REVIEW: Aida:Verdi
Kent’s trademark style of splendour, glamour and stuffing in as much pomp, activity and energy as possible on the stage works well with Aida, and gave it the much needed epic feel
Eric Page
OPERA REVIEW: Nabucco
With some charming walk on by local young people and children from The Theatre Workshop this was a lovely engaging piece of opera presented in Ms Kent’s trademark way, lot’s of drama, quality singing and an intimate feeling of seeing good opera done in a straight foreword way
BOOK REVIEW: Beijing Comrades: Bei Tong.
The book follows the passionate and hugely engaging gay love story of Handong and Lan Yu and is placed in the upheaval of a China bursting out of the repressions of Mao and into a modern state.
REVIEW: The Science of Instruments: Museum Lab
Richard Earle, a Lewes-based oboe maker and player had endless fascinating throw away facts which would have taken a whole lecture just to tease apart and explore on their own and his charming modest and amusing tone kept the more arcane and technical sides of the talk interesting for a non player.
PREVIEW: Brighton Early Music Festival: Nature & Science
BREMF 2016: Nature & Science OBSERVATION, DISCOVERY, INVENTION, CREATION 28th October to 13th November Brighton Early Music Festival, known as BREMF, is a world leader in pioneering dynamic events which make music from the last 1000 years and from many parts of the world, relevant and exciting to mo
BOOK REVIEW: THE GOOD SON: Paul McVeigh
Profound, funny, gripping and this book touched me moving deftly beyond life in Northern Ireland and getting to grips, with a confident prose with the bigger issues in growing up and out.
REVIEW: BRIGHTON ART FAIR & MADE BRIGHTON: DOME
BRIGHTON ART FAIR & MADE BRIGHTON Brighton Dome – The Corn Exchange Usually two separate events but due to the refurbishment of the Dome they are joined and skipping hand in hand though the weekend with a huge array of arts, crafts and plenty of artists and delightful things to see and buy. Brighton