Arts BOOK REVIEW Wild Things by Laura Kay An entrancing, delightful book about listening to your inner voice, the deeper under currents of desire and choosing the path less trodden, being impulsive, following your dreams and finding yourself out there, wild and energised. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: ‘Better Left Unsaid’ by Tufayel Ahmed Review by Eric Page After his wife suffered a vicious race and faith-based hate crime, which is recorded and goes viral, the tensions across this family start to fray. Imran calls out to his sister, living in New York, to return home to Bow, East London and support them in this complex family story By Eric Page • 3 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: ‘Survivor’s Guilt’ by Robyn Gigl Attorney and LGBTQ+ activist Robyn Gigl, whose books have won many prestigious awards, tackles the complexities of gender, power, public perception in this twisted plot of human trafficking in another powerful legal thriller featuring Erin, a transgender attorney at its centre. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Handmaid’s Tale @ English National Opera The ENO’s revival of The Handmaid’s Tale, depicting the story of one ‘handmaiden’ Offred in this totalitarian, theonomic, and neo-Puritanical regime, is taken from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, veers away from too much direct graphic brutality but is a scary view of what might be, and is unremi By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: ‘The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions’ @ Southbank Centre This retelling and centring of queer history is a searing read of patriarchy and the audience buzzed as they left, entertained but unapologetically magically queered up by these faggots and their friends. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Twelve Angry Men @ Theatre Royal Brighton Patrick Duffy serves up a quiet, reflective convincing ‘good man’ performance. Both fascinating and keeping the focus on the slow deliberate unfolding action. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: ‘From Mohair Suits to Kinky Boots’ by Geoff Deane This is a tale of a fortunate life, grasped and wrung out, told with self-depreciating humour by a man with some considerable insight into his own and the wider world’s bullshit By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie @ Theatre Royal Brighton It’s a triumphant toetapping trumpeting of gender diversity, celebrating untrammelled queerness as the core of being. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Brighton Early Music Festival BREMF review: Battle Cry: She Speaks @ St Nicholas Church This startlingly simple pairing of voice and instrument offered real insight into the emotional content of these pieces By Eric Page • 2 min read
Brighton Early Music Festival REVIEW: ‘The Whispering Dome’ by BREMF Lagnawi and Susso interacted exceptionally with the younger members of the ensemble and injected real energy into the performance, giving the younger people an opportunity to take part in something special with internationally renowned musicians. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Secret Byrd @ BREMF The Secret Mass was a beautiful opening gig to BREMF….with this sacred music made tangible, giving everyone something to sigh over By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: Peter Grimes @ London Coliseum (English National Opera) A night of grim fascinations. By Eric Page • 4 min read
