The Verse’s Elizabeth Carrington reviews Summerland, written and directed by Jessica Swale – starring Gemma Arterton, Lucas Bond, Dixie Egerickx, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Penelope Wilton and Tom Courtenay. The film deals with the themes of war, romance, LGBTQ+, family, friendship and loss, a ‘4 out of 5’ and ‘must-watch if you are […]
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The Gildas Quartet as well as Joanna MacGregor CBE performed live this past Sunday in Brighton Dome’s magnificent Concert Hall. This is the first live performance that Brighton Dome has broadcast from its Concert Hall since the beginning of lockdown. Due to the current circumstances in lockdown the concert couldn’t […]
I thought in preparation for Halloween this year it would be fitting to watch a film I’ve never seen before from the horror genre. There’s always the classics that are brought up, and if you say you haven’t seen them you’re met with a group of shocked and disapproving faces. […]
As we head into a second nationwide lockdown in the U.K with tighter (yet ambiguous) government restrictions around seeing family, playing sports, attending live events and socialising, it is apparent that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted tangible contact time between people in society. During this time though, an individual awareness […]
Brighton Music Re-takes the Stage Brighton Dome, alongside many of Brighton’s music venues have joined together to bring you Live Is Alive! A series of events taking place to help protect Brighton’s music scene and happening over the course of four consecutive Saturdays (17th October – 7th November). The events […]
