Elias String Quartet: St George’s Church: Brighton Festival Review
This was an exceptional evening of musical accomplishment and a real highlight of the festival for me so far, the Elias Quartet are simply superb.
Eric Page
Les chansons instrumentales: part 1: All Saints: Brighton Festival: Review
James Baillieu playing anything is worth queuing for, when he’s linked up with such a charming and sophisticated soprano as Irish delight Ailish Tynan then we know we are in for a treat and this delightful duet of songs and chamber music from Poulenc and Hahn was just that, a real treat.
Bullet Catch: Spiegeltent: Review
Rob Drummond’s show is more about theatre than magic. He examines free will, destiny and the butterfly effect of small decisions having monumental consequences.
Beowulf – A Thousand Years of Baggage: SpiegelTent: Review
This show has a few technical flaws, but it does have enthusiasm, talent and chutzpah in bucket loads and that makes for an exciting fresh and memorable evenings entertainment that made me a laugh about an 8th century Anglo Saxon epic poem which can still delight in it’s endless questions of ‘meanin
Britten – The Canticles: Theatre Royal: Review
Neil Bartlett and Paule Constable’s staging of Britten’s Canticles is a beautiful, often sublime, experience in which the sacred and the earthly meet to powerful effect. Although most of the words are inaudible due to the operatic style of singing – my companion said he wasn’t sure he got one – this
The Lady Boys of Bangkok. The Sabai Pavilion. Review
Glamorous Amorous! With a title like that it could only be the Lady Boys of Bangkok back with a fabulous new show for 2013. Those lovely Lady Boys always bring a much needed injection of high camp and glamour each year to The Brighton Festival. This evenings show was a little slow to start but as
Roma Boys: Film Review
Roma Boys is an interesting take on the traditional gay love story. A faux documentary which incorporates presumably real documentary footage, it looks at prejudice that can be found even within a minority.