Out In Brighton with Kathy Caton: Recent Episodes
Kathy Caton
Kathy Caton's weekly guide to all things Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer in Brighton and beyond. You can hear Out In Brighton live on FM & DAB every Tuesday from 5-6pm, again at 10pm, Wednesday at 8am and Saturdays from 11-1200 on Radio Reverb 97.2fm.
It's an Out In Brighton mixtape this week - we head to the indie disco for some of the tracks that have been getting us going at OIB towers over the past six months...
We’ve an exclusive interview with Chris Gull, chair of the Rainbow Fund; and the Marlborough Theatre’s ground-breaking ‘New Queers on the Block’ is set to tour the UK - Xavier de Souza and Ema Boswood join me to discuss
- Brighton’s LGBTQ cinema programmers Eyes Wide Open present their first queer Arab film season - programmers and curators Jacob - Bruce Guthrie brings some broadcasting A-listers to the Marlborough for the Novel Game, in aid of your very own Radio Reverb And a new musical talent on the scene - we introduce Samuel
Mark Richardson from Charleston on their new LGBTQ+ project Unexpected Delights; the ever-brilliant Dr Jane Traies on her ground-breaking oral history collection 'Now You See Me: lesbian life stories'; and the indefatigable Emma Inch, founder of the first Brighton & Hove Beer Week...
In this week's show - looking at the social care needs of an ageing LGBTQ+ population with the University of Brighton's Lizzie Ward; and exploring the ever-evolving drag and queer performance scene with Hans Euff.
The second of our Pride preview shows, taking a look at some of the queerer delights going on around Pride, including Fat Cabaret/Fat Pride at The Marlborough; the ever-luscious Stephen Richards aka Lola Lasagne with the full run-down on the Cabaret tent; Jules from Queer Prom on how you can have the Prom you deserve regardless of age, gender, sexualitity or identity; and Paul Diello, curator of Queertown, on all the acts he’s bringing to this new performance space
The count down to Brighton Pride 2018 is nearly on - Paul Kemp has everything you need to know on what’s promising to be the biggest Pride to date - and why Pride has purpose. Plus MindOut for the Laughs has its annual outing at the Komedia - comedian and performer Annabelski has the low down
- It's a packed show with the full run down on all things Trans Pride Brighton with Michelle Steele and Vern Collins from the TPB Committee, plus the Marlborough’s Abby Butcher and Assistant Producer Lee Smith have all you need to know about the Trans Pride Art Season
- We hear from Zainab Juma, the creative force behind Penguin Pride
- And the artist Emma Frankland and Brighton Rockerbillies captain Alex Thomas on the why and how they’re calling out the Argus on transphobic reporting with #changetogether
- Pride comes to Worthing for the first time - we’re joined by the host of the inaugural Worthing Pride - the gender discombobulator, scene regular and radio personality Spice
- Jo Jepson-Davies, blogger and creator of the Ex Hetera blog will be in
- And remembering Arthur Law with Gary Pargeter and Kate Wildblood
- community hero and fundraising stalwart Danny Dwyer, founder of Bear Patrol - - Looking ahead to the Marlborough's events, workshops and performances for Trans Pride - and Melita Dennett on Gilbert and George at Brighton Museum
We've a bundle of community heroes this week - Seth Corbin and Laura Honeker, creators of DIY grassroots performance weekender Up The Alley; Dr Nick Douglas and Dr Kate Nambiar from Clinic T on a new trans and non-binary video and podcast project; and Daniel Cheeseman, the CEO of LGBT Switchboard, on all of the updates and changes across their organisation
- We look back on #AMonthOfMakeup in aid of MentalkHealth with Marc Edwards - Drag Princess Miss Disney on taking Brighton's cabaret scene by storm - And Roni Guetta of Traumfrau and Brighton’s Drag Pageant fame is bringing back the hugely successful Queer Migrant Takeover night
A bevvy of bears have their annual Out In Brighton takeover, bringing you your cut out and keep guide to all you need to know about Brighton Bear Weekend 2018!
- Queer pop artist Le Fil brings their debut show 24/7 to the Marlborough
- British/German arts collective Gob Squad bring the UK premier of Creation (Pictures for Dorian) to the Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts
- Festival Flaneur Melita Dennett guides us through the last week of the Festival and she takes us under the skin of the Gilbert and George exhibition at the Museum too
- Brownton Abbey at the Dome - curator and creator Tarik Elmoutawakil will be here
- Plus a smattering of the LGBTQ artists on at the Great Escape
- Nicky Haydn from the spectacular festival-within a festival venue The Warren
- Travis Alabanza’s Brighton Festival debut - “Before I step outside (you love me)”.
