Voice of Aiko, a creative collective of musicians, filmmakers and artists joining forces to campaign for societal change, have unveiled a new film by filmmaker Enya Belak Gupta, which illustrates the impact prescription drugs have globally.
Prescription Dream, in collaboration with Arts Council England and in partnership with charities REST, MIND and APRIL, is a slick and stylish documentary that highlights the helplessness and confusion of dependency sufferers.
The main Prescription Dream project, which will raise awareness and open dialogue on the issue, also includes a series of musical workshops with Let’s All Create, which use art to help heal those who have been affected, and there will be a weekly vlog series sharing people’s personal stories of their experiences with prescription drugs.
Get your feathers and glitter at the ready! Priscilla Queen of the Desert returns to Brighton for Christmas 2019!
TICKETS have gone on sale today from 10am for the 2019 Christmas Show at the Theatre Royal, Brighton – Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
The iconic musical returns to Theatre Royal Brighton from Tuesday, December 17 – Saturday, January 4! Tickets on sale from Monday 3 December, 10am!
Mark Goucher is joining forces with first time producer Jason Donovan to create a brand new production of the much-loved musical.
The show provides a perfect vehicle for Donovan to begin his life as a producer, having performed in the cast of the original West End production and two subsequent UK tours. The producing team will be completed by Gavin Kalin and Matthew Gale.
The iconic hit musical will have more glitter than ever before, featuring a dazzling array of stunning costumes, fabulous feathers and a non-stop parade of dance floor classics including It’s Raining Men, I Will Survive, I Love The Nightlife, Finally and many more.
Based on the Oscar-winning film, Priscilla is the hilarious adventure of three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus bound for Alice Springs to put on the show of a lifetime. Their epic journey is a heart-warming story of self-discovery, sassiness and acceptance.
This brand new production comes from the team behind the critically acclaimed UK tours of Hairspray; with direction by Paul Kerryson, choreography by Tom Jackson-Greaves with designs by Phil R Daniels and Charles Cusick Smith, lighting design by Ben Cracknell and sound design by Ben Harrison.
Casting is still to be announced.
Mark Goucher and Jason Donovan
Event: Priscilla Queen of the Desert in association with Nullarbor Productions and MGM on Stage
University of Brighton joins global research project to ensure people have access to high-quality tests for sexually transmitted infections (STI) including HIV and Syphilis – and they are recruiting members of the public to help.
Professor Nigel Sherriff
ProSPeRo, the Project on Sexually Transmitted Infection Point-of-care Testing established by the Reproductive Health and Research Department of World Health Organisation, aims to evaluate and implement low-cost point-of-care tests (POCs).
The University is part of a global team of researchers from countries around the world including Australia, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, France, Guatemala, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Morocco, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Uganda and Ukraine.
The news was announced to coincide with today’s World AIDS Day on December 1, which focused on the fight against HIV and support for people living with HIV.
Professor Nigel Sherriff, the University’s Professor of Public Health and Public Promotion, said:“We are involved in a strand of research studies in Italy, Malta, Morocco, Peru, South Africa, Uganda, and here in the UK to conduct a clinic-based evaluation of STI POCTs.
“We are recruiting gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) who present at the Sexual Health and Contraception Service (SHAC), based at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
“Specifically, we are looking at POCT duo tests that can test for HIV and syphilis at the same time among MSM attending the clinic, and then seeing how well these tests compare to gold-standard reference testing.
“We are pooling our data with data from around the world to generate the largest ever data set on this issue to ultimately validate the use of these tests which can be particularly useful in resources-poor settings for identifying new infections without the need for expensive laboratory confirmation testing.”
Working with Professor Sherriff from the University of Brighton are Professor Jörg Huber, the University’s Professor of Health Sciences, and Dr Alexandra Sawyer, a Research Fellow in the University’s School of Health Sciences.
Collaborators from Brighton and Sussex University NHS Hospitals Trust are Celia Richardson, Lisa Barbour, Vicky Kennard, Daniel Richardson, Vittorio Trevitt, and Mohammed Osman Hassan-Ibrahim. Jaime Vera is from Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
To mark World AIDS Day 2018 on Saturday December 1, The Hankie Quilt was handed over to the guardianship of the Rainbow Fund to preserve for future prosperity.
WITH both founders of The Hankie Quilt no longer resident in Brighton & Hove it was felt the Quilt should stay in the city in which it was created.
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Maurice McHale Parry, founder of The Hankie Quilt said: “The Hankie Quilt is an important piece of LGBTQ history in the city and the Rainbow Fund have agreed to look after it and supervise it’s display and exhibition. The Hankie Quilt is an independent project created to honour those we have lost to HIV & AIDS and to support those living in our community.
“The Rainbow Fund is an Independent organisation working within the general community with no biased affiliations within the various charities, groups and organisations in the city of Brighton & Hove and as such are best suited to represent The Hankie Quilt and it’s true ideals.
“I would like to thank the Rainbow Fund and Stuart Robe for their help and support in organising the handover and for becoming Guardians for the future of The Hankie Quilt in the city”.
Chris Gull
Chris Gull, Chair of Rainbow Fund added:“The Rainbow Fund is proud and delighted to be asked by the quilt’s creators to be it’s guardians. It’s vital, now that an HIV diagnosis is no longer an automatic life threatening diagnosis in this country, that we remember those who died too soon and the devastation caused to our families and communities.
The quilt is an important reminder to us, and to future generations, of our history, and we will ensure that it is preserved. The Rainbow Fund grew out fundraising to commission and maintain the AIDS memorial, and the memorial and the quilt remind us not only to remember those we have lost, but to continue to work against stigma.”
The Quilt has previously been on display in The Brighton Dome, the Jubilee Library, Brighton Town Hall, and has lead the Brighton & Hove Pride Community Parade.
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