Returning ritual: Mostyn Jones writes on Abigail Conway’s participatory candle ceremony for turbulent times.
Brighton
9 May 2021
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Review: House Mother Normal at Brighton Festival (online)
5-31 May
By Harvey Bassett
Grey matter: Harvey Bassett reviews a digital installation from New Perspectives in the form of a ‘deluge’ of voices from a nursing home.
20 May 2019
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Review: Séancers at Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton
16-17 May
By Harvey Bassett
Ritual resurrection: Henry Gleaden writes on Nigerian-American performance artist Jaamil Olawale Kosoko’s heady, emotional summoning of the Black dead.
15 February 2019
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Review: Cuckoo at Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton
12 February
By Harvey Bassett
Untranslatable: Henry Gleaden writes on Jaha Koo’s melancholy performance about the personal impact of South Korea’s financial crisis.
22 December 2018
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Review: A Pair of Pantos at The Marlborough, Brighton
18-20 December, then touring
By Harvey Bassett
Panto pedagogy: Hester Chillingworth’s pantomime ditches dodgy gags and tired tropes for a transpositive alternative.
26 June 2018
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Review: The Case of the Frightened Lady at Theatre Royal, Brighton
25 – 30 June (then touring)
By Tracey Sinclair
A certain charm in their reliability… Tracey Sinclair reviews the latest show from the Classic Thriller Theatre Company.
12 June 2018
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Review: Legally Blonde The Musical at the Theatre Royal Brighton
June 11 - June 16
By Tracey Sinclair
A tough act to resist: Tracey Sinclair falls for the big-hearted charm of Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin’s stage adaptation on its national tour.
28 May 2018
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Review: Magnus Volk’s Electric Train of Thought at Brighton Fringe 2018
Until 2 June 2018
By Tracey Sinclair
Tracey Sinclair reviews a one man show about an ingenious stretch of coastal electric railway
23 May 2018
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Review: DollyWould at The Old Market, Brighton
22 May - 26 May
By Tracey Sinclair
Brains and guts beneath glitzy excess: Sh!t Theatre’s love letter to Dolly Parton is gloriously chaotic fun.
14 May 2018
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Review: Rope at Brighton Fringe 2018
5 - 6 May, 10 - 12 May 2018
By Tracey Sinclair
‘Mounting claustrophobia’: Tracey Sinclair reviews Patrick Hamilton’s classic, as part of the Brighton Fringe 2018.
10 May 2018
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Review: Why I Had to Leave the North at Brighton Fringe 2018
7 - 13 May 2018
By Tracey Sinclair
Fancy hats and flower arranging: Tracey Sinclair reviews comedian Simon Topping’s solo show.
8 May 2018
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Review: Hymns for Robots at Brighton Fringe
By Tracey Sinclair
A sonic pioneer: Noctium Theatre tell the story of the woman who created the Doctor Who theme tune (and much more).
8 March 2018
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Review: Brighton Rock at the Theatre Royal Brighton
March 6 - March 10
By Tracey Sinclair
Going Greene: Bryony Lavery’s new adaptation of Brighton Rock is unsettling and menacing.
28 November 2017
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Review: A Judgement In Stone at the Theatre Royal Brighton
By Tracey Sinclair
Sunday night TV: Roy Marsden’s touring stage adaptation of Ruth Rendell’s classic thriller is solid and serviceable.
21 November 2017
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Review: How The Other Half Loves at the Theatre Royal Brighton
November 20 - November 25
By Tracey Sinclair
Ageing disgracefully: this Ayckbourn comedy’s best days are behind it.