- Adam at the Theatre Royal, telling the true story of a young Transgender man making his way seeking asylum from Egypt to Scotland
- And the divine Leah Shelton and Scotty the Blue Bunny from the multiple-award winning La Clique
Your full Brighton Festival and Fringe 2018 look ahead with Julian Caddy, Rebecca Sandles and Melita Dennett, and Brighton Bear Weekend plans with Graham, Neil and Matt.
- David Sheppeard of the Marlborough pub and theatre has everything you need to know about whats on at Brighton’s leading LGBTQ theatre space this Fringe - Indie kids rejoice - queer indie disco Pinkglove is coming to Komedia - And Jolie Booth, founder of the Museum of Ordinary People
The Brighton Rockers Rollerderby team take over the studio - what is Rollerderby, and what's it like to be queer within the sport? Plus we look ahead to the return of the mighty, mighty Warren for Brighton Fringe 2018 and their slew of LGBTQ shows. Plus a good smattering of Joan As Policewoman tracks ahead of next week's Old Market gig.
In this week’s show - the very lovely Graham Munday, chair of Brighton Bear Weekend, brings us up to date with all things ursine; exciting news from the Museum of Transology from Assistant Curator Colin Leivens; and the award-winning documentary maker Daisy Asquith joins to discuss her film Queerama, looking at a century of queer rights and desires on film
It's that time again! The Bedford Tavern's Annual Fundraising Drag Races are back - award-winning landlord Adam Brooks and resident gender discombulist Spice have your full cut out and keep guide...
The legendary queer feminist lesbian performance duo Split Britches are in town with their new show Unexploded Ordinances - Rebecca Sandles reports. And we get fierce and femme with Female Trouble - Ali and Alex are in the studio ahead of their Hysterical Hussies night at Komedia...
- In the studio: Jacob Engelberg, programmer of Brighton’s Queer Cinema strand Eyes Wide Open
- Ian Chaplin, Damien Giles and Dave Phillips of the Brighton Sea Serpents rugby club
- LGBT fostering and adoption week
- Kit Redstone and Rhum and Clay bring Testosterone to The Old Market And - klaxon! Brand spanking new music from Out In Brighton favourites Battery Operated Orchestra
- The 2nd annual B Right On Festival is here to mark LGBT History Month - the musician Paul Diello reprises Epicence, his sell-out show from Brighton Fringe
- The Sussex Beacon’s new Executive Director Bill Puddicombe has had his first month in the job - what’s his back story, what’s his vision for the Beacon for the years ahead
- And news on Outside Out - looking at Rough Sleeping and Homelessness in the LGBTQ community
In this week’s show, we’re taking a look at some of the alternative queer nights out you can dip your toe in in Brighton. Roni Guetta of Traumfrau is bringing Kill Joy Bingo to town for International Women’s Day and new performance night Queerdom launches - producer Rosie Blackwell-Sutton and host Sammy Silver tell all - and we get an update on the drag king cabaret night Kingdom and FAT cabaret too.
- We look ahead to the second B-Right-On festival, coming to Victoria Gardens for February - LGBT History Month, with curators and organisers Billie Lewis and AJ Paterson of the LGBT Safety Forum. - We’ve also got the irrepresible Ema Boswood from the Marlborough Pub & Theatre - as we emerge from January’s gloom, what LGBTQ cultural treats have they got in store?
We’re back with the first show of 2018. Good to be back! This week, we’re focussing on the power of LGBTQ stories and representation in arts and culture - We’ve an extended interview with Pete Lawson, playwright and EastEnders scriptwriter, and the man responsible for the Christian and Syed storyline. From Colin and Barry’s kiss to trans representation and portrayal, what can popular culture achieve that the academy can’t? - And we be continue the theme with the announcement of this year’s City Reads novel - Rose Tremain’s Sacred Country - Sarah Hutchings gives us the thorough low down on that - and the news that Britney Spears is to headline Brighton Pride sees record early ticket sales...
Can't believe it's come round so quick, but it's my favourite show of the year - you're in charge of the playlist as Out In Brighton airs your favourite tracks of 2017 - including War On Drugs, St Vincent, Jane Weaver, Big Thief, PINS... On goes the list!
