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Ralph Miller takes a sneak preview of Billy Cowie’s The Revery Alone ahead of its world premiere at South East Dance’s Dance for Camera Festival 2008.

The Revery Alone is a seven minute, music and dance installation using a 3D projection of a solo performance by Swiss-Iranian dancer Eleonore Ansari. The performance, recorded on two cameras, is projected onto the ceiling as the audience lies on the floor beneath (like an IMAX cinema with extremely reclined seats).
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Rachel Pegg talks to John Hamilton , chairman of Brighton and Hove (actually) Gay Men’s Chorus, ahead of their Christmas show

Why did you set up the chorus three years ago?
I felt there was a need for a fun, safe environment. Of the three gay choruses that are in Brighton, they are all unique. When I was younger I sang in a choir and played a bit of piano and clarinet. I hadn’t sung for many years. It was the best decision I’ve made to start the chorus.

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Julie Burchill writes exclusively for Latest 7 about her part in She’s a Punk Rocker UK, a documentary by Zillah Minx

When the ever-persuasive Miss Zillah Minx asked me to appear in her excellent documentary She’s A Punk Rocker I was not entirely convinced. For a start, I think back to the period of my life when I WAS a – shudder – punk rocker as the only time of my life when I knowingly practised hypocrisy: one of my very least favourite vices.
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The spring season at Theatre Royal Brighton lives up to their promise of a West End by the sea

When the Ambassadors Theatre Group took over Brighton’s historic Theatre Royal they promised us a West End by the sea and with the release of a spring season glittering with stage and screen stars, they are setting out to prove it.
The highlights include: Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, both renowned separately for their film and TV work, and together in the X-Men films; Richard E Grant, the star of more than sixty films including the cult classic Withnail and I; Edward Fox, best loved for TV’s Edward and Mrs Simpson; Read the rest of this article »