Arts Theatre Review: Brighton Centre: Starlight Express: Magnificent entertainment! Starlight Express was conceived during the 1970s. Andrew Lloyd Webber wanted to write a musical adaptation of Rev W. Awdry’s, railway series books, featuring Thomas the Tank Engine. However, Awdry and Lloyd Webber could not come to terms over the use of the characters, Awdry feeling Lloyd Webber wan By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Theatre Review: Theatre Royal: Rocky Horror Show The kinky tale tells the story of a newly engaged couple getting caught in a storm. Naturally, their car breaks down. In need of a phone, the hapless duo come across a spooky castle, home to the debauched Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a pansexual, cross-dressing mad scientist portrayed by a strapping Oliver T By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Music Music Review: St Mary’s Church: Abi Wade & Patrick Wolf Cellist, vocalist and percussionist Abi Wade mesmerized as support for Patrick Wolf within the glorious, yet rather chilly, setting of St Mary’s Church in Kemptown. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News Theatre Review: Theatre Royal: 9-5 The Musical A fun, distracting and delightful feel-good musical with no hidden depths to worry you. A musical show that’s a delight to recommend, but then that’s Dolly for you; never leaving a rhinestone unturned. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts Theatre Review: Haunting Julia by Alan Ayckbourn A ghost story on a cold dark winter’s night at the grand old Theatre Royal? What a delight and in the hands of Mr Ayckbourn an entertaining treat too. Duncan Preston, Richard O’Callaghan and Joe McFadden star in the UK tour of Alan Ayckbourn’s study of grief, obsession and the supernatural and this By Eric Page • 3 min read
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane: ‘Shrek the Musical’ Shrek the Musical is composed by Jeanine Tesori with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. The story is based on the 2001 DreamWorks film Shrek and William Steig’s 1990 book.After an initial tryout in Seattle the original Broadway production opened to luke warm reviews in December 2008 and played By Besi • 5 min read
Features & Longread Brighton Centre: Holiday On Ice: ‘Speed’ The annual visit of Holiday on Ice to Brighton in January each year will not happen in 2013. Instead fans have the next three days to see this years new production, Speed. The show at times reaches stunning heights of entertainment combining the best in hi tech visuals with a stunning set, breathtak By Besi • 3 min read
Rupert Everett Arts Up close and personal with Rupert Everett Rupert Everett shot to stardom in the 1980s, playing the part of an openly gay boy at an English public school in the 1930s, in Julian Mitchell’s Another Country. I can remember seeing the play when I was a student in London. His smouldering looks and posh boy voice made a lasting impression on me a By Besi • 4 min read
Features & Longread Girls & Boys For the first time ever, the cream of Britain’s drag artists will appear on the same stage – as men in The Boys In The Band and then as their drag personas in The Girls In The Band. By Besi • 1 min read