- We bang the drum for home-grown talent, as Emma Inch - presenter of the multiple-award winning Frockabilly and Fermentation radio shows, wins the Beer Communicator of the Year (online) award; and David Lilly, Chair of Resound Male Voices, with a seasonal lookahead and airing some of their cracking tracks too
A double literary and academic treat with the inimitable Dr Jane Traies and her ground-breaking work on the lives of older lesbians, and author Val Brown on her biography of the extraordinary Toupie Lowther, plus Aaron Lawrence (aka Spice) is in the stuiod too to talk about The Bedford's Rough Sleeper fundraising appeal, plus a smattering of Stage Door radio show and MindOut news too.
- Liz Ridgeway of the Sussex Swans Aussie Rules Football Club is in to explain all things Aussie rules to us, its growth as sport in the UK - and how there are more chances than ever for LGBTQ people to get involved
- David Hoyle comes to the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts on Saturday - David Sheppeard from the Marlborough Theatre will be in to talk about the new show that they’re co-presenting, and about David Hoyle’s importance as a queer performer
- And Brighton’s events to mark World Aids Day 2017, including a community drop in from Lunch Positive and the LGBTQ choirs performing en masse in Kemptown after the vigil
Martin Pel, Curator of fashion at the Royal Pavilion and Museums on bringing LGBTQ lives and stories to the collections; Xavier de Sousa and Roni Guetta on celebrating the migrant experience and delving into the construction of national identity ahead of the Queer Migrant Takeover at the Marlborough.
LGBT highlights in Brighton's Cinecity film festival, now in its 15th year; Sarah Hutchings on the Queer Looks project; events to mark Trans Day of Remembrance 2017 and the first airplay of K Anderson's new single too
The Allsorts Youth Project turns 18 - Katie Vincent tells all about this unique organization; the Oska Bright film festival returns - Lisa Wolfe tells us what’s in store for Oska Bright 2017 including their LGBTQ strand; and the mighty, mighty Goldfrapp are in town this week - so there’ll be a fair old smattering of Goldrapp tracks too
We hear from poet, writer and activist Lucie Barat (and get to air her new single too); Brighton Bear Weekend news from Graham Munday including whopping fundraising news and Hallow'een plans; and new music from This Human Condition too.
Spun Glass Theatre are challenging gender stereotypes with Princess Charming, a new cabaret show for children; MindOut are recruiting; and RadioReverb needs you!
- It’s all about the boys this week - the organisers of Leathermen South are hosting a fundraiser to help the situation of gay men in Chechnya - I'm joined by Wolfie Becker, Carl Patrick and Roald Hughes to discuss. We’ll also be talking about Carl’s career as an author and Roald’s music too - tonnes to discuss!
- Jacob Engelberg, curator of Brighton’s queer cinema strand Eyes Wide Open will be in with details of the next events they’ve got coming up and will give us the review of the Women Over Fifty Film Festival 2017 too
The Marlborough Theatre hosts their inaugural Marly Mates this week - programme coordinator Ema Boswood has the lowdown on that, plus more highlights from their packed Autumn programme - Billie Lewis and AJ Patterson from the LGBT Community Safety Forum will be in with an update on everything Community Safety Forum shaped - and details on their forthcoming gala fundraiser too - your community needs you!
- The Women Over Fifty Film Festival returns to Brighton - festival founder & director Nuala O’Sullivan and Jacob Engelberg, Programmer of Eyes Wide Open Cinema will be in with the full run down
- Newly-named Professor of Psychology & Sexualities, the mighty Katherine Johnson will be in to talk about her new role as Director, Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender
- We Feel Love with DJs Kate Wildblood & Queen Josephine as they celebrate their 25th anniversary on the decks with a fundraiser for Blueprint 22
- Kate Webb from community LGBTQ mental health organisation MindOut has a comprehensive update including how you can get involved in supporting them
- As we pack away our lilos for another year and think about slipping in to our autumnal colours, the Marlborough Theatre’s Ema Boswood joins us with the low-down on their packed autumn season
- and the exclusive first radio play of the brand spanking new track from the ever-brilliant Battery Operated Orchestra
New queer magazine Stemme launches; Brighton go up to the Premiere League - but what's the position for homophobia on the terraces? And Sarah Walk interviewed too...
The campaign to #FreeTheNipple comes to Brighton, and Dr Olu Jenzen of the University of Brighton on UOB's growing LGBTQ research profile - and how you can get involved with its GScene collaboration.
The biggest weekend in Brighton's LGBTQ calendar - covered by Pride Director Paul Kemp, Stephen Richards aka Lola Lasagne, and Billie Lewis and AJ Patterson from the LGBT Community Safety Forum, and organisers of the Access Tent and Women's Performance Tent respectively.
