Arts REVIEW: Early Music Festival: KIRCHER: Music, science and natural magic The programme of music explored chapters from nine books of Kircher’s masterpiece through chosen pieces of music by Kircher, Biber, Vivaldi, Rameau, and Handel with a tarantella and some superbly moving traditional Hebrew songs. Soperano Grace Davidson was in fine voice her rich coloured tones filli By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Breakfast at Tiffany’s@Theatre Royal Based on Truman Capote’s novel, this is the story of a young woman in New York City who meets a young man when he moves into her apartment building; this stage adaptation by Richard Greenberg tries to recapture the elegant sense of the film. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: The Pearl Fishers@ENO This is a production with stunning set pieces, great voices and a fabulously wired chorus. Like the Storm in this production, it washed over me, was enjoyable and nice to hear but didn’t leave me beached, panting at the over whelming thrill of the night, most of the blame for this lack is Bizet’s th By Eric Page • 4 min read
A scene from Rabbit and Fiction from Life by BalletBoyz @ Sadler’s Wells. (Opening 20-04-16) å©Tristram Kenton 04/16 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com Arts DANCE REVIEW: BalletBoyz@Brighton Dome All male dance company BalletBoyz has made a triumphant return to Brighton with Life – a two-part show looking at life, death and some of the tones in between. The programme consists of two commissioned pieces from choreographers known for very different approaches and styles. By Paul Gustafson • 3 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Magda Szubanski: Reckoning Utterly superb, an eye opening book, even if you’re a hard hearted non laughing idiot who’s not interested in the perfectly pitched comedic work of Szubanski this profound and delicately entertaining book on a women’s struggle to illuminate and understand a stunning family history that reflects the By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Shopping and F***ing@Lyric Hammersmith Back after twenty years, Mark Ravenhill writes of the original production of his quote-unquote-controversial play that; By David Hodgson • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Room with a View@Theatre Royal It’s not often you get to mention firm male butts, swift flashed cocks and Felicity Kendal in the same sentence, not even with the breadth of social life that your reviewer enjoys, it’s even rarer to see naked men and the divinely poised Ms Kendal on a stage together but last night at the Theatre Ro By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Aida:Verdi Kent’s trademark style of splendour, glamour and stuffing in as much pomp, activity and energy as possible on the stage works well with Aida, and gave it the much needed epic feel By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs: The Dome Early on in the show Cumming invites us to ‘open your heart and take off your judgey hat’ – complete anathema to a critic – yet by the close my heart was indeed filled with no small measure of love for my fellow man, and my ‘judgey hat’ (a fur-lined fedora if you must know) had been tossed recklessl By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Arts OPERA REVIEW: Nabucco With some charming walk on by local young people and children from The Theatre Workshop this was a lovely engaging piece of opera presented in Ms Kent’s trademark way, lot’s of drama, quality singing and an intimate feeling of seeing good opera done in a straight foreword way By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Miss Hope Springs at the Nightingale Room Miss Hope Springs paid a rare visit to Brighton last Friday (September 30) to raise money for the Sussex Cancer Fund and what a splendid treat it was for the sold out audience. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at 88 London Road This is a spirited version of Stephen Sondheim’s musical of murder, revenge and madness. It has some very good performances, it’s well paced, finely costumed and designed, and, apart from problems with the acoustics – words are often drowned out by the band which is a shame as Sondheim is such a sup By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
