Home, I’m Darling | National Tour | Review

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 …

Theatre South East’s 2022 Favourites

2022! Coming out of the pandemic has been amazing and a welcome relief for theatre employees and everyone who works in the industry, onstage, in the orchestra pits, behind the scenes and in front of house. The lights were lit, 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 …

The Lavender Hill Mob | Theatre Royal Brighton | Review

The Lavender Hill Mob Theatre Royal Brighton The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 comedy film made by Ealing Studios, directed by Charles Crichton and starring a stellar cast that includes Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James and Alfie Bass. Read More …

Noises Off! | National Tour | Review

Noises Off! Theatre Royal Brighton until 22nd October 2022 I remember being told of a previous production of Noises Off where a customer complained that the play was under-rehearsed and the Director kept having to go up on stage to Read More …

Life of Pi | Wyndhams Theatre | Review

Life of Pi Wyndhams Theatre Life of Pi is a Canadian philosophical novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry who explores issues of spirituality and metaphysics from an Read More …

Cludeo | Tour | Review

CludeoTheatre Royal Brighton June 2022 Based on the film Clue and classic board game, Cluedo is a brand-new comedy thriller. The much loved game was invented during WWII by a British musician, fire warden and munitions factory worker called Anthony Read More …

Boeing Boeing | London Classic Theatre Company | National Tour | Review

Boeing Boeing London Classic Theatre Company Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne June 2022 Boeing-Boeing is a French farce written by Marc Camoletti and translated by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans. It is set in 1962 in Bernard’s penthouse apartment, near Orly Read More …

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Tour | Review

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde New Wimbledon Theatre Studio Monday 23rd May 2022 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886 and written the previous year Read More …

Wuthering Heights | Tour | Review

Wuthering HeightsTheatre Royal, Brighton Tuesday 17th May 2022 As a massive fan of David Bowie, even I will agree that occasionally his dazzling career went off track and there are one or two albums that leave me cold – that Read More …