As Trans Pride Brighton marks its 5th year, we have your full cut out and keep guide:- - Angela Green from the TPB Committee has the full run down on events - The mighty E-J Scott brings the ground-breaking Museum of Transology to Brighton - and Ema Boswood on what's on at the Marlborough and Roni Guetta has the details on the TPB Traumfrau at the North Laine (hint: buy your ticket quick!)
MindOut launch their new Bi peer support group; Matt Rood aka Mr Gay UK; and Sameena Zehra on the Solidarity For Grenfell fundraiser at The Blue Man.
The brilliant Frankie Furlow live in session as they celebrate their first publishing deal, plus Sarah Hutchings on Brighton Museum's LGBTQ oral history project Wear It Out
We've hear from novellist Allie Rogers, whose new book Little Gold looks at coming of age in 1980s Brighton; new queer theatre piece Alice Cracked brings alive five different Alices from history; and MindOut appoint Aaron Lawrence as their first Community Ambassador.
The bloomin' brilliant Brighton Bear Weekend take over Out In Brighton - hear from Billie Lewis, Aneesa Chaudry, Tony Russell, Aaron Lawrence aka Spice, Darren Little, Jon Borthwick, Matt Brooks, Neil Borrett, Ian Chaplin, James Ledward, Maria Baker and Graham Munday. Cor!!
- Brighton drag queen Alpha Bites joins us to talk about Female Trouble, the rise of the femme-centred drag scene, and performing gender on and off the stage As the International Comic Expo comes to Brighton, I’ll be talking to Jessica Kemp of ICE Brighton and Missed Deadline and The Green Ferret artist Melissa Delteil of about women in comics, LGBTQ portrayal and representation, and OF COURSE Wonder Woman
- And comedian Jen Brister on her work with Help For Refugees and her fund raiser Stand Up For Refugees at the Dome on 21st June
We’re into the last hurrah of the 2017 Brighton Festival but there’s one more week of Fringe delights ahead for you -The Marlborough Theatre is centre stage this week - Stephanie Ware tells us How Eva Von Schnippish won World War 2 - Also at the Marly Gypsy Queen looks at Sexual identity and hyper-masculinity in the boxing community - Rant and Rave Theatre Company bring their new show 'Sexual Fears of a Modern Day Virgin to the Lantern Theatre - Lorraine Bowen brings her Polyester Fiesta comes to the Spiegeltent - And we look back on Brighton Festival 2017 with Melita Dennett
More Brighton Festival and Fringe delights, and this week we're focussing on the masculine end of the spectrum. - Harry Clayton-Wright, artist in residence at the Marlborough Theatre on bringing new piece Sex Education to the Fringe - Award-winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary brings Help I Might Be Fabulous to the Spiegeltent - Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons imagines a world of curtailed speech - We’ve got the heads up on shows including Naked Girls Reading at the Komedia, a one-woman Richard III, the divine Joe Black wants you to meet him at the Eldorado, and artist FK Alexander brings If I could go on singing over the rainbow to the Spire in Kemptown And there’s a smattering of tracks from some of the bands you can catch over The Great Escape and the Alternative Escape
There’s another cornucopia of Brighton Festival and Fringe delights ahead for you this week:- - Award winning live-art cabaret show Terror Australis brings the grimey grungey underbelly of Australian culture to The Warren - creator Leah Shelton will be here to discuss - Paul Diello brings his gender-blending celebration of iconic women in music to Bar Broadway - Challenging homophobia and transphobia within Caribbean communities, Rachael Young brings OUT to the Marlborough Theatre - And as we approach the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on the 17th May, we look at Brighton's plans to mark the day
Buckle up, because it’s a packed hour - Mjka Scott on new show According to Angelica - looking at Romeo & Juliet through the eyes of the nurse - The return of Carol Cates to the Fringe - she’s been jetting round the world since winning the Fringe’s best music act as Lady Carol of the Moon - Queer performer Nicole Henrikson brings her new theatre piece Makin' It Rain to the Marlborough, taking a frank look behind the curtain of her "day job" as a stripper - Shortlisted for the LGBT award last year, Behind The Lines theatre are back with new piece Fall Of Duty - And none other than Kate Tempest, guest director of the 2017 Brighton Festival, in conversation with Melita Dennett
This is it! The 2017 Brighton Festival and Fringe are on their way, with more LGBTQ shows and content than ever - whatever your thing, you’re going to find it in this year’s Fringe. Amy Mac from Lamb Comedy - winners of Best Venue in 2016 - is in with the full run down of their comedy acts for the next month. The award-winning Tommy, The Queer Historian is bringing his new show Sex Addiction: The Lecture to the fringe - he’ll be in to talk taboos, questioning and opening wounds with a view to healing them. Story writer Cathianne Hall brings The Girl In the Grate to the Fringe - and with over 3,000 episodes of Coronation Street and Emerdale under her belt, she should be able to tell a story! And drum-roll - the mighty, mighty Momotaro are back with a new EP - will be giving you an exclusive listen of new track Gone Days (plus some lovely Sea Bed too).
