Arts Theatre Royal Brighton launches Local Heroes discount To thank local workers Theatre Royal has launched its Local Heroes initiative, in which those who qualify can receive a discount on tickets. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Arts FEATURE: Brighton’s Theatre Royal roars back Brian Butler gets an actor’s view of Brighton Theatre Royal as it re-opens By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Indoor performances return Brian Butler hails the return of live indoor performances By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: An Audience with Armistead Maupin @Theatre Royal This was an unforgettable evening with the Tales of the City author celebrating the launch of his long-awaited memoir Logical Family. From his early life in the conservative South to liberal San Francisco, from his palm-reading Grannie to an awkward chat about girls with President Nixon, Armistead M By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts THEATRE REVIEW: Dreamboats And Petticoats @Theatre Royal Inspired by a multi-million-selling series of albums, Dreamboats And Petticoats breezed into Brighton on a wet Monday evening but managed to send the audience away from The Theatre Royal very content and humming numbers from the golden age of rock and roll, 1956-62. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Deathtrap by Ira Levin @Theatre Royal Broadway playwright Sidney Bruhl has had 11 years and 4 flops in a row and is getting desperate for another hit. So he thinks his dreams have come to true when aspiring first-time writer Clifford Anderson sends him what Sidney considers a sure-fire Broadway smash of a play called Deathtrap. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: The Wedding Singer @Theatre Royal Smash hit Broadway musical THE WEDDING SINGER will celebrate their 200th performance when it opens at Theatre Royal Brighton on Tuesday August 29! This 80’s musical will get you up dancing faster than your Dad at a wedding, is packed with songs which capture all the fun and energy of the Adam Sandle By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Jane Eyre @Theatre Royal The plot roars, of unjust life and hope, of love and wonder, of duty and cruelly, of lost folk and lack of opportunities and of the voices of clear minds that yearn and ache for recognition and love and it’s true to Bronte in that. Simple, evocative, engaging and seriously well acted this is thorou By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts PREVIEW: La Cage Aux Folles @Theatre Royal Written by Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman, and based on the 1973 French play of the same name by Jean Poiret, La Cage Aux Folles follows the story of Georges, the manager of a Saint Tropez nightclub, and his partner, Albin, a drag artiste and the club’s star attraction. They live an idyllic exist By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Relatively Speaking: Theatre Royal Alan Ayckbourn’s 1967 play takes a deceptively simple idea, stretches to what seems like breaking point, and then incredibly takes it further. By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: End of the Rainbow at Theatre Royal A hit in the West End and on Broadway, End of the Rainbow returns to Theatre Royal Brighton by popular demand, as part of a major new UK tour, starring Lisa Maxwell as Judy Garland. By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts ‘Of Mice and Men’ producers seek local dog for cameo role Does your pooch have star quality? If so then the Theatre Royal, Brighton is looking for a senior dog to appear briefly as ‘Candy’s Dog’ during the run of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men from Tuesday, April 19–Saturday, April 23. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
