Arts FEATURE: It’s Showtime, Folks! Part Two There are still a bunch of musical theatre treats to catch on BBC iplayer, but hurry because some disappear this coming weekend. There are two Elaine Page programmes to watch, with the First Lady of British MT at her best. In Elaine Page at the BBC, we get a compilation of her many tv moments. […] By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Footloose @ Theatre Royal There are a few extra songs shoehorned in, including a rather delightfully silly rendition of ‘Holding out for a Hero’ which allows Jake Quickenden to show off their rather more muscular skills & body and offer the mostly older female audience some energetic but light titillation whilst Darren Day s By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Steve @ Seven Dials Playhouse Brian Butler cant get enough Steves in this marvellous Queer comedy By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: It’s Showtime, Folks – Part One In a two-part series Brian Butler enjoys a feast of Musical Theatre on BBC tv By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me Brian Butler is blown away by Outlander’s John Bell in his stage debut By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts AT HOME WITH HOOTMAN: From ‘The Tinder Swindler’ to ‘The Real Charlie Chaplin’ What’s hot on the box? Michael Hootman tunes into the best and worst TV and film By Michael Hootman • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Ignite: Fire & Fantasy at Nymans This winter after-dark experience offers the enchanting effects of fire, light and lanterns throughout the garden at Nymansm, a perfect setting for an illuminated trail, where you wander between flickering flames and majestic trees. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: An Evening Without Kate Bush Brian Butler has a funny crazy evening without Kate Bush By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Riot Act streamed from Hackney Empire Brian Butler is blown away by Alexis Gregory’s tour de force monologue show By Brian Butler • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Village of Eight Graves by Seishi Yokomizo The book is a delight, twisting and turning in gothic wonder in your mind, bringing to life place and character with deft prose and the narrative grips from the off. I really enjoyed the grip of the tension and adored the slow in relentless discovery of the awful truth by the fun detective Kindaichi By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: Femme Brian Butler finds much to ponder in a new short film about femme boy Jordan By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Fake-Up by Justin Myers This is a lovely exploration of people struggling to have it all and realising that perhaps it’s just each other that they really want, and managing their own, and others expectations of what love can, and should be about. By Eric Page • 2 min read
