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REVIEW: The Shawshank Redemption @ Theatre Royal Brighton

January 25, 2023

The redemption of the title is a curious idea for men who neither wish for it or appear to strive for it, remorse is certainly explored but Andy seems to be the only person (man) advocating his own innocence in this sorry tale. David Esbjornson directs this confident cast with a firm hand, although some of the American accents were prone to drift around, but by drawing out believable performances, exploring the heavy emotional impacts of lost hope and the essential need for a person to find their own way, the cast gives this complex multi-layered bro-mo story a fascinating live exploration. 

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REVIEW: Noises Off @ Theatre Royal Brighton

October 19, 2022

Noises Off Theatre Royal Brighton This rather sweet 40th anniversary production of Michael Frayn’s play-within-a-play farce, directed by Lindsay Posner gave the appreciative audience exactly what they wanted last night, Theatre Royal Baths’ production offering up Felicity Kendal, Jonathan Coy, Matthew Kelly and Tracy-Ann Oberman and a brilliant supporting cast as they stumble their way […]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Enemy Within by Adam Macqueen

October 18, 2022

The Enemy Within’ is a cracking read,a gripping thriller and complex real Queer love story, of men struggling to be honest and real enough to grab love when it’s there, an adventure racked with radical threat and emotional trauma, a tender self-realisation story as Alex matures and understands himself and his family more, an on-point political history of a violent time of huge change,  and a stonking good who-dunnit and who-dunn-what.

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