The Woman in Black Theatre Royal, Brighton 26th February – 2nd March 2024 Susan Hill’s ghost story comes dramatically alive in Stephen Mallatratt’s ingenious stage adaptation which after celebrating over three decades in London’s West End, is back on tour. Read More …
Dear England Prince Edward Theatre The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game? The team has the worst track record for penalties in the Read More …
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 …
Operation Mincemeat Fortune Theatre Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deceptive operation of the Second World War to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. Two members of British intelligence obtained the body of Glyndwr Michael, a tramp who died Read More …
Groundhog Day The Old Vic Booking until August 19th 2023 A third musical based on an iconic film from a few decades ago is currently enthralling theatre goers in London, not in the traditional West End but at the Old Read More …
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 …
Men of the World Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne Preparing for a mystery trip to Scarborough three northern coach drivers pass the time remembering more exciting trips from the past, such as the one down the Rhine Valley. Stick hates his Read More …
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 …
Mrs Doubtfire Shaftesbury Theatre June 2023 Following the musical version of the 1985 film Back to the Future comes a similar treatment of the hit 1993 Robin Williams film Mrs Doubtfire The show had a rough old time of it Read More …
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 …