Reviews

PICKWICK AND WELLER

- 15 December 2025

Hardly a Christmas comes by without a flurry of productions of the Dickens classic A...

RAINBOW CHORUS: O Come, All Ye Fabulous

- 15 December 2025

And fabulous it was, despite some obvious technical problems and some members being laid low...

BRIGHTON GAY MEN’S CHORUS: Beauty and the Bear

- 14 December 2025

BGMC as a part of their raison d’etre include comedy sketches into their performances. Over...

GLYNDEBOURNE CHRISTMAS CONCERT

- 13 December 2025

The jewel in the crown of the Sussex music scene, and way beyond, always deliver...

RESOUND & REBELLES: Sleigh What?!

- 13 December 2025

Resound are perhaps the most ambitious of Brighton and Hove’s community choirs, constantly surprising us...

BPO – A Fairytale Christmas – Alise Siliņa (accordion), Joanna MacGregor (conductor)

- 8 December 2025

The rain had almost stopped so a dose of winter whimsy was what we needed...

NACHTLAND

- 6 December 2025

Brighton has become a pulsing heart for the performing arts education scene and over at...

THE GIFT: A FEAST / A GAME / A RITUAL / A SHOW

- 5 December 2025

…and a bizarre and wonderful evening of fun. Immersive, experiential, experimental and at times exhilarating....

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

- 4 December 2025

From time to time one takes a seat in the theatre full of wonder, and...

HERE AND NOW

- 3 December 2025

Back in the mists of time I had a lodger who was a massive Steps...

HADESTOWN

- 21 November 2025

Regular readers will be aware that I am passionately inclusive about my coverage of theatre,...

SWEENEY TODD

- 15 November 2025

There is no question that Brighton & Hove Operatic Society are ambitious, and choosing Stephen...