Author Archive

Toast

- 31 October 2019

Loved the book, enjoyed the film but neither could have prepared me for how much...

Rinaldo

- 28 October 2019

Presenting Handel’s Rinaldo as written would no doubt leave most modern audiences bewildered by the...

The Entertainer

- 23 October 2019

Few plays come with such a terrifying reputation as this, not only as a landmark...

L’elisire d’amore

L’elisire d’amore

- 14 October 2019

For every modern interpretation, every wild re-setting or adaptation of an opera, and no doubt...

will young

Will Young at the Brighton Centre!

- 12 October 2019

There’s something disarmingly un-rock ‘n’ roll about Will Young. The swagger is charmingly innocent, rather...

Glyndebourne Tour – Rigoletto

- 12 October 2019

Glyndebourne Tour’s brand new production of the Verdi favourite is a triumphant coup de théâtre....

A Woman of No Importance

- 25 September 2019

A wonderful script, packed with a cornucopia of Wildean classic quips and a beautiful set...

Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus: In Time For Pride

- 22 September 2019

In past reviews of this excellent choir I have had mixed feelings about the comic...

BalletBoyz: THEM/US

- 19 September 2019

BalletBoyz filled the stage of Theatre Royal Brighton in a way that few dance companies...

Spring Awakening

- 5 September 2019

It’s amazing to think that this extraordinary piece of work in its original form dates...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

- 22 August 2019

Last night Brighton Theatre Group proved, with a rock solid production, that Chitty Chitty Bang...

Ian McKellen: On Stage

- 16 July 2019

It’s some years since I last saw Ian McKellen’s A Knight At The Theatre, a...