- We continue our Fringe venue look-aheads - I'm joined by Mill Goble from Sweet Venues, plus the full low down too with what’s on at The Blue Man from proprieter (and No More Page 3 campaigner) Jess Woodfall
- Great news for George Montague, famous as ‘the oldest gay in the village’, who’s received the apology he’s campaigned for for years
- And more congratulation too to Barry Manilow, who’s publicly come out at 73
The Easter Bonnet Parade and Drag Races at the Bedford Tavern are back - Adam Brooks is in with the low down - Turkish artist Ipek Duben brings her show They/Onlar to Fabrica, exploring how Turkish society views They or the Other - Ema Boswood and Tarik Elmoutawakil from the Marlborough Theatre talk The Talk, the new show coming to the Marly this week, and gives us their Fringe look aheads too And Traumfrau is breaking out of the city - get your passports ready...
- The Kitty Glitter collective are launching their new regular night at the Komedia - we hear from the creative team behind it about what you can expect, and why they're doing it
- We discus this year’s City Reads novel, The Handsworth Times, with its author Sharon Duggal And Chloe Foster of Sussex Rainbow Counselling on the need for LGBTQ+ counselling - what she does, and why
- Fox and Owl Can’t Get Married - we be hear about the new documentary from film-maker Fox Fisher exploring inequalities for trans people within the UK law, specifically on the subject of marriage, and discuss LGBT activism in Russia and 5 years of Trans Pride Brighton
- and Nicky Haydn from Otherplace Productions and The Warren is in with what you can expect during the Fringe - it’s a cornucopia of delights (some very saucy) including the return of Patti Plinko!
In this week’s tightly packed but perfectly formed show we’re marking International Women’s Day:- - Traumfrau’s Roni Guetta and Ema Boswood of The Pink Fringe have the full low down on what to expect from their annual - fabulous - IWD party Another annual event - our very own Reverbathon - is fast approaching - Kelly Westlake from RadioReverb has the low down there Sweet Venues have got a week of programming to mark International Women’s Day - Sarah Johnsone has update on that plus Hove Grown too - And we kick-off our coverage of Brighton Fringe 2017 with updates from Mill Goble from Sweet Venues, Rosie Blackwell Sutton talking about King of the Fringe, Anna Marie Williams talking about Brighton Open Air Theatre Amy Mac from Lamb Comedy
Arts! Culture! International Women!
- The Lesbian Lives Conference returns to Brighton - Professor Kath Browne and Lorenza Ipollito are in with your cut out and keep guide
- Ellis Collins on the very welcome return of Have A Word
- We hear from Reverb’s very own Melita Dennett ahead of her talk later this week on all things Section 28, and the early days of Pride in Brighton and Hove
- we hear from Brighton Festival’s guest director Kate Tempest on what’s ahead for 2017
- and psychosexual counsellor Karen Doherty
- Ema Boswood, new to the Marlborough Theatre’s Marketing team, joins us to look ahead over coming weeks at the Marly
- Cameryn Moore’s SMUT SLAM comes to Caffe Moksha
- And continuing our theatrical bent - and our look at LGBT History month - Alison Child will be in to discuss Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney - and how did two such important women become erased from history?
Welcome to February and LGBT History Month - and with it, Brighton’s first B Right On festival. We’ve a run down of the first batch of events and bio drag queen Stella Pint - aka Ali Hendry-Ballard - is in to talk about the event she’s compering, and why LGBT History Month matters - Latest TV’s Sophie Cook is in for her first Out In Brighton visit - we’ll be talking about her experiences in premiership football, and the big plans she’s got for boosting LGBTQ visibility on screen - And our soundtrack through the hour will be provided by the frankly brilliant Frankie Furlow, live in session
If you’ve made it this far in Dry January, I salute you - or if it’s all caught up with you and you’re riddled with cold (as I am) - I salute you, too. This week, we’ll be hearing from the Latest TV’s creative director Andrew Kay, who’s in with exciting news about what the channel is planning in terms of LGBTQ coverage. We’ll also be looking at his writing career and having a bit of a general purpose gossip There’s a stellar line up coming to the Komedia on the 29th with Broken Biscuits featuring Joanne Neary, Mr B the gentleman rhymer and our very own Lorraine Bowen - event organiser Idle Eye will be in to tell all And it’s nearly time for the B Right On festival to celebrate LGBT History Month in February - Billie Lewis will be here, and to round you up to the celebration show!
