Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: You give me fever – The Phaedra Cabaret Greek tragedy with a jazz cocktail twist hits Brighton Fringe. Laced with jazz standards and cocktails, this retelling of the Greek Phaedra tragedy creates a sultry tapestry of love’s eternal struggle with passion, addiction, choice and fate. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: According to Angelica@The Old Courtoom According to Angelica takes a fresh look at Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet from the Nurse’s point of view, offering up a rich backstory and an explanation of how she came to be Juliet’s nurse. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Bad Girls the Musical@The Old Market Bad Girls the Musical is based on the iconic TV series Bad Girls first broadcast in June 1999, highlighting life in the fictional women’s prison HMP Larkhall. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: A Very Queer Nazi Faust @ Dandifest Celebrating 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality, and highlighting the genocide of disabled people under the current Conservative Government, Vince Laws premieres the first act of A Very Queer Nazi Faust during the launch party in Norwich for Dandifest 2017. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: Deep in The Heart of Me @ Sweet Waterfront 2 Thirty years on from Shirley Valentine, Janet takes a holiday to Greece. There she meets the woman of her dream, in a suit and tie singing Frank Sinatra songs. To a backdrop of his greatest hits, All or Nothing at All, Strangers in the Night, I’ve Got you under my Skin their romance unfolds and Jane By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: Fall of Duty @ Sweet Waterfront 2 Behind The Lines’ story of Edwardian actor Basil Hallam and forces’ sweetheart Elsie Janis makes a case for the value of creating something live from the archives, as opposed to being drawn into a maelstrom of escapist digital technology and online post‐truth‐alt‐right propaganda. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: At the Junction Café This play deals with very deep emotions, which are all the more powerful because they are repressed. Two strangers meet in a café. Who are they? What will transpire? At times moving, at times hilarious, this play explores human relationships today. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: Richard III (a one-woman show) An audience. Anything can happen. All the world is a stage. What part will you play? Pushing the boundaries of Shakespearean Performance, Brite Theater have re-imagined Richard III as a bold and engaging one-woman show. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Review: The Miser@Garrick Theatre, London Moliere’s classic satirical farce about the folly of greed returns to London’s West End with a rousing new adaptation by Sean Foley and Phil Porter. The play stars double Olivier award winning Griff Rhys Jones in the title role, alongside TV comedy star, Lee Mack, making his West End acting debut. By Paul Gustafson • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: A Chorus Line@ The Old Market This 1970s’ take on the putting-on-a-musical musical has a central premise fitting for its time: the audition as therapy. Seventeen would-be hoofers are trying for a part in a big Broadway show whose director (Louis Livesey-Clare) seems as interested in their souls as their dancing skills. If the da By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: Angel to Vampire! by Nigel Osner Nigel Osner brings Angel to Vampire! to the Sweet Waterfront for the Brighton Fringe after the show was very well received at the Edinburgh Fringe 2016. Nigel takes an intimate and engaging cabaret journey through a lifetime of yearning, illustrated by original songs and stories. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Thoroughly Modern Millie@Theatre Royal Based on the 1967 film, Thoroughly Modern Millie is a frothy, souffle-light musical comedy about sex trafficking. Having written that sentence I’m beginning to doubt my sanity but yes, it centres on an evil hotel owner (Lucas Rush) who kidnaps young women to sell them into the ‘depravity and licenti By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
