The Sound of Music | Chichester Festival Theatre | Review

The Sound of Music Chichester Festival Theatre Summer 2023 Casting that’s clever and exquisite lighting Songs that are catchy, the Nazis need fighting. Well-drilled young children and nuns who can sing These are a few of my favourite things! I Read More …

Mom, How did you meet the Beatles? | Minerva Theatre, Chichester | Review

Mom, How did you meet the Beatles? Minerva Theatre Chichester June 2023 Written by Adrienne Kennedy and Adam P. KennedyDirected by Diyan Zora Wow! What a play! What a performance! Adrienne Kennedy, renowned New Yorker playwright, is now 91 years Read More …

The Ladykillers | Brighton Open Air Theatre | Review

The Ladykillers Brighton Open Air Theatre May 2023 EXEMPLARY EALING COMEDY REVIVAL Despite a chilly May night – this superb adaptation of the nineteen fifty-five Ealing classic ‘The Ladykillers’ keeps its audience on the edge of their seats until the Read More …

The Music of George Harrison | Pavilion Theatre, Worthing | Review

The Music of George Harrison Performed by the ‘All Things Must Pass’ Orchestra Pavilion Theatre, Worthing May 2023 Well, this was a bit of a treat. A magical night of reminiscent indulgence delivered by an accomplished 10 piece orchestra – Read More …

Operation Mincemeat | Fortune Theatre | Review

Operation Mincemeat Fortune Theatre Until 19th August Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical has recently opened at the Fortune Theatre, following five sold-out development runs at the New Diorama Theatre in 2019 and Southwark Playhouse in 2020, 2021 & 2022, plus Read More …

4000 Miles | Minerva Theatre Chichester | Review

4000 Miles Minerva Theatre, Chichester May 2023 The Minerva opener for Festival 2023 is Amy Herzog’s award-winning play 4000 Miles.  A compassionate, inter-generational snapshot of the unfolding relationship that develops between a grandmother and her grandson.  Directed by Sir Richard Read More …

Blood Brothers | National Tour | Review

Blood Brothers The Hawth Crawley April 2023 “And do we blame superstition for what has come to pass? Or is it what we, the English, have come to know as class?” I love a Top 20, a Top 10 or Read More …

Pride and Prejudice (sort of) | Chichester Festival Theatre | Review

Pride and Prejudice sort of. Photo by Mihaela Bodlovic

Pride and Prejudice (sort of) Chichester Festival Theatre February 2023 Currently playing at Chichester Festival Theatre is the unique, richly entertaining re-telling of Jane Austen’s iconic novel Pride and Prejudice, as you’ve never seen it before!  Despite countless previous and Read More …

The Rocky Horror Show | World Tour | Review

The Rocky Horror Show Theatre Royal Brighton 3rd – 7th January Yes, this is YET another Theatre South East review of the Rocky Horror Show. We unashamedly know that we have reviewed it several times before, but we, like many Read More …

The Wind in the Willows | Chichester Festival Theatre | Review

The Wind in the Willows Chichester Festival Theatre 17 – 31 December 2022 The Christmas holidays has got off to a terrific start with Chichester Theatre’s critically acclaimed Youth Theatre performing Alan Bennett’s adaptation of the classic tale Wind in Read More …