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Brighton FestivalTheatre: One Pig

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All the best performances start with a demonstration and the ‘shame on you’ growled at us by a lone lady protestor was definitely the second worst greeting I have ever had at a theatre. Oh well, whatever, and on to the sane… Read more →

Music: Sharon Van Etten

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Shyly shuffling Van Etten treated her fans well downstairs at Komedia, performing a long set, taking requests and offering the chance to meet her at the merch table after the gig. This kind of approachability and charm is a big part of… Read more →

Brighton FringeComedy: Balloon

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It’s 7 o’clock and Clive (Michael J Buchanan-Dunne) is getting ready to host his 36th birthday party when one of the balloons starts talking to him. This ‘comedy’ got off to a slow start, with an overlong set-up scene as Altered Image’s… Read more →

Hilser Flute Cello Piano Trio

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The three Rachels have done it again! I never thought it possible but they get better everytime I see them. The audience were wowed with the trio’s recital, in the wonderful candlelit atmosphere. The Hilser Trio held the audience spellbound whilst they… Read more →

Brighton FringeTheatre: If I Ruled The World

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‘Have you come alone’? ‘Were you followed’? Press play precisely on the hour and the city (in this case, the concourse of the beautifully naturally-lit Brighton train station) becomes a film-set, its people extras and you the star. That’s the basis of… Read more →

Brighton Festival: Brighton Palermo Remix

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This HOUSE 21012/Brighton Festival co-commission was borne from witnessing a traditional street illumination street festival in Italy a couple of years ago. Coalescing within the context of the May festivities, and more specifically the interior decoration of the Grade 1 listed Regeny Town… Read more →