Reviews

Wish You Were Dead

- 21 March 2023

Before I go any further let me say that I am a fan of Peter...

More for the Omnivore at Carne in Hove

- 16 March 2023

In a city that, in my view, has wrongly been held as a bastion of...

Fisherman’s Friends

- 8 March 2023

What a joyous way to spend an evening, ensemble theatre at its very best, beautiful...

Dada Masilo: The Sacrifice

- 1 March 2023

It’s always a thrill to attend a work by a modern dance company, or indeed...

Steel Magnolias

- 1 March 2023

When a drama receives so much attention on being taken to film as Steel Magnolias...

Noughts and Crosses

- 23 February 2023

This stylish yet bleak dramatisation of Malorie Blackman’s novel for young adults is captivating but...

Brighton Festival Chorus

BPO – Bach St Matthew Passion – BFC, Robert Howarth (conductor)

- 20 February 2023

This is how it used to be done – not in Bach’s day but in...

Hey Duggee

- 8 February 2023

I often leave theatres in despair at the fact that young people seem not to...

The Shawshank Redemption

- 24 January 2023

When a play is based on a film that has become iconic and that film...

Farragut North

- 22 January 2023

As a fan of political dramas, those packed with intrigue, deceit, betrayal and ruthless ambition...

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra

BPO – New Year’s Eve Viennese Gala  – Stephen Bell (conductor), Ailish Tynan (soprano)

- 6 January 2023

A celebration not to be missed – unless, like me, you have a chest cough...

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

- 4 January 2023

One has to ask whether Richard O’Brien, when first thinking of writing a pastiche 1950s...