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 …