Aladdin | Marlowe Theatre Canterbury | Review

Aladdin Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury The story of Aladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale associated with The Arabian Nights, despite not being part of the original text. Aladdin is an impoverished young local lad, living on the Sturry Road in Read More …

Gaslight | Devonshire Park Theatre | Review

Gaslight Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne July 2023 Gas Light or Gaslight was written in 1938 by Hassocks-born Patrick Hamilton. Written during a dark period in his life, Hamilton’s thriller set in London in the 1880s is a dark tale of a Read More …

Absent Friends | Devonshire Park Theatre | Review

Absent Friends Devonshire Park Theatre June 2023 Eastbourne Theatres have followed last week’s production of Abigail’s Party with another suburban situation comedy of manners written just 3 years earlier in 1974. Scheduling the two plays one after another makes comparison Read More …

Sleeping Beauty | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury | Review

Sleeping Beauty Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury until Sunday 8 January 2023 First, an admission. Sleeping Beauty is not my favourite pantomime story. However, I have seen several Evolution pantos and if any company can flourish with the paper thin plot involving Read More …

Don’t Dress for Dinner | Devonshire Park Theatre | Review

Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne | until Saturday 30th July  Don’t Dress for Dinner | Review   Grumpily driving down to Eastbourne on Wednesday evening in the blistering heat, I considered sitting on a beach more preferable to a theatre. Luckily Read More …

Table Manners | Tour | Review

Last night I took another visit to The Capitol Horsham to see Table Manners which is the first in a trilogy of plays by Alan Ayckbourn set over a tense family weekend in the country. Each of the plays depicts Read More …