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REVIEW: Moby Dick @ Theatre Royal (Brighton Festival)

REVIEW: Moby Dick @ Theatre Royal (Brighton Festival)

‘Let faith oust fact; let fancy oust memory; I look deep down and do believe.’ Seriously impressive puppeting , a wonderful evocative show and worth experiencing if you can get or beg a ticket.

REVIEW: Van Gogh Alive @ Brighton Dome Corn Exchange

REVIEW: Van Gogh Alive @ Brighton Dome Corn Exchange

Eric Page reviews “engaging and thoughtful” Van Gogh Alive at Brighton Dome

BOOK REVIEW: Panic Response by John McCullough

BOOK REVIEW: Panic Response by John McCullough

This is superb LGBTQ+ poetry, poems from a queer voice of the highest quality, a book to return to, to open at random, to let into your mind to cavort. McCullough is also (and I’ve said this before) a bloody good read.

REVIEW: The Way Old Friends Do @ Theatre Royal Brighton

REVIEW: The Way Old Friends Do @ Theatre Royal Brighton

Great fast paced fun for fans of modern relationship comedy, light touch while pretending to be something deeper, a must for those who worship at the Alter of ABBA with plenty of original music scattered throughout the evening.

Classical REVIEW: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs @ ENO

Classical REVIEW: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs @ ENO

This haunting performance of Henryk Górecki’s Third Symphony is a startlingly but soothing staging from the ENO yet again showing us what a dedicated team of people can do with imagination, flair and a determination to explore and share the very best of music with a diverse and invested audience.

Opera Review: la Bohème @ Theatre Royal Brighton

Opera Review: la Bohème @ Theatre Royal Brighton

This is an utterly charming performance, with some of Kents signature touches, a stage filling bit of spectacle, live orchestra, La Boehme is a romantically sad story, ending in tragedy but with some delightful set pieces celebrating love hope and beauty

BOOK REVIEW: First Time for Everything by Henry Fry

BOOK REVIEW: First Time for Everything by Henry Fry

Author Fry centres Danny’s increasingly erratic choices in the narrative allowing us to explore with him, enjoy the fall out, laugh at the raw painful awfulness of it and wallow in the reflective dialogue of his endless therapy and patient loving friendships. It’s a cool narrative engine and whilst

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