on stage at the Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel on Sunday, June 12 by the finest drag queen in the business, Ceri Dupree, Whitney Houston impersonator and contestant from The Voice, Elesha Paul Moses and Miss Jason at the most glamorous evening on the LGBT community calendar in Brighton & Hove.

The Awards will be hosted by the sharpest tongue in Brighton, the formidable Lola Lasagne.

All VIP tables have sold out. There are a few non reserved tickets costing £20 available from Prowler, 112-113 St James Street. Prowler do not charge a booking fee so you have to pay cash in person in the shop.

Telephone 01273 68 36 80 to check out availability.

You still have time to register your vote in the Golden Handbags which closes at midnight on Wednesday, May 25.

To vote in the Golden Handbags, click here.

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PREVIEW: Polari, cult literary salon set to WOW Worthing

Posted on by Contributor

The award-winning Polari literary salon comes to Worthing for one night only on Tuesday, May 31, as part of the Worthing WOW Festival 2016.

Paul Burston
Paul Burston

Hailed by the Huffington Post as “The most exciting literary movement in London” and winner of the LGBT Cultural Event of the Year, Polari brings to Worthing its unique blend of panache, cleverness and dexterity.

Hosted by author and founder of the award-winning literary salon Paul Burston, the night promises to be a must for anybody with a love of wit, wisdom and words as our enigmatic host brings together writers and performers (yet to be announced) to stimulate, inspire and entertain you with their stories.

Paul says: “I’m very excited about bringing Polari to Worthing and to what promises to be a very special festival.”

From its roots in an upstairs room of a bar in Soho, POLARI has now become a fixture in the literary and LGBT calendar, regularly selling out its monthly slot at the Southbank Centre.

With a slew of awards, and celebrated in the New York Times as “London’s most theatrical salon”, over the past nine years it has welcomed guests such as Will Self, Tariq Ali, Andy Bell and Stella Duffy to its stage. Supporters include Patrick Gale, Ali Smith and Sarah Waters, who describes Polari as “always fun, always thought-provoking – a guaranteed good night out.”

For its Worthing debut, POLARI has been organised by Worthing WOW in association with Worthing Pride, a group that has come together to offer events for LGBT audiences and supporters of equality, and is one of the many literary events, supported by Arts Council England and University of Chichester, during the WOW Festival which include a writers retreat, talks with poets and authors, adult workshops and an invitation to children to ‘write a novel in 60 minutes’.

POLARI is a must for anyone no matter how remotely interested in literature – don’t miss this rare opportunity to encounter the most exciting, energetic, literary experience of the year right on your doorstep!

Worthing WOW Festival 2016 runs from May 28 to June 12.

To download a full programme, click here:

Event: POLARI

Where: Fraser’s Bar at the Connaught Theatre, 3 Union Pl, Worthing

When: Tuesday, May 31

Time: £8

Cost: £7.50

To book tickets, click here:

Or telephone: 01903 206206

 

REVIEW: Brighton Festival: Anthony Burrill

Posted on by Eric Page

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How to use words properly

Tuesday May 24

Produced in association with Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft;  Anthony Burrill ( he of the ‘Work Hard and be Nice To People’ Print meme was fresh from producing a new print for Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft. Burrill is a graphic artist and printmaker, and ecological political agitator on the quiet and he spoke about how everyone can be easily motivated to take part in the world they live in and challenge power in an easy, interesting and creative way. His distinctive voice is lent authenticity by his commitment to traditional image-making processes and materials and part of his presentation took us into the faded delights of his favourite Rye print shop and a similar letterpress studio, Grafica Fidalga  in San Paulo, Brazil, both fascinating insights into a rare world.

See more of Burrill’s work here:

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Burrill spoke about using words properly, in an oddly hesitant way.  For a professional communicator his spoken style is off the cuff and hesitant, but he was engaging enough and after a few techy problems were ironed out he seemed to relax and took us on a tour of his work and explained how he uses words in his work and his attempts to avoid cliché, well-worn phrases and cheesy sentimentality, whilst tongue- in-cheek using all three.

Full details on this event here:

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He’s a man full of charming contradictions and the audience enjoyed his talk and some Q&A to follow were fun. Burrill mentioned the current exhibition and events running in Ditchling and the importance of the Village of Ditchling to printing and typography. This exhibition marks the centenary of Edward Johnston’s world famous typeface for London Underground, and we were gifted a very nice collection of Burrills’ quirky work from the last few years.

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Part of the joy of the Festival is it revels in its nerdyness and this lovely presentation, and talk from Sussex resident Anthony Burrill on the joys of simple expressive printing was a well-attended, informative and ultimately enjoyable night out.  The Sallis Benney is a very comfortable venue and one very well suited to this type of event.

For more information on the Ditchling Village of Type Festival see the museum website here

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