Pros: Great work from the props and production people and a real cryptic puzzle to solve. Cons: Over-long. Cold. Belonging(s), from Tilted Productions, is a big, ambitious and clever promenade dance show. It starts underground and ends on the beach, looking out to sea. It has nine performers at its heart, but incorporates more than twenty local participants who duck in and out of the action. It takes two objects, the vinyl record and the cardboard box, brings out every one ...
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Strawberry Starburst, Blue Elephant Theatre – Review
A personal and emotional exploration of eating disorders with a raw unfiltered approach and immersive use of space.
Read More »Rosie Wilby: The Conscious Uncoupling, Sweet Dukebox (Brighton Festival) – Review
Pros: Rosie’s monologues reflecting on how she met her ex are beautifully heartfelt. Cons: It is not a completely polished show, but this is part of its charm. Sweet Dukebox, located in the Iron Duke pub, was the first stop on my day of theatre at the Brighton Fringe Festival. A walk along the beach to the venue made a nice change from dashing around London, and the venue was a lovely traditional pub with friendly staff and a small ...
Read More »Nederlands Dans Theater 2, Brighton Dome (Brighton Festival) – Review
This show was a wonderful mix of breathtakingly beautiful dance mixed with humour and heart.
Read More »Chiflon: The Silence of the Coals, Brighton Dome (Brighton Festival) – Review
A beautiful piece of theatre that, with more developed storytelling, could be incredibly emotive.
Read More »The Sins Of Jack Saul, Above The Stag – Review
Pros: A fascinating and funny play in a tight, intimate venue, hidden under the Vauxhall Arches. Cons: For some, even if the subject matter doesn’t put you off, the rumbling of the trains overhead might just. Some plays just make no sense on paper. Who sits down thinking, “I know, let’s turn my biography of a barely known nineteenth-century homosexual prostitute into a play, and better yet, let’s make it a musical”? Thankfully, though, that seems just the thought process ...
Read More »I’m Not Jesus Christ, Theatre N16 – Review
I’m Not Jesus Christ features a unique and unsettling storyline that provides more questions than answers.
Read More »Devilish!, Landor Theatre – Review
Devilish! tempts us to indulge in an evening of undemanding entertainment, but should have demanded more of itself.
Read More »The Local Stigmatic, Old Red Lion Theatre – Review
Pros: Stylish performances from the three-man cast add real edge to this compelling story. Cons: The play could have used an extra 30 minutes to give the characters more depth. I arrived unfashionably early at the Old Red Lion so had time to absorb the atmosphere in this wonderfully traditional pub. The walls are lovingly adorned with a timeline detailing its 600-year history and photos of luminaries known to have been customers; Karl Marx, Charles Dickens and George Orwell, to ...
Read More »The Diary of a Hounslow Girl, Ovalhouse – Review
A fresh and hilarious play written and performed by such a talented lady that I did not just enjoy the play, I was completely and utterly impressed by it.
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