Drop the Dead Donkey the Reawakening | Tour | Review

Drop the Dead Donkey – the Reawakening Theatre Royal Brighton Until Saturday 9th March as part of its national tour. There was a lot of love in the Theatre Royal Brighton last night as the cast of the 1990s TV Read More …

The Woman in Black | National Tour | Review

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 …

Peak Stuff | Minerva Theatre Chichester | Review

Peak Stuff Minerva Theatre Chichester Director: Neil Bettles Commissioned by ThickSkin and Lawrence Batley TheatreSupported by Shakespeare North Playhouse and Wigan Council A new play by Billie Collins Thursday 15 – 17 February 2024 I emerged from the Minerva Theatre, Read More …

The Circle | Chichester Festival Theatre | Review

The Circle Chichester Festival Theatre until 3rd Feb Tickets Currently playing at the Chichester Festival Theatre is Somerset Maugham’s 1921 play The Circle.  A romantic comedy of manners peppered with his trademark insights into human frailty, containing a large slice Read More …

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 …

The Three Billy Goats Gruff | Minerva Theatre Chichester | Review

The Three Billy Goats Gruff Minerva Theatre Chichester What a great way to start the build-up to Christmas, and potentially a life long love of live theatre, than with the joyful hit musical The Three Billy Goats Gruff aimed at Read More …

Sleeping Beauty | The Hawth, Crawley | Review

Sleeping Beauty, The Hawth, Crawley With the children grown and thankfully not at the grandchildren stage yet, I haven’t been to a pantomime for a few years. With the star-studded cast at the Hawth, Crawley this year I thought it Read More …

Christmas Concerts | Chichester Festival Theatre | Review

Christmas Concerts Chichester Festival Theatre 5 – 9 December 2023 The Band of His Majesty’s Royal Marines PortsmouthLed by Capt Dan Button RM and WO2 Bandmaster Matt Bowditch RM and Chichester Cathedral Choir, directed by Charles Harrison There’s no doubt Read More …

2:22 A Ghost Story | Tour | Review

2:22 A Ghost Story Theatre Royal Brighton Whatever your view on the existence of ghosts, things that go bump in the night have proved lucrative for writer/broadcaster Danny Robins of late: a successful podcast that’s now been adapted for television, Read More …

A View from the Bridge | Chichester Festival Theatre | Review

A View from the Bridge Chichester Festival Theatre A View from the Bridge written by Arthur Miller A co-production from Headlong Productions, the Octagon Theatre and the Rose Theatre Director: Holly Race Roughan Chichester Festival Theatre This masterpiece from Arthur Read More …