REVIEW: Dada Masilo’s Hamlet
Reading Time: 2 minutesOccasionally flawed, frequently compelling, most electrifying when it abandons its stated premise for something richer
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REVIEW: The Bodyguard: The Musical
Reading Time: 3 minutes'A thoroughly worthwhile evening'
REVIEW: Fish in a Kettle
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnique and thought-provoking, but this voyeuristic promenade piece often falls short of the scope it aims for.
REVIEW: Quartet in Autumn
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs a first impression, there is something almost disorientating about watching Quartet in Autumn in 2026. Not because the play itself feels outdated, but because almost everything surrounding the characters now belongs to a vanished social landscape.
REVIEW: Dark Noon
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs the show begins with benign birdsong, the houselights are still up. Audience members are seated on chairs along three sides of the stage at Brighton Dome, while the rest of us sit at a more comfortable distance in the auditorium.
REVIEW: It’s My Birthday!
Reading Time: 2 minutesIT’S MY BIRTHDAY!, choreographed by Julian Nichols and performed by Naomi Chockler, Chieh-Hann Chang, Elisa Chou, Grace Malone, and Paxton Ricketts is a captivating contemporary dance-theatre work exploring isolation, the struggle for visibility in groups and feeling left out while the party’s all for you.
REVIEW: Good Vibrations – A Celebration of the Beach Boys
Reading Time: 2 minutesCelebrating 60 years of Pet Sounds, the concert
began with the album performed in full in the first half, before moving on to a selection of the
band’s best-known hits in the second half, along with a few lesser-known songs for the die-
hard fans.
REVIEW: What’s Rotting in the Office Fridge?
Reading Time: 2 minutesInksplat Theatre Company previewed new horror comedy What’s Rotting in the Office Fridge? at 18 Candleriggs.
REVIEW: Revolution Days
Reading Time: 3 minutes'A vital force at the Citizens Theatre'
REVIEW: Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Exceptionally exquisite vocals elevated by innovative staging underneath a British icon.”