Theatre Delicatessen has popped up all over London since its formation in 2007, staging eight critically acclaimed productions in disused or derelict spaces. Working with ensemble casts to create immersive performances, it was nominated for Best Production and Best Entertainment at the 2010 Off West End ‘Offie’ awards for its format-busting arts festival, Theatre Souk.… [Read more…]
May 28, 2012
Samuel Beckett’s one-man play hauntingly evokes how time and age makes us strange to ourselves. Aidan Stephenson’s one-off performance captured this achingly well, shading between slapstick and quiet tragedy. The Lectern’s small stage was the perfect setting for Beckett’s unflinching exploration of personal loss. Under the harsh light of an uncovered bulb, Stephenson sat as… [Read more…]
May 23, 2012
Gary Mepsted’s psycho-sexual comedy drama about the twisted consequences of an affair comes with a warning that it is only suitable for over 18s. But it isn’t as grown-up as it thinks it is. The title refers to a physics phenomenon whereby the interference of two or more waves produces a new pattern. Here, this… [Read more…]
May 16, 2012
What’s in a name? Everything for hapless Jack, whose decadent alter ego Ernest pays him a surprise visit courtesy of his mischievous friend Algernon. Hi-jinks ensue and romance blossoms as everyone learns the importance of being earnest. Skylight Theatre sets this much loved comedy of manners and identity confusion in the 1950s, which is a… [Read more…]
May 16, 2012
Friendly, mini-skirted Rachael spends her days serving home-cooked food and tea in the café she owns in Bloomington, Indiana. But her life isn’t as straightforward as it sounds – because Rachael was born Eric. This one-hour solo show comes to the Brighton Fringe after a successful run at last year’s Edinburgh Festival. British writer and director Lucy… [Read more…]
May 13, 2012
Borders are fascinating, in part, because of the possibility of space in between. What could exist between two things? And what would it mean for identity, cultural or moral, to live there? This is the subject of Belgian theatre company Berlin’s latest project, a mix of media, technology and live action co-commissioned by Brighton Festival… [Read more…]
May 11, 2012
The walk from Brighton’s busy city centre to Black Rock, a patch of wasteland butting onto the coast, shadowed by a multi-storey car park, feels long – particularly late in the evening on a cold, windswept Thursday. As the Palace Pier twinkles into the distance and white seafront terraces give way to bulky flyovers and… [Read more…]
May 9, 2012
This intriguing piece of political meta-theatre frames its exploration of the complicity inherent in conformity in terms of the relationship between playwright, performer and audience. Devoid of a director, a set and acted by a different person each evening, it strips back the stage magic to ask: what’s really going on? In a small black… [Read more…]
May 7, 2012
dreamspeakthink’s latest piece achieves the near Herculean task of bringing something fresh to a play that has been constantly and exhaustively re-staged, most recently with Michael Sheen as the eponymous Dane. Set in the present day, it snips and reconnects the threads of Shakespeare’s text in unexpected ways, resulting in a multimedia experience that is… [Read more…]
May 2, 2012
Before Look Back in Anger transformed British theatre and turned John Osborne into a legend, the playwright was a stage manager and actor on the provincial touring circuit. When he decided to turn his hand to writing, the result was a thriller, The Devil Inside Him, set in a boarding house in the Welsh Valleys. Co-written… [Read more…]
May 29, 2012
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