Rita Simons to play Miss Hedge in the award winning musical, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Rita Simons
Best known for playing Roxy Mitchell in EastEnders, Rita will take to the stage in the role of Miss Hedge in the musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre, London. She will take over the role from Faye Tozer on August, 5, 2019 for a limited season.
Rita Simons said: “I am so excited to be playing Miss Hedge in what is by far my favourite show…I went to see it when it opened and always wanted to be part of this incredible show…roll on August!
Rita Simons is best known for playing Roxy Mitchell in BBC’s EastEnders and is one of Britain’s best loved TV actresses. She won Most Popular Newcomer at the National Television Awards and Best Newcomer at the Digital Spy Soap Awards. Rita most recently starred in the film The Krays: Dead Man Walking and was a campmate on the hit ITV reality show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! in 2018.
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie opened at the Sheffield Crucible in 2017 and is now playing at the Apollo Theatre in the West End, booking until January 25, 2020.
Help explore the history of Stanmer Park and capture its fascinating past?
BRIGHTON & Hove City Council are on the lookout for ten Oral History volunteers to help document the captivating stories of Stanmer Park’s past and present place.
The volunteers will record people’s feelings and attitudes towards the park, as well as the rich heritage of the Estate, its landscapes, and the people who have lived in the area over the years.
The Stanmer Park Oral History Project is a participatory, heritage-focused oral history and memory collection project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and BIG Lottery Fund.
As part of the Stanmer Park Restoration Project’s Activity Plan, the chosen volunteers will be trained, in three separate 2 ½ hour sessions, in oral interviewing techniques and recording processes to enable them to undertake interviews for the Oral History Project.
Volunteers will also assist at public drop-in Memory Days. These events aim to engage with local communities and encourage residents to share stories, photos and other memorabilia they may have of Stanmer Park.
The training sessions will take place in Brighton in September, and volunteers should commit to attending all three. Volunteers should also be able to commit to conducting at least two oral history interviews, and to assist with Memory Day events.
Cllr Anne Pissaridou
Councillor Anne Pissaridou, Chair of the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee, said:“Stanmer Park is very well loved by so many of our residents, including my own family, and I’m sure there are many interesting stories to be shared.
“I would encourage anyone with an interest in the park and its history to consider becoming one of our ten volunteers and help us to capture and document these personal memories for future generations.”
The deadline for receipt of completed applications is Friday, July 12, 2019.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an informal interview on July 18, prior to the final selection of the ten volunteers.
The Stanmer Park Restoration Project will:
♦ Restore the Walled Garden and surrounding areas
♦ Restore the 18th century landscape and historical features
♦ Provide hundreds of education, training and volunteering opportunities – plus other activities as part of the new Activity Plan (of which the Oral History Project is part)
♦ Improve and increase park-wide access and movement for all
♦ Explain and celebrate the park’s history and importance
♦ Plant over 250 new trees
♦ Create a long-term management vision for the park for the next 10 years, including an estate-wide Woodland Management Plan
♦ Provide a dedicated onsite team to deliver the 10 year vision and beyond.
For more information about the Stanmer Park Restoration Project, click here:
Who would have believed that 50 years after a group of outraged LGBT + protesters took on the thuggery of the New York Police outside the Stonewall Inn, that 3 to 4 million people would celebrate in the same streets of NYC?
WITH that very firmly in our thoughts, the Rainbow Chorus latest show could not have been more timely. Brighton is amazingly lucky to be blessed with so many LGBT+ choirs, all of whom have their own strengths and their own followers.
In the sweltering heat of our hottest day of 2019, they showed how a choral group can grow, mature, broaden and deepen their tonal qualities and give 100 per cent commitment to all they do.
There were a few old favourites on the bill, including the magical Rhythm of Life and the startlingly good Bohemian Rhapsody.
The phenomenon that is their charismatic director Aneesa Chaudhry, seems to not so much conduct as squeeze every note out of her singers, pulling their enthusiasm towards her and past her to us.
New members have certainly improved the tone and sheer power of the group and yet they are also capable of great moments of tenderness and beautiful harmonies – as in Eric Whitacre’s composition the Seal Lullaby, written for the movies and rejected by Disney.
Time to Say Goodbye was cleverly reconstructed as was their Andrew Lloyd WebberPie Jesu – written for high trebles and here solo performed by representatives from the four vocal sections of the choir.
If the evening could have got more poignant it did so when the group dedicated In This Heart to the memory of the tragically early death of Actually Gay Men’s Chorus member Richard Tredgett, who passed away less than 2 weeks ago on the eve of his own group’s summer concert.
LGBT choirs have a very important part to play in the history of the fight for gay rights – literally giving a voice to a community that still faces death and persecution in many parts of the world.
St. George’s Church is a great venue but sometimes difficult acoustically. The sound team balanced the voices better than I’ve heard before in this venue. But the obtrusive disco-style lighting effects are unnecessary when all our senses need to be concentrated on the glorious voices.
Rainbow Chorus can be seen and heard again on Brighton Pride Parade .
For more information about the chorus, click here:
The Rainbows in Summer concert on Saturday, June 29 at St Georges Church, Kemptown was review by Brian Butler.
Dr Jessica Eccles and her team at Sussex University are keen to recruit healthy controls for their current ME/CFS/FM study.
UNAFFECTED family or friends may consider taking part.
The team are looking for healthy volunteers to take part in research which seeks to understand the biological and physical mechanisms of chronic pain and fatigue.
The study involves three study visits to Brighton and Falmer of up to 5.5 hours each, with routine medical procedures, including brain scans, heart rate and blood pressure measurement, upright tilt testing, questionnaires and blood tests.
This project is a collaboration between the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust & Brighton and Sussex Medical School(BSMS).
They are seeking healthy volunteers aged 18 or over. You will be reimbursed and receive a copy of your brain scan.
Those interested, please contact the research team on PainandfatigueStudy@bsms.ac.uk or call Dr Kristy Themelis for further information on 01273 873121.
After a brief hiatus, Bitter Sour returns with a bang to celebrate PRIDE!
BRINGING to pride weekend Brighton’s biggest underground drag show to celebrate all kinds of queerness through the ages and beyond!
Your hosts for the evening are Cherry Fakewell and Count Addiction who will be joined onstage by Vlad Von Kitsch, Anchovy, Calypso, Danny Ash, Oedipussi, Riley and ThornHill.
Cover yourself in glue, jump in a vat of glitter, put on your non waterproof mascara and get ready for a journey you will never forget!
This will be their fourth Pride party and biggest yet. So get your tickets ASAP!
Rest your weary feet after a long day of Pride and go along and make some noise in the name of DRAG, CABARET, AND PRIDE!
Event:Pride Through The Ages
Where: Caroline of Brunswick, 39 Ditchling Rd, Brighton BN1 4SB
Dr Jessica Eccles and her team at Sussex University are keen to recruit healthy controls for their current ME/CFS/FM study.
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