PREVIEW: From iconic handshake to Queer bathtime singing – it’s all yours
Brian Butler previews another range of shows for your delight, from iconic handshake to Queer bathtime singing – it’s all yours
Theatre
REVIEW: The Burnt City – Punchdrunk
We are ghosts in this narrative machine, and the action unfolds around us in small private performances or huge perfectly choregraphed set pieces, stunning in their reach and discipline.
REVIEW: Cluedo @ Theatre Royal Brighton
Cluedo was this; a great farce trying to escape from a rather dull game, but trapped like a trap in a trap, wriggling with all the energy of a committed talented cast, sometimes fighting against their material with real verve and mostly succeeding, but there were quite a few moments where it didn’t
FRINGE REVIEW: A Pole Tragedy
Brian Butler finds a narrow line between art and porn
FRINGE REVIEW: Acting Out’s ‘Best Served Cold’
Sean Denyer has created a dark gay revenge comedy with more layers than a Queen’s Platinum Jubilee trifle.
FRINGE REVIEW: Underdogs @ Rialto Theatre
Brian Butler finds a comic hero seven feet under
SPOTLIGHT: A Shakespearean queer romance
Brian Butler investigates a queer twist to Shakespeare’s most famous love story