Reviews

By Gary Murray “No woman ever made history by following the rules” Many of us are familiar with the story of the Battle of Britain in 1940 when the brave pilots of the RAF defended us from a feared German invasion. And rightly so. But Spitfire Girls, a new play

By Gary Murray “History is made by the women you push too far.” Sara Wesker was one of those women and she is brought to life in this Blue Fire Theatre production, which takes this position as its starting point. You may recognise the name Wesker. Sara was the aunt

By Gary Murray The London Classic Theatre touring company bring their production of this Alan Ayckbourn play to the Devonshire Park Theatre this week. Just Between Ourselves was written one bleak Scarborough winter during the 1970s. Like many of Ayckbourn’s plays, there is a great deal going on beneath

By Gary Murray They’ve done it again! Oh yes they have! The team that regularly presents the Devonshire Park Theatre’s annual panto has pulled off yet another cracking show. From the opening Oasis number, through the spectacular first-half finale and beyond, you know you’re in good hands.

By Gary Murray As part of an extensive tour, Blackeyed Theatre brought their production of Dracula to the Devonshire Park Theatre last night. Like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Dracula is one of the classics of Victorian literature. Count Dracula resides in a castle in Transylvania, modern-day Romania. He is about

By Gary Murray With the success of podcasts such as Serial and many dramas and documentaries, the true-crime genre is extremely popular right now. The 'Makings of a Murderer 2' tour, very much designed to appeal to that audience, arrived at the Royal Hippodrome in Eastbourne last night