It’s our first show of 2017, and as we merrily wash our hands of the last year, there’s plenty to look forwards to in the year ahead:- - Brighton is getting its first LGBT History Month festival - Billie Lewis of the Community Safety Forum give us the lowdown on the B Right On festival. Get your diary out! - And keep your diary out as Roni Guetta of Traumfrau will be in with the rundown of the events they’re planning over coming months, including the return of the Lesbian Lives conference to Brighton and plans for International Women's Day - And we’re joined by Out In Brighton sponsor Brian Warren of Quick HR to hear about what they do - and why...
We look back on the year many will be glad to say good riddance to - Sussex Police's LGBG Liaison Rory Finn and G Scene editor James Ledward look back at some of the major LGBT events of 2016, acknowledge those we've lost and salute some of our local heroes too.
We look back at the highs - and undeniable lows - of 2016 with Rory Finn, Sussex LGBT Liaison and Trans Can Sport activist, and James Ledward, editor of G Scene Magazine and photographer at large. And we salute the work of Billie Lewis, Jo Rowland-Stuart, Professor Kath Browne, Paul Kemp, Dulcie Weaver, Aaron Lawrence aka Spice, and remembering Gonul Zeki and Chris Cooke too.
- Shock news of the threatened closure of the Sussex Beacon in what will be its 25th year of operation - Simon Dowe and Jason Warriner discuss possible
- The divine David Sheppeard of the Marlborough pub and theatre looks back on a vintage year for the Marly, and tells us how you can sign up as a Marly mate
- Brighton Bear Weekend’s Graham Munday on their Camelford Christmas Quiz and a look ahead to 2017
- And the return of Brighton’s drag king night Kingdom - Rosie Blackwell-Sutton gives us the low down, joined by George Michelle and Max Legroom
- In the week of World Aids Day, we mark this global event with exclusive excerpts from HIV Happy Hour’s special programme
- Jacob Engelberg of Eyes Wide Open Cinema talks about their special screening for WAD and looks forward over their programming for the next few months
- And Martin Chatfield, the presenter of the groundbreaking HIV Happy Hour - talks to us about the UK’s first regular radio show by and for those living with HIV
In this week’s show, we turn the whole thing over to Sound Women of Brighton - we’re celebrating Reverb’s female broadcasters, the voices from the LGBT spectrum that we get on air - and also marking and looking back at the work of Sound Women, the nationwide organisation for women working in audio - and asking what next for it? We hear from Charlotte Petts, Lulu Baker, Kelly Westlake, Tracey Allen, Ellie Dobing and Melita Dennett
- We celebrate Reverb’s female broadcasters at the next Sound Women Brighton meet-up - Reverb director and particularly sound woman Ellie Dobing is in
- Kat Clifford and the LGBTQ punk band Floating Palace of Sin are in - and we air their new single Xena Made Me Gay
- and LGBT literary events at the library
We’ve got a special for you this week - it’s a new era for the Clare Project - I’m joined by Dr Sam Hall, chair of the Clare Project, and Trustee D Humphreys - with a full update on everything that’s going on at the Clare Project, and we’ll be looking too at the wider landscape and at some of the current news issues, including the backlash against the BBC for its children’s drama Just A Girl
- Graham Munday of the Brighton Bear Weekend is in with a seasonal update and a look ahead to all things Bear Shaped
- A day in the lift of an adventurer - we’ll be joined by the winter sports specialist Floss from Freefloski about what she does, why she does it - and the adrenaline highs and lows - and also to talk about European Snowpride
- And the Black British LGBT classic The Passion of Rememberance is screened at the Duke of York’s cinema
- We’re taking an academic bent this week, as we welcome in to the studio Kath Browne, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Brighton, ahead of her inaugural public lecture
- Andrea Francisco Amat, visiting researcher on the Empower! Collective LGBTQ+ Diary project
- Laura Poch, educational worker from the NGO Enruta't
- The ‘Alan Turing’ law sees the pardoning of convictions of thousands of men penalised for same-sex relationships - but does it go far enough?
- The divine, decadent, gin-soaked troubadour Mister Joe Black
- There’s a plethora of queer delights as the Brighton Photo Biennial continues
- And we have an exclusive, extended interview with the author and Polari literary salon host Paul Burston - we’ll be talking activism, this year’s Polari First Book Prize, what it’s like to see your book in the top ten on the high street, and will it all be in the memoirs, darling?
