Arts REVIEW: Spiegeltent: Lost in Transit Although some of the narrative was lost in transit the show delivered an entertaining evening full of thrills and some moments of delightful oddness that warmed the audience up to a roaring handclapping appreciative finale. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Pink Fringe: Get A Round This is fresh, raw theater, using common clichés and sad tragic lives to spear us with some uncomfortable truths about our empty consumer lives. One of my fringe highlights so far! You will love them and they will love you, unconditionally. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Cabaret REVIEW: Festival: Beyond This show is a stunner, full of signature pieces, and also some new jaw dropping tricks and ensemble routines that are breathtakingly good. This is a troupe very sure of itself and its grasp on this interesting blend of contemporary dance, acrobatics, circus arts and clowning. It’s a heady mix and w By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Fringe: carMen Set in the gay community of liberal 1920s Spain. José, the central character in this all-male reworking of Bizet’s tragic opera, is sexually confused and dominated by a strictly religious upbringing. His infatuation with handsome Carmen leads to inner turmoil and tragedy – a journey which reflects t By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Fringe: I need a Doctor How do you write a Doctor Who musical without getting shut down by the BBC? Jamie Wildon & Jess Sprey try their very best in this unauthorized Whosical show. Watch their time traveling hero’s battle copyright-free villains the ‘Exterminators’ and ‘Cybergents’ in this award-winning musical comedy. Th By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Late Show: Basement The Late Show Basement The Otherplace FINISHING off the night at The Late Show in the basement was soft, and relaxing, with an apparently French Chanteuse and her smoky throaty blues heavy songs with just the right streak of anger and hope mixed in. This was a late night laid back show, with no pret By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Shit-faced Showtime: Basement Shit-faced Showtime The Otherplace Magnificent Bastard Productions From the very same crew that brought us last years Shit-faced Shakespeare comes an all new, all singing, all dancing, parody musical revue. This fresh-from-rehab group of musical performers are taking us on whistle stop ‘Shit-faced By Eric Page • 3 min read
News THEATRE REVIEW: Rebecca Following the mysterious death of his first wife, Maxim de Winter returns to Mandalay with his new young bride. Surrounded by memories of the glamorous Rebecca, the new Mrs De Winter is consumed by jealousy. She sets out to uncover the secrets of the house and a past fiercely guarded by the sinister By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts THEATRE REVIEW: Oklahoma From the wonderfully evocative opening sequence when Ashley Days’ big creamy voice rings out across the theatre and we all knew we were in for a wonderful journey across the Midwest. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Out of Orange: A Memoir Out of Orange chronicles Wolter’s time in the drug trade, her incarceration, her friendships and acquaintances with odd cellmates, her two marriages, and her complicated relationship with Piper.. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda With a bright enquiring and loving intelligent and geeky queer character at the heart of the narrative this coming-of-age, coming out story this is a splendid first novel from Becky Albertalli. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts THEATRE REVIEW: Therapy There were some find physical jokes too and for me the play really took off when the clowning was allowed to bloom, the Marlborough is an intimate space and with five folk being strange and manic on stage it can be quite an electrically funny. By Eric Page • 3 min read
