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On the show, we hear from Lesley Wood, CEO of New Writing South and director of the festival; from David Sheppeard from festival partner, Marlborough Productions; from Alexa Rusakoff, one of the student curators behind Friday's event; from Okechukwu Nzelu who joins us to talk about his in-conversation event with Max Lobe and the workshop on character he's running. We also speak to author of this month's book Nadezhda in the Dark, Yelena Moskovich, who is coming all the way from Paris to appear on the QUEER UKRAINE panel. It's a jam-packed lineup and a jam-packed show full of great book recommendations and inspiring conversations about queer literature. You can see the full lineup and get your hands on tickets at coastisqueer.com.
A former church in Kemptown, The Spire is one of the festival's more unusual venues. Faith Dodkins and David Sheppeard join Melita Dennett in studio to give the history of the venue and look ahead to some of the events coming to the venue this festival season. To find out more about Brighton Festival see : http://brightonfestival.org To find out more about RadioReverb - the Broadcast Media Partner of Brighton Festival 2018 see : http://radioreverb.com #Brighton #Arts #Culture
- 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
- 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
- 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.
Tarik Elmoutawaki and David Sheppeard chat about the Marlborough Theatre, it’s programme for the Brighton Fringe 2012 and the Dip Your Toe project.