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PANTO REVIEW: Big Dick Whittington @The Phil Starr Pavilion

Brian Butler April 5, 2019

Take six of Brighton’s top drag queens, two concert and cabaret singers, some excruciating jokes, a ton and a half of innuendo and what have you got ? Brighton’s legendary Alternative Pantomime!

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Extra tickets for ‘Big Dick’ go on sale at The Phil Starr Pavilion box office from noon today

Besi Besemar April 4, 2019

Tickets for The Brighton Alternative Panto, Big Dick and his Pussy will be on sale at the Phil Starr Pavilion Box Office from 12 noon on Thursday, April 4. The Box Office will be staffed by volunteers from The Brighton and Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum and tickets can be purchased using debit card or cash.

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More tickets released for all performances of Big Dick Whittington Adult Panto

Besi Besemar April 1, 2019

The Alternative Adult Panto, Big Dick Whittington and his Pussy, opens tomorrow night (Thursday, April 4) at the Phil Starr Pavilion located on Victoria Gardens near Marlborough Place in Brighton as part of The B RIGHT ON LGBT+ Community Festival. 

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Big Dick is back! Camp as ever – oh yes he is!

January 31, 2019

The Alternative Panto Brighton returns, with Big Dick Whittington and his Pussy, a classic retelling filled with double entendres by a stellar cast of Brighton entertainers with a sprinkle of West End and international performers.

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REVIEW: Expenses Only – The Musical @Phil Starr Pavilion

Brian Butler February 24, 2018

In the good old days when I did stage plays and musicals we used to reckon that you needed one hour of rehearsal for every minute of actual playing time on stage when the show played. So it was incredible to learn that the talented singing line-up in this new show by Andrew Stark had just four days before they opened for one night only in a production lasting well over 2 hours.

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REVIEW: Jack & His Big Stalk @Sallis Benney Theatre

Brian Butler January 28, 2018

Starring the crème de la crème of Brighton’s drag royalty, this year’s offering from the Alternative Panto company is stacked high as a beanstalk with innuendo, double takes and downright honest to goodness rudery.

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Total raised by Alternative Panto for LGBT Community Safety Forum climbs to £3,814.07

Besi Besemar February 8, 2017

After 20 performances the curtain fell on this years Alternative Pantomime A LADD IN at the Sallis Benney Theatre last Thursday night (February 2). Starring Dave Lynn, Jason Sutton, Davina Sparkle, Allan Jay, Jason Lee, Sally Vate, Christopher Howard and Lola Lasagne, the pantomime written by Andrew Stark and directed and staged by Quintin Young, received excellent media reviews.

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Alternative Panto total for LGBT Community Safety Forum climbs to £3,814.07

Besi Besemar February 8, 2017

After 20 performances the curtain fell on this years Alternative Pantomime A LADD IN at the Sallis Benney Theatre last Thursday night (February 2). Starring Dave Lynn, Jason Sutton, Davina Sparkle, Allan Jay, Jason Lee, Sally Vate, Christopher Howard and Lola Lasagne, the pantomime written by Andrew Stark and directed and staged by Quintin Young, received excellent media reviews.

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REVIEW: A LADD IN – The Alternative Panto

Besi Besemar January 20, 2017

The Alternative Panto A LADD IN, returns for a second year to the comfortable surroundings of the Sallis Benney Theatre with a production perfectly judged for an adult audience.

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Cabaret

Local TV presenter joins cast of Alternative Panto – The gayest show in town! –

Graham Robson December 16, 2015

TV presenter and broadcaster Mike Mendoza joins the line up of Sinderfella the Adult Panto at the Sallis Benny Theatre in February. Mike will be playing the role of Lord Chamberlain when rehearsals start in January.

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