- David Sheppeard, of the Marlborough Pub and Theatre and the Pink Fringe, is in with a full update on what you can expect from them over the autumn - plus how you can get involved in their queer history project, and big news on an Arts Council front too
- It’s your last call for Bear Patrol Hibernation tickets
- And we’ve an exclusive for you as Dr Nick McGlynn of the LGBTQ Liveable Lives project brings his project partners from Kolkata in to the studio - we’ll be hearing from Sappho for Equality - the only lesbian, bi women and trans men organisation in Eastern India.
- The Women Over Fifty Film Festival returns, double in size - we hear from festival director Nuala O’Sullivan
- Alan Cumming sings sappy songs at the Brighton Dome
- Dr Nick McGlyn from the University of Brighton has a full update on the LGBTQ Liveable Lives project
- Jack Nuns, director of acclaimed short the Female Masculinity Appreciation Society
- the inimitable Emma Inch, aka DJ Lonesome M, presenter of the Frockabilly radio show and Fermentation Radio Show too. bonanza!
- And Simon Dowe with some very exciting news from the Sussex Beacon...
Archive podcast from 30th June -
- the Pride Diversity Games are back - Steve Ashfield from BLAGSS has the details
- Trans Pride Brighton is back - with a new location and running over 3 days - committee member Steph Scott will give us the look-ahead and Traumfrau’s Roni Guetta has the details of the Saturday night party
- And Aaron Lawrence’s continues his year-long spectacular fundraising effort for MindOut with his My Costume Drama project - a year in fancy dress - we’re not sure what guise he’ll be turning up in today - and we’ll find out how he’s getting on in his quest to raise £15,000 for Brighton’s LGBTQ mental health project
We're off down the summercamp indie disco, looking back on some of our favourite tracks of the year so far, including a double dose of local heroes Seabed - catch them quick before they go stellar...
Featuring:- Teleman; Seabed; John Grant; Pet Shop Boys; Cassius feat Cat Power; Miri; Riton; Fat White Family; Ghosts Of The Social Network; Nzca Lines; Tame Impala; The War On Drugs
It is very much not business as usual this week as the world-wide LGBTQ community continues to feel the aftershocks of the terrible events in Orlando.
Joining Kathy Caton to reflect and discuss:- - Rory Smith, LGBT Liaison / Hate Crime Co-ordinator at Sussex Police - Jamed Ledward, editor of GScene magazine - The human geographer Professor Kath Browne, who specialises in place, gender and sexuality - Tarik Elmoutawakil of the Pink Fringe and queer venue The Marlborough Pub & Theatre
- Simon Dowe and Jason Warriner of the Sussex Beacon are in with a fundraising updated, and also to discuss the implications of the NHS announcement about PrEP
- The Golden Handbags are here again - James Ledward, editor of GScene, is in with the full low down on the Handbags - and why they matter
- The Brighton Bear Weekend is nearly here - we’ve your full cut out and keep guide to the weekend’s events with Graham Munday, Matt Brooks, and DJ Bozzy Bear
- and Lunch Positive are inviting you to their 7th birthday lunch - Gary Pargeter with the details on that, and also to tell us about the difference that the funds raised by the Bear Weekend - and donated by the Rainbow Fund - make to them
- In an exclusive interview, we’re joined by the University of Brighton’s first out Vice Chancellor, Professor Debra Humphris, and by the human geographer Professor Kath Browne, in conversation about their experiences.
- In another exclusive Professor Humphris will be giving this year’s LGBTQ Research Hub’s final year dissertation award - and we’ll hear from the recipient about their work, and what it means to them.
- It’s the final week of the 2016 Brighton Fringe - Tarik Elmoutawakil rounds up the last of the shows at the the Marlborough Theatre.
- And immersive, subversive artistic activities at Club Silencio at Subline - details on Brighton’s darkest cabaret night from DJ Juno and Ralph ThunderBear.
It’s a packed programme of LGBTQ theatre this week as Brighton Fringe continues - - The House of Bakewell say they can make us happy - Peter Darney on the award-winning 5 Guys Chilling at the Warren - John Arthur Sweet is fresh from the Dublin Gay Theatre festival with his piece Erect But Unstable And we’ve got the very naughty Captain Kidd from Briefs too!
- Sarah Hutchings on The Good Son, this year’s City Reads novel
- Lesbian knife-throwing rock opera comes to the Fringe - we’ll hear from the magnificently monikered Daggers MacKenzie
- The fabulous acrobatics of the very naughty Head First Acrobats and their Elixir show are back in town - and you’ve the chance to win tickets for their cracking show
- And more fringing with the International Man of Leather John Pendal
Feature-length Heather Peace special as she talks about parenthood, life on the road and the story telling new EP - and new sound - of Come Home.
