Reviews

Strange Face: adventures with a lost Nick Drake recording

- 3 June 2016

Television composer Michael Burdett unearthed a never-heard-before Nick Drake recording and told random strangers (and...

Bouffe! – Redblonde Productions

Bouffe! – Redblonde Productions

- 3 June 2016

Don’t let the informality fool you, Stephen Plaice’s brilliant tale of the louche world of...

Growing Pains – Joshua Glavin

Growing Pains – Joshua Glavin

- 31 May 2016

The woes of a disillusioned 23-year-old, yet it still attracted an audience of all ages....

Something Rotten – Robert Cohen

- 30 May 2016

‘Hamlet’ is just full of quotations and some hints of Shakespeare have slipped into this...

Stella

- 30 May 2016

Neil Bartlett is a remarkable talent and his work is always fascinating and thought provoking,...

Dr Blighty – Letters Home – Philharmonia Orchestra

- 28 May 2016

The Dr Blighty theme recalling Brighton’s Indian military hospitals during the Great War was well...

Trio Isimsiz

- 27 May 2016

The Lunchtime Concert series ended with a heavyweight programme. Schubert Notturno in E-flat major Op....

Y–Squared – Yelian He (cello) Yasmin Rowe (piano)

- 26 May 2016

This endearing pair began with Schumann at his most tuneful, his five folk-tune pieces. Then...

The Two Gentlemen Of Verona

The Two Gentlemen Of Verona

- 26 May 2016

As West Side Story took the tale of Romeo And Juliet to a new era,...

Brahms & Schumann Song – Robin Tritschler (tenor), Lorna Anderson (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Brahms & Schumann Song – Robin Tritschler (tenor), Lorna Anderson (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano)

- 26 May 2016

Malcolm Martineau’s second recital featured two of his favoured recording partners. Tritschler animated his bright...

Alexander Soares (piano)

Alexander Soares (piano)

- 25 May 2016

Soares is a name to remember, and I’m thankful that he came to Brighton so...

An Audience with King Henry VIII

An Audience with King Henry VIII

- 25 May 2016

Ross Gurney-Randall played a magnificent Henry VIII in this fabulous one-man show. He thundered on...