THE HOMECOMING. Ian Bartholomew (Sam), Keith Allen (Max) & Mathew Horne (Lenny) © Manuel Harlan Arts REVIEW: The Homecoming @ Theatre Royal Brighton Jamie Glover’s excellent production certainly brings out the dark humour of the play. It’s always exciting in the theatre to find yourself laughing and then almost immediately feeling slightly guilty for doing so. By Michael Hootman • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Rise and Fall of Little Voice @ Theatre Royal Brighton It feels like two plays have met in a bar, got a bit drunk, and forgot to untangle, when it shines Little Voice is brilliant and Bianco’s voice lifts the play way way up, but then when the miserable grubby grasping family drama restarts again, we lurch onwards into despair and hopelessness, no amoun By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Lillias White Sings Broadway @ The Crazy Coqs Brian Butler worships at the court of Broadway Royalty By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: ‘Sidney Fox’s Crime’ @ Above The Stag Brian Butler finds a true-life queer crime story totally gripping By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: Upon Her Lips – Butterflies Brian Butler finds enchantment and apprehension in the latest lesbian film release By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Private Lives @ Theatre Royal A period delight, executed with humour and panache and certainly one for Cowards fans or anyone interested in a certain type of arch, camp dialogue driven relationship comedies with a delicious vicious core. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Dr Who – Time Fracture This is a fun event for anyone who enjoys being thrown into a well-crafted world, or rather 17 different worlds with 13 possible storylines populated by believable, well-acted characters living in a real-time space created with attention to detail. As you’d expect it’s an inclusive show, very Queer By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts REVIEW: Hedwig And The Angry Inch @ Leeds Playhouse Brian Butler finds Divina De Campo’s stage debut electrifying By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Anyone Can Whistle @ Southwark Playhouse Brian Butler finds an underperformed Sondheim gem By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Dracula, starring James Gaddas Brian Butler is mesmerised by the King of the Undead By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Beautiful @ Theatre Royal Molly-Grace Cutler as Carole King is touching, she’s totally there, filled with charming vulnerable and buoyant hope, it’s a beguiling performance, hinting at the steeliness at Carols core and her tenacity to be heard on her own terms, and the second half focuses more on her music than the AWOL plo By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: Rurangi Brian Butler finds reasons to be cheerful in a new gender-diverse film By Brian Butler • 2 min read