- the 2016 Brighton Festival and Brighton Fringes launch this week - the Marlborough Theatre will once again be leading the way with the Fringe’s LGBTQ offerings - Tarik Elmoutawakil will be be in with the run down on this year’s queer offerings
- Edit Profile, a piece looking at the chem sex scene and hook-up apps - at the Rialto Theatre
- Martin Chatfield talks about HIV Happy Hour
- And the Stonewall equality walk is back and RadioReverb will be hosting - we’ve got the details on that
- Authors Deb Price and Kath Taylor talk about their joint work together on LGBT Diversity and Inclusion in Early Years Education
- The activist and campaigner Katie Cornhill talks about her work with the Fire Service, Stonewall and new book In Different Shoes: Stories of Trans Lives
- And with the 2016 Brighton Festival and Fringe upon us, Jo Merriman is in to talk about new devised theatre piece Hetty The King, on at The Warren
We’re continuing our look ahead to the 2016 Brighton Fringe - this week we hear about plans at The Blue Man; Lisa Honan, the founder of the Gender Free World clothing range; and Jessica Cheetham from Spun Glass Theatre on new shows Stamp and Operation Love Story
Neil Bartlett - author, performer, playwright and exponent of queer arts - talks exclusively to Out In Brighton about his life, work, activism, and Stella, his new work premiering in the 50th Brighton Festival.
- We’re a month away from the 2016 Brighton Fringe and The Warren is going from strength to strength with it’s LGBTQ fringe offerings - programmer Nicky Haydn has all the details
- We’ll be raising hell as Brighton’s Dykes on Bikes join us in the studio
- There's the full low-down on this year’s Brighton Bear Weekend as the programme launches And we’ve an exclusive for you too, with the very first Brighton airplay of Heather Peace’s new single, Lightbulb
- Simon Dowe, chief executive of the Sussex Beacon & Jason Warrener, lead nurse, are in with the grand reveal of the host of their Halloween Ball fundraiser - and the half-marathon launches too
- Jacob Engelberg, programmer of queer film strand Eyes Wide Open Cinema, is in with news of their forthcoming screenings
- And we’ve an extended interview with Nicky Mitchell - she’ll not only be playing us a couple of session tracks ahead of her gig at Jane Bom-Bane’s, but she’ll also be talking in detail about her first-hand experience working with refugees on Lesvos - and what we can do to help.
- Camden LGBT forum have appointed the UK’s first LGBT poet laureate - Trudy Howson is in to talk about her experiences so far and to share some of her poetry
- The Bedford Tavern’s Easter Sunday Drag Races have become a Brighton institution - the Bedford’s own Easter bunny Adam Brooks has the full run-down of what to expect from one of the campest - and most competitve - events in town
- And we’ve the run down of all the events you need over the long weekend to keep you out of - or get you in to - trouble
- Brighton Pride planning is in full swing and they’ve started announcing the first acts - Pride's Jane Babb & Paul Kemp are in
- We say happy St Patrick’s Day as Sharon Barr joins us in the studio - she’s raising the bar with the relaunch of The Zone on St James’ Street
- MindOut are rattling the buckets for their swimathon
- And Gender Free World - a brand new clothing concept launches - we hear from founder Lisa Honan
It's a queer arts and culture bonanza for you this week - there’s a huge amount of stuff going on to mark this year’s International Woman’s Day - the frankly inspirational Jess Woodfall is in with details of the events at the Corn Exchange and Dome, we hear from Sarah Johnson too about the details of Women’s Week at the Dukebox Theatre. A brand new festival of local new writing launches - Alison Child & Rosie Wakely tell us about Hovegrown and their Fringe shows. And the ever-brilliant Tarik Elmoutawakil of the Pink Fringe and the Marlborough Theatre gives us their look ahead to the Fringe too. And brand new music from Miri to boot!
- The irrepressible, unstopppable and all round generally fabulous Julian Caddy, director of the Brighton Fringe, joins us as England’s biggest arts festival, Fringe 2016 launches
- Jamie Wyld on the new oral history Giddy app, recording LGBTQ stories of Brighton
- Reverb’s very own Queen Josephine and Kate Wildblood of Home Service will be in with news of their new residency at Patterns
- And we’re be rattling the buckets for our annual fund-raising Reverbathon - station manager Maco will be in with details of what’s on when - and how you can keep us on air and advert-free with a donation