Reviews

UTE LEMPER: THE TIME TRAVELLER

- 28 April 2024

To witness the brilliance of perhaps the greatest living chanteuse in the world in the...

THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL

- 28 April 2024

Tudor histories fascinate, the intrigues, deceits, murderous intent and of course murder most real, make...

AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

- 24 April 2024

Whoever it was that decided to turn this iconic “Chick Flick” into a stage musical...

AN EXPERIMENT WITH AN AIR PUMP

- 20 April 2024

It’s the turn of the century in two parallel ages but we are placed in...

PUNCHLINE BY ANDREW KAY

- 13 April 2024

We’ve sometimes seen plays around comedians about to go on; but one who’s called on...

BPO – Sea Songs – Ragnhild Hemsing (Hardanger fiddle), Joanna MacGregor (piano), Adam Hickox (conductor)

- 8 April 2024

Sea Songs but no singing? – never mind, this delightful concert had a distinctly marine...

RAPUNZEL

- 4 April 2024

It’s official, Panto is no longer just for Christmas. Rapunzel, the tangled hairy tale has...

Brighton16

Lamenti & Weh: an Easter Celebration – Brighton16, Matt Jelf (Artistic Director)

- 27 March 2024

The programme title implies a contrast of suffering and resurrection. Sadly, this concert included no...

MACBETH

- 27 March 2024

Taking my seat for Shakespeare often fills me with a sense of dread. Whilst I...

CLUEDO 2

- 20 March 2024

What a baptism of fire for a former soap star and Strictly Come Dancing winner,...

SISTER ACT

- 12 March 2024

I’m a sucker for anything with nuns in it, The Sound Of Music, Black Narcissus…...

BPO – Mighty River: Celebrating Women – Ayanna Witter-Johnson (guest performer), Joanna MacGregor (conductor)

- 9 March 2024

This was another of the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra’s risky concerts, so different was the mix...