Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: Super Hamlet 64: Parody DLC @ Warren 2 Day is an energetic and engaging performer; he is charming and fun and clowns with a furious passion, helped along by an ability to contort his plastic features and sinuous lanky frame in many ways at once. His ability to perform to extreme is aided by the well thought out video mapping and under-st By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: For the Birds: Brighton Festival You hop on a bus, reminiscent of the mystery tours so favoured by aunts of mine in the 1970’s and are deposited in the dark, with some superb and wholly novel views of the city in the distance, it’s a long walk thought this night-time trail, like a crepuscular robotic nature watch we come across the By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Gaslight @ Theatre Royal Tightly written, well-acted and delightfully compact production with a few well timed thrills, Gaslight is a lovely night out and worth trotting along to if you fancy some rather delightful quality writing performed with relish by this safe engaging team . It is 2 hours 25 minutes (including interva By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: Rigoletto @ ENO A tragic story of jealousy, vengeance and sacrifice, Rigoletto is one of Verdi’s most popular operas. Jonathan Miller’s much-loved ‘Mafia’ production makes a welcome return to the ENO stage, relocating the action to New York’s Little Italy in the 1950s with a tightly cut ‘ Mad men’ swagger to the co By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts Nick Ford: Photographer extraordinaire Eric Page catches up with one of the cities energetic creatives; Nick Ford, photographer. He’s exhibited across the city, in galleries, festivals and has worked for many years at his chosen art. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: Lulu: ENO Considered to be one of the seminal operas of the twentieth century, Berg’s score creates a unique sound world that combines his lyrical gifts with powerful orchestral writing. A gritty exploration of sexual desire, it follows the downfall of the enigmatic Lulu, who shatters the lives of her many lo By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts 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. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Gay Dad: David Leadain With a candid foreword about his own experiences from Coronation Street actor (and gay dad) Charlie Condou this is a timely book reflecting the experiences of a sizable part of our complex LGBT world. We all known a gay dad…it’s time to understand them a little more. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Dusty – An intimate portrait of a musical legend Never simple, always passionate this is a seriously good biography for all lovers of Ms Springfield. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Purple Prose: Bisexuality in Britain: Kate Harrad This book is an important and relevant commentary on contemporary British Bisexual experience and a must read for Bi people and their allies from across the LGBTQ world. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Hide: Matthew Griffin I loved this book, it made me laugh and brought a tear to my eye and it’s rare a book does both, the narrative is huge and emotionally brutal, little details bringing the reality crashing in, but always human and real and the men’s relationship offered up with a tender honesty that reflects so many By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Our Young Man This is a throbbing candid, piercingly erotic, breathtakingly intimate story which hides behind nothing but its own delusions. It’s mirrors and smoke again for White, a theme he loves, and the way intention, direction, desire and fate all combine to present the world to us, and this books is him at By Eric Page • 1 min read
