Arts PREVIEW: From iconic handshake to Queer bathtime singing – it’s all yours Brian Butler previews another range of shows for your delight, from iconic handshake to Queer bathtime singing – it’s all yours By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Spotlight on Eastbourne’s new theatre offerings Brian Butler finds lots to enjoy down the coast By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts THEATRE REVIEW: Spamalot @Eastbourne Spamalot Devonshire Park Theatre Eastbourne Funnier than the Black Death & lovingly ripped off from the hugely successful 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this spammier than ever production is full of misfit knights, killer rabbits, dancing nuns and ferocious Frenchmen. This is a gleefully By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Noel & Gertie@Devonshire Park Theatre Mtp’s new production of Noel & Gertie, based on the playwright’s 54 year friendship with Gertrude Lawrence is a perfectly charming night out. The love story, devised by Sheridan Morley from the couple’s letters and diaries, is told with all the Master’s flair and wit. Featuring song and scenes from By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rent @ Devonshire Park Theatre This show now in its 20th year and wrapped round the plot of La bohème centres on the lives of a group of impoverished young American artists struggling with identity, HIV, homelessness, politics, death and a world which doesn’t seem to care about them or their dreams. This interwoven group are fran By Eric Page • 3 min read
News PREVIEW: PINK MIST by Owen Sheers @ Devonshire Park Theatre One of the drama highlights at the Devonshire Park Theatre this season is Owen Sheers affecting and deeply moving; Pink Mist (March 7-11) which comes to Eastbourne for its only South East date. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Rent The new 20th Anniversary production of Jonathan Larson’s ground-breaking Pulitzer Prize – and multi Tony Award-winning musical RENT comes to the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne this spring. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Eastbourne Theatres Autumn season announced Booking is now open for Eastbourne Theatres’ autumn season, with a wide selection of shows for all ages, from comedy to high culture and whodunnits to rock concerts and family shows. By Paul Gustafson • 1 min read
Arts There is nothing like a Dame! On Sunday, December 20, Martyn Knight, who is playing Mrs Smee in Peter Pan at the Devonshire Park Theatre, reached his 600th performance as a Dame for Eastbourne Theatres pantomimes. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Traditional Panto at Eastbourne this Christmas The cast of this year’s traditional pantomime, Peter Pan got together in Eastbourne town centre to officially launch the show prior to its Christmas run at the Devonshire Park Theatre from December 11 until January 17. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Arts In Search of Lost Boys – Open Auditions in Eastbourne Eastbourne Theatres will hold open auditions for their professional Christmas pantomime Peter Pan this weekend. Open auditions to find boys to play the parts of John, Michael and the Lost Boys in this year’s Eastbourne Theatres’ professional pantomime Peter Pan will take place this Sunday, September By Alice Blezard • 2 min read
Arts THEATRE REVIEW: Flare Path: Terence Rattigan Celebrating the 70th anniversary of VE day Flare Path paints an evocative portrait of life in wartime Britain for the RAF bomber crews, their wives and sweethearts, who were left awaiting their return. Based on Rattigan’s experiences as a tail gunner during World War II and set in 1942 against a bac By Eric Page • 4 min read
