Arts REVIEW: Cluedo 2 @ Theatre Royal Brighton If there’s one silver lining to be found in this tangled web of theatrical missteps, it’s the brevity of the production. Like a swift accusation in the final moments of a Cluedo game, the end mercifully arrived, sparing the audience any further agony. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Previews PREVIEW: Queer cowboys, a Grindr musical, Eurovision and Miss Hope Springs You wait forever for one show about queer cowboys, and then along come two. Not only that, there’s a musical about Grindr, the return of everybody’s favourite Jamie, and more of the faded star that never was Miss Hope Springs. By Brian Butler • 4 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Forbidden love, prison life and murderous music Brian Butler finds plenty to sing and dance and shout about at Brighton’s Theatre Royal By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Death Drop: Back In The Habit Brian Butler talks to some of the Drag Royalty ahead of their murderous visit to Brighton By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Noises Off @ Theatre Royal Brighton Noises Off Theatre Royal Brighton This rather sweet 40th anniversary production of Michael Frayn’s play-within-a-play farce, directed by Lindsay Posner gave the appreciative audience exactly what they wanted last night, Theatre Royal Baths’ production offering up Felicity Kendal, Jonathan Coy, Matth By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Covid measures at the theatre Brian Butler seeks clarity on continued covid measures in theatres By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Footloose @ Theatre Royal There are a few extra songs shoehorned in, including a rather delightfully silly rendition of ‘Holding out for a Hero’ which allows Jake Quickenden to show off their rather more muscular skills & body and offer the mostly older female audience some energetic but light titillation whilst Darren Day s By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts FEATURE: Sondheim, Strictly, and Showtunes in store Brian Butler looks forward to Musical Theatre and dancing Heaven By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Dresser @ Theatre Royal Clary can make us laugh, and did so, with the right amount of wit, throw away and melancholic observations, the audience adored him. This part calls for some bitter spitting viciousness and here there was no mean, just sweetness curdled, no claw or nail, just bitterness and empty threat. A camp mise By Eric Page • 3 min read
