The Gift: Where Joy Meets Midwinter Magic TOMS has conjured something extraordinary this season—The Gift, an audacious experience blending participatory theatre, communal feasting, and ritual playfulness.
Partenope at ENO: As frothy entertainment with queer sensibility, this Partenope delivers more hits than misses...with enough sparkle to sustain the evening. Seventeen years on, it remains a glorious show.
A Most Delightful Evening of Theatrical Impropriety Austentatious at Theatre Royal Brighton, - 21 September Wit, charm, and just a touch of the risqué, whether you are a devoted Austen enthusiast or newcomer to the world of drawing rooms and country estates, Austentatious are masters of daft comedy that shall linger long in memory.
A Revolution of Hearts: Brighton Theatre Group's Magnificent Les Misérables ★★★★★ This is community theatre at its most vital and necessary—proving when hearts are this committed and talent runs this deep, magic happens.
Chaos, Curtains, and Cannibalism: Nature Theatre of Oklahoma's "No President" Tests Every Limit ★★★☆☆ "No President" explores competition, artistic identity, and the absurdities of show business, blending high art and low comedy with a political edge. It's work that refuses to be easily categorised or dismissed, even when it's driving you to distraction.
Spine-Tingling Spectacle: 'Ghost Stories' haunts Brighton Theatre Royal ★★★★☆ The disturbed perspective of the sets, subtly shifting lighting and sounds scapes all conspire to tip the audience into a state of unease; glimpses of wide eyes focus, expectant, held breathes, titialted nerve jingling.
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