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A large enthusiastic audience and a brace of young comedians primed and ready to rumble provided a great value laughter-charged evening. Compere Tom Price did a splendid job in crowd control and joke delivery. The darling of the evening was Tom Rosenthal whose command and dispatch of some excellent material got the biggest response of the night. Headliner, Mike Wozniak’s turn was a little too over-emphatic to really take-off, despite some good, if predictable, comedic tropes being put through their paces.
Komedia, 25 February
4/5
Gary Mepsted

That’s the way to do it!

When Gordon Ramsay first swore blue murder at some hapless commi chef for
not being able to make scrambled eggs, television people sat up
and paid attention. Obviously, vital ingredients were mucho personality, flamboyancy, despair and resentment.

The entire venture would certainly never be motivated by purely altruistic motives. We couldn’t possibly have everyone actually liking Mr Ramsay as he saved them from bankruptcy. It’s got to be a difficult re-birth to make us enjoy the outcome all the more, when the proprietor hugs him with tears in his eyes at the end. “You’ve saved my company, my marriage and my entire planet, Gordon”, they’d mutter through a film of tears and all would be right with the world again. Read the rest of this article »

Brighton’s favourite alt-country band returned to a sold out Hanbury in support of their 8th studio album. New song ‘Boyfriend’ had a feel of Paul Simon’s ‘Late In The Evening’, while the riff-heavy ‘43’ saw guitarist Dan Eccles rocking out. Willy Vlautin doesn’t so much write songs as tell musical stories. In tales of returning home to live with Mum, wayward friends and life on the road, the eloquent lyrics sat perfectly atop multi-layered textures. Dan’s haunting licks floated beautifully over Willy’s chords. The five song encore, including a stomping ‘Broken Records’, ended a triumphant gig.
The Hanbury Club, 25 February
4/5
Steve Clements

Brian Ralfe’s alternative production has restored my faith in pantomime. Oh it’s not a slick show, far from it, but it more than makes up for it in laughs and entertainment. Andrew Stark’s script has the right tone but it is Smee who steals the show, a comic masterpiece. Director Robert James is almost as funny as Captain Hooker and his hand steers the show steadily along – well, fairly steadily. Brian’s costumes are show-stopping but the glue that binds all is Lee Tracey, whose Tinkerbell is priceless. Maybe not five stars, but five glittering rainbows for sure.
Pavilion Theatre, 25 February
4/5
Andrew Kay