Book: Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse Lyrics: Fred Ebb Music: John Kander Faye Brookes returns to deliver another dazzling performance as the iconic Roxie Hart in this star-studded revival of the hit musical. The musical follows the story of married Roxie Hart (Brookes), an aspiring Vaudeville star who clamours for the limelight after gunning down her illicit lover Fred Casely. What follows is deceit and trickery as Hart leans on charming lawyer Billy Flynn (Strictly’s Kevin Clifton) to help save her from the noose and shoot her to the stars. It is a production with eye-popping choreography, iconic musical numbers…
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Writer/Performer: Katie Reddin-Clancy Director: Abigail Graham Reviewer: Lela Tredwell NOMINEE FOR BEST NEW PLAY AT BRIGHTON FRINGE 2018 BY WRITER AND PERFORMER SEMI-FINALIST OF ‘SO YOU THINK YOUR’E FUNNY’ AT EDINBURGH FRINGE With its bold imaginative exploration into life’s purpose and our connection to the spirit world, End Game holds its European premiere at the Brighton Fringe. Unlike it’s namesake play by Samuel Beckett, this End Game doesn’t see its main characters doing much waiting. Once it gets going, the souls requesting an audience come thick and fast. After a heart attack at age 80, while singing ‘Que Sera, Sera’…
Devised by: DNA Studio Director: Dor Frenkel Reviewer: Lela Tredwell Providing the surprisingly satisfying experience of watching other people assemble flat-pack furniture, RTFM (Read the F***ing Manual) is a highly engaging piece of interactive theatre that premiered at Edinburgh Fringe in 2024. With strong performances from Helen Harrison and Philip Honeywell, it combines physical theatre, an energetic soundscape and audience participation to explore the themes of loss, resilience and community. Before you even find your seat, Olivia (Helena Harrison) and David (Philip Honeywell) are to be seen struggling into the theatre space with boxes that will be familiar to those…
Isabelle Glinn’s character is a dedicated ice dancer. On the upper floor of Presuming Ed’s, Brighton’s premier cafe-bar, the audience join her – for this show only – on ice, just how she likes it. You’ll have to watch it to see how, but this reviewer thinks it’s seriously clever. It’s just one of many well-thought-out details in Glinn’s debut solo show, which still needs a bit of polishing to find the funny and really shine. Isabelle Glinn on Ice explores our titular character’s love of the ice life. Not the competitive side, of course, but the performance, the enjoyment…
Amelia Hamilton is thriving. She’s a woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths), proudly single and a comedy star you won’t want to miss. Her debut solo hour, Forget-Me-Not, is a tender personal exploration of being a young woman in 2025, explored through the medium of rap. And she’s great at it. Without missing a beat, Hamilton takes us through the topics of many a mid-to-late-twenties-crisis. Should I compromise my independence by coupling-up? What is the point of me? Aren’t we all just going to die anyway? Hamilton is instantly likeable and is a complete natural on stage. This…
We’re watching an attempted murder, live on stage at Brighton Komedia. A rambunctious rich tea biscuit is taking too many liberties, and is soon to be dunked-off by his former pals, Jammy Dodger, Bourbon, et al., in a dreaded Sports Direct mug. The Biscuit Barrel are a self-defined semi-professional sketch group who are making waves on the comedy circuit. Is their show best of the barrel, or are they leaving us with crumbs? Never fear, The Biscuit Barrel deliver a show that is jam-packed and doesn’t deserve dodging. Their energetic escapades serve sketch perfection, with a new idea ushered in…
Bird-based entertainment with mass appeal. It’s Saturday daytime, and we’re in the top floor of a Brighton pub, just by a busy road on the outskirts of town. The room is packed. We’re here for the tit pics, and we’re greedy for more. The gathering is for Guess the Weight of the Bird, an entertainment show devised by comedian John Thornton, in which audience members must guess the weight of birds for a chance to win chocolate eggs, gravitas, and possibly even £10,000.* The premise of this show is so fun, and there’s bird facts aplenty to expand the mind.…
Male toxicity and vulnerability unite in this complex, compelling hour of theatrical character comedy. We all know someone like The Cycling Man. A London-dwelling cycling fanatic whose wife left him, he has inflated ideas about the size of his penis and genuinely thinks he is one of the good guys. The audience join this anti-hero, Oliver, in Brighton Hospital’s A&E department. He’s clear that something is terribly wrong, but never mind, it is absolutely not his fault. His previously-AWOL wife is there to comfort him, she must have just gone to get a cup of tea… It is testament to…