Reviews

THE 39 STEPS

- 17 July 2024

The world of theatre has for some time been somewhat preoccupied with staged versions of...

BRIEF ENCOUNTER

- 4 July 2024

By mere coincidence I had recently watched the 1945 David Lean film adaptation of Noel...

THE RAINBOW CHORUS: PERGOLESI & PIMMS

- 30 June 2024

Brighton and Hove’s community choirs are the jewels in the city’s music scene and they...

RESOUND: FROM BEGINNING TO END

- 29 June 2024

Resound is one of those choirs that is continually moving forward musically. Their chosen genre...

ACTUALLY GAY MEN’S CHORUS: OVERTURES & ENCORES

- 25 June 2024

It seems no time since I was at Brighton Open Air Theatre to watch and...

THE CARETAKER

- 16 June 2024

My long love hate relationship with Pinter was redressed yesterday with Chichester Festival Theatre’s new...

INTO THE BLUE

- 12 June 2024

For many years, writing about restaurants here in Brighton and Hove and of course beyond,...

THE KITE RUNNER

- 12 June 2024

Seeing staged or filmed adaptations of a much loved book can be so terribly disappointing....

CORAM BOY

- 31 May 2024

Chichester Festival Theatre does it again, another simply stunning production that ticks simply every box....

WOMEN’S WRITES

- 26 May 2024

Brighton Fringe has become the place of comedy, burlesque, circus and general silliness for sure,...

HOMESTEAD

- 21 May 2024

Steven Dykes’ scorchingly brutal reworking of Frederick Garcia Lorca’s La Casa De Bernarda Alba is...

METAMORPHOSIS_12 Ensemble

Brighton Festival – Metamorphosis – 12 Ensemble

- 17 May 2024

I had really wanted to enjoy this event which was to include two new works...