Lord of the Flies Chichester Festival Theatre Fri 19 Sep – Sat 11 Oct 2025 It is often said that a football match is a game of two halves. This production of William Golding’s celebrated and widely read novel published in 1954 Read More …
Suddenly Last Summer Brighton Open Air Theatre In 1936, in the Garden District of New Orleans, Mrs. Violet Venable, an elderly socialite widow from a prominent local family, has invited a doctor to her home. She talks nostalgically about her son Read More …
The Thirty Nine Steps Brighton Open Air Theatre Another Sure Fire Hit from “Cue Fanfare” at Brighton’s open-air theatre and this one ticks all the boxes! Based on the 1935 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll – it is Read More …
North by Northwest Theatre Royal, Brighton I have written before that Emma Rice is the theatrical equivalent of David Bowie. She literally throws so much at one of her productions that inevitably not everything works however enough of what is Read More …
The Shark is Broken Theatre Royal Brighton until Saturday 12th April The Shark Is Broken is a comedy written by British playwrights Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon which explores the behind-the-scenes drama that took place during the filming of the Read More …
Flutter-Bye Ironworks Studios, Brighton Set against the backdrop of Summer 1982, Flutter-Bye follows Mary as she packs up the detritus-filled bedroom of her Brighton home, a seemingly simple act that unearths a lifetime of memories, regrets and long-buried dreams that Read More …
The Last Laugh Theatre Royal Brighton until 15th February 2025 Direct from a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Last Laugh is a brand-new laugh-a-minute play which re-imagines the lives of three of Britain’s all-time greatest comedy heroes Read More …
Once again, the team at Theatre South East have had the privilege of reviewing many shows during 2024! If you have invited us along to your production, thank you very much! We are sorry that we couldn’t attend everything but Read More …
Beauty and the Beast Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury This was my fourth consecutive trip to Canterbury to see the ‘world-famous’ Marlowe Theatre pantomime. It’s been an incredible 27 years since Beauty and the Beast was the subject and it was in Read More …
1984 Theatre Royal, Brighton Until Sat 2nd November (then continues on tour) 1984 is a dystopian novel and the final book completed in the lifetime of George Orwell. It centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repression of Read More …