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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

The Man Jesus , Theatre Royal, Brighton by William McEvoy

Theatre Royal, Brighton: Simon Callow's one-man performance of 12 characters from the life of Jesus is a hybrid affair, as if Alan Bennett's Talking Heads had been crossed with a m…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:37AM

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Talk to the Demon, Brighton Dome Concert Hall by William McEvoy

Brighton Dome Concert Hall: Director Wim Vandekeybus' UK premiere for his company Ultima Vez is ostensibly about demons, in the wider, dual sense of that word: the malign spirits of the…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:49AM

Monday, May 12, 2014

Brighton Festival: The Legend of Hamba, Brighton Pavilion Gardens by William McEvoy

Brighton Pavilion Gardens: Billed as a modern mystery play, The Legend of Hamba by Britain's leading African theatre company Tiata Fahodzi is a brief, vivid piece of outdoor physical th…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AM

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Brighton Festival - Opus No 7, Brighton Dome Corn Exchange by William McEvoy

Brighton Dome Corn Exchange: Dmitry Krymov's mixed-media piece balances the intimate and the gigantic. The first part evokes childhood, memory, loss and grief as it deals with the genea…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AM

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Pygmalion, Theatre Royal, Brighton by William McEvoy

Theatre Royal, Brighton : Shaw's 1912 play Pygmalion is perhaps better known in Lerner and Loewe's 1956 musical version My Fair Lady, yet the Irish dramatist's work is much mo…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:50AM

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Brighton Festival: My Life After, Dome Corn Exchange by William McEvoy

Dome Corn Exchange: Lola Arias' piece begins with tens of items of clothes raining down onstage. Along with many of the objects in the show, photographs, documents, letters, these are a…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AM

Friday, May 24, 2013

Brighton Festival: Winners and Losers, Dome Studio Theatre by William McEvoy

Dome Studio Theatre: This European premiere of Winners and Losers by Theatre Replacement and Neworld Theatre, Vancouver, focuses on male angst, friendship and middle-age. Two performers, Mar…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:09AM

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Brighton Festival: Zero, Brighton Dome Corn Exchange by William McEvoy

Brighton Dome Corn Exchange: Zero is a tragedy in five acts, a meditation on the weather, moods, passions and desires and a show which puts live blues/jazz music in counterpoint with convuls…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:43AM

Monday, May 20, 2013

Brighton Festival: Faust, Jubilee Square, Brighton by William McEvoy

Jubilee Square, Brighton: This outdoor performance of the famous Marlowe/Goethe story is set in the 1920s prohibition era. It uses fire, a range of dance styles from jive to breakdancing, an…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:33AM

Friday, May 18, 2012

Brighton Festival: Apparition, Brighton Corn Exchange by William McEvoy

Brighton Corn Exchange: Apparition experiments with real and virtual bodies. A piece for two dancers, it uses interactive technologies to synchronise physical movement with the projection of…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AM

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Brighton Festival: Trisha Brown Dance Company, Brighton Dome by William McEvoy

Brighton Dome: These four very different pieces from the Trisha Brown Dance Company take the audience on a journey from the expressive to the avant-garde. It's like a history lesson in …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AM

Friday, April 13, 2012

The Lady in the Van, Theatre Royal Brighton by William McEvoy

Theatre Royal Brighton: Hull Truck's touring revival of Alan Bennett's play is a beautifully performed and directed piece of theatre. It charts the relationship between the playwri…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AM

Monday, December 19, 2011

Monty Python's Spamalot, Theatre Royal Brighton by William McEvoy

Theatre Royal Brighton: Based on the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot is a curious hybrid of Arthurian legend and adult pantomime. It's bright, bold and colourful, perform…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AM

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