Arts REVIEW: The Father: Theatre Royal Recommend for those who like their theatre with some substance and enjoy a tour de force of acting. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Of Mice and Men: Theatre Royal This is a complex play about simple people, doing simple things with terrible consequences, it’s about love, kindness and brutality and the ties that bind them done with a vivid lightness of touch that engages from the off. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Jackie: The Musical: Theatre Royal The Musical has all the ingredients of a superb night out. It’s nostalgic, frothy and as substantial as a bubble being lit by a disco ball and exactly what this audience wanted. The packed house loved it, were up on their feet for the end of the show and left singing, chatting nosily away as they he By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Herbal Bed @ Theatre Royal This is a lovely piece of work, of plausible women doing daily struggle in a world where there’s no rewards for her gender for intelligence, companion, adventure or discovery, whose wiles and ability to see the bigger picture and spin a greater, more convincing story steers a ship of male fools safe By Eric Page • 3 min read
Dance REVIEW: Ballet Rambert@Theatre Royal This excellent show is worth catching if you’ve an interest in contemporary dance but Rambert also reward the first timer with their accessible dance and the audience at the Theatre royal left buzzing after this energetic thrilling evening. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Sunday Social Club @ Patterns & The Dog Hauz Patterns and the Dog Hauz have revitalized this old venue and provided a new, clean fun and engaging place to relax with friend, enjoy an raucous evening out or just kick back, eat some hot dogs and enjoy the carefully crafted ambiance. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: David Hoyle’s Seaside Getaway David Hoyle is one of the most accomplished performers who grace our stages and I would encourage, urge and embolden you to go see him next time he is in town. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Sunday Social Club: Pattens This sunday sees the launch of the first free Sunday Social Club at new-kid-on-the-block bar/restaurant and club Patterns – (where Audio used to be). It’s a new series of fun events at Patterns. The first of which will be a hosted game of Musical Bingo from 6pm, where you get to throw away the numbe By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Sauna the dead: A Fairy Tale A new short film about gay men and the way they treat each other, set in a sauna during the Zombie apocalypse…. By Eric Page • 2 min read
In The South Fan group mark LGBT history month at Amex Community Stadium To celebrate LGBT history month, two ten meter long banners were unfurled by football fans in the stands at the Amex stadium as the Albion and Bolton teams came onto the pitch at the beginning of their Football League Championship game on February 13. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Would like to meet: Rialto Theatre Great fun and certainly a funny alternative to watching bickering couples desperately trying to enjoy the over prices clichés thrust at them by the cities hoteliers and restaurateurs.If people are tired of overpriced Valentine themed evenings WLTM offers a completely different night out but still ba By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Magic Flute: ENO Mark Wigglesworth as conductor was an utter delight, he pulls and throws the music around the auditorium with all the playfulness and artfulness that it demands, with the orchestra raised up over the pit and part of the action, and with some of the players taking part in the staging this was a near By Eric Page • 4 min read
