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Review: Jane Eyre, Brighton Open Air Theatre, June 23 ★★★★

Staging Charlotte Bronte’s gothic romance outdoors in a fractured English summer is a risky business; not only must the characters convey the tortured anxieties of forbidden love in the candle-lit shadows and attics of Thornfield Hall, they must compete with cackling seagulls, traffic sirens up Dyke Road and gusting seabreezes.

Proof, New Venture Theatre, Brighton, until Saturday ★★★★★

The "proof" of the title is plural. The brilliantly crafted play demonstrates almost limitless numbers; there is the mathematical proof which proves Catherine’s ability and the right to be her father’s daughter; there is proof of sibling affection, of passion inspired by discovery and of the instant connection which creates love.