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Annabella’s Bow Wow Wow

- 18 August 2016

Malcolm McLaren’s former ingenue returned to Brighton after 30-plus years with a new band and...

Frankenstein

- 18 August 2016

An outsider abused and vilified for being different, for being a monster, finally becomes the...

Krater Comedy Club

- 12 August 2016

There’s a lot of cliches around comedy. You’ve got to laugh or else you’d cry,...

The Shakespeare Revue

- 9 August 2016

The lost art of Revue is rekindled in this evening of songs and skits salvaged...

John Grant

- 2 August 2016

In a near-flawless performance John Grant treated the audience at the De La Warr Pavilion...

Made in Dagenham

Made in Dagenham

- 2 August 2016

Made in Dagenham is the successful feminist film turned into an unsuccessful feminist musical whose...

Ned’s Atomic Dustbin

- 26 July 2016

This show was billed as ‘B-Sides The Seaside (plus live faves)’ but to the crowd...

Footloose

Footloose

- 26 July 2016

So you pack a stage with talent, lots of talent, dancers, actor/musicians, a decent set…...

Don’t Dress For Dinner

- 22 July 2016

How do you freshen up a classic French sex farce? By deciding to take farce,...

Chaplin: The Charlie Chaplin Story

- 19 July 2016

If you thought you knew Charlie Chaplin, ‘Chaplin’ showed a very different side to the...

Tom Jones

- 19 July 2016

A mere 28 years after, as a fresh faced 21-year-old deployed to Las Vegas with...

Let It Be

Let It Be

- 19 July 2016

The Beatles wrote the soundtrack from my childhood through to my teens. The songs peppered...