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A gay choir is to tackle homophobia by singing about gay rights. The Rainbow Chorus has been asked to perform at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre during the International Various Voices Festival in May.
The Brighton choir will perform songs which sympathise with gay activism, women’s rights, socialism as well as Berlin cabaret. Expect ‘March of the Women’, ‘Solidarity Song’, ‘Coal for Mike‘, ‘The Lavender Song’, ‘Homophobia’ and ‘Advance Democracy’. Chair Anna Orchard said: “Music is a tool for social change; gay rights, women’s rights and workers’ rights. Suffragette anthems, contemporary folk, rabble-rousing socialists 1930s songs, gay Berlin cabaret – it’s all there!”
“Music is a tool for social change; gay rights, women’s rights and workers’ rights”
The Rainbow Chorus is in its 12th year. It will perform at the Golden Handbag Awards at Brighton Hilton Metropole Hotel in March and with the Vancouver Men’s Chorus at an informal concert at the Unitarian Church, Brighton, in April.
Golden Handbag Awards, Metropole Hotel, Brighton, Friday 22 March, 7.30pm.
Tickets: Prowler, St James’s Street, Brighton.
The Rainbow Chorus & The Vancouver Men’s Chorus, Unitarian Church, Brighton, Thursday 30 April, 7.30pm. www.rainbowchorus.org.uk. Various Voices, Royal Festival Hall, 4 May, midday. www.variousvoices.co.uk
