Cabaret REVIEW: Brighton Fringe: CircoPitanga An excellent hour of well crafted and seriously impressive skill. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Spiegeltent: Laura Moody Her music shouldn’t work, but how it does. Contradictory, clashing, cacophonies are all tied together with huge leaps of artistic faith, bridging gaps with harmonic reaches and plunging into the abyss with the rhythmic, percussive use of her Cello. She’s utterly nuts, and yet centred with a fearful By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest returns London’s queer film and arts festival, Fringe!, returns for its fifth year with over 60 events across six days, including screenings, talks, panels, workshops, performance and parties, taking over 14 venues in East London. By Contributor • 3 min read
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: Wolf Meat From the same group – Wildheart & Lyric – that brought us ‘told by an idiot’ last year this new outing Wolf Meat has a plot very loosely based on the tale of Red Riding Hood but based in a geriatric drug factory in a Croydon Council estate. This glamourized the world of drugs, porn and violence to t By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Fringe: Threesome Review: Threesome Theatre Box: Warren Brighton Fringe This new play examines the effects of changing the rules of engagement in a settled marriage played to a sold out house at the neat little Theatre Box over the weekend. Chris Willoughby’s delightful and subtle performance as confused and bemused By Eric Page • 2 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