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 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 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 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 …
Teechers – Leavers ’22 The Hawth, Crawley May 2023 The Blackeyed Theatre Company I was first introduced to two of John Godber’s plays ‘Bouncers’ and ‘Teechers’ during the early ‘90s at a repertory theatre in the Midlands. Both plays were Read More …
The Vortex Chichester Festival Theatre May 2023 Opening Chichester Festival Theatre’s 2023 summer festival is a fairly neglected early work from Noel Coward. It is now 50 years since his death, and The Vortex was the playwright’s first major success, Read More …
The Way Old Friends Do Theatre Royal Brighton May 2023 Any Abba super-fan is bound to know that ‘The Way Old Friends Do’ is a track from Abba’s 1980 album ‘Super Trooper’, but it is also the title of Ian Read More …
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells April 2023 Five years on from its production of Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four, the Blackeyed Theatre Company returns with a stage version of the final Sherlock Holmes Read More …
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 …
Home, I’m Darling Theatre Royal, Brighton April 2023 Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. Judy and Johnny lead a 1950’s lifestyle, clothes, décor, appliances. She stays at home while Johnny works as an estate agent. He hopes for a Read More …