Latest articles from Tania Deaville
Brighton Fringe review: The Gingerbread Man, The Warren, May 26 ★★★★
Full of surprises, this adaptation of the classic tale pursued many unexpected tangents from the outset when a voice called out: “Are you here to see the Gingerbread Man? Well, he’s not here”.
Brighton Fringe review: Circus Vegas, Preston Park, Brighton, May 16 and 17 ★★★★
Set inside the mighty stars and stripes big top, Circus Vegas brings together all the traditional circus elements you might expect, plus Vegas-style show girls in scintillating costumes and feather boas.
Brighton Festival review: Penguins, Sallis Benney Theatre, May 12 ★★★★
Based on the true story of Roy and Silo, two chinstrap penguins, who were a same-sex male pair in New York City's Central Park Zoo, this dance theatre show was about the changing nature of family.
Brighton Fringe review: The Owl And The Pussy Cat, The Warren, May 13 ★★★★★
Using delightful hand-made puppets, live original music and their own contagious exuberance, this superb performance by Kitchen Zoo was the best of children’s theatre.
Brighton Fringe review: Circus’Sission: Those That Made The Cut! Brighton Spiegeltent, May 11, also showing on May 18, 19, 25 and 26 ★★★
Hailing from Australia, Head First Acrobats are back with this adult show Circus’sission.
Brighton Festival review: The Boy, The Piano and The Beach, Brighthelm Centre ★★★★
THIS wordless and otherworldly tale took the audience along with the boy on a seafaring adventure.
Review: Tipping Point, Brighton Dome, April 5 ★★★★
Performed by five high-fliers of British Circus Theatre, Tipping point was an intimate and exhilarating show of contemporary aerial art.
Review: Wind in the Willows, Brighton Open Air Theatre, until Sunday ★★★
WHO would have thought that a children’s book published in 1908 and first adapted for the stage as Toad Of Toad Hall in 1929 would still be a hit in 2017?