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Car-free day out: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Car-free day out: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

People are encouraged to travel sustainably and leave the car at home. We own a small car but travel by public transport when we can. We travelled from Eastbourne to Rye Harbour by public transport for a grand day out in a natural coastal environment. How did it go? The

REVIEW: Murder by Misadventure

REVIEW: Murder by Misadventure

By Paul Bromley This is the third and final Summer Playhouse production at the Devonshire Park Theatre. The first two, Strangers on a Train and Bedroom Farce, were a psychological thriller and comedy. Murder by Misadventure, written by Edward Taylor, is harder to characterise by genre: it’s neither a

REVIEW: Bedroom Farce

REVIEW: Bedroom Farce

By Gary Murray The Summer Playhouse at The Park season at the Devonshire Park Theatre is a series of three plays presented by phil&ben productions using a company of actors in different roles. After the psychological thriller Strangers On A Train, the first in the series, Alan Ayckbourn’

REVIEW: Strangers On A Train

REVIEW: Strangers On A Train

By Gary Murray Is there such a thing as ‘the perfect murder‘? This question is at the heart of Strangers On A Train, brought to the Devonshire Park Theatre by philandben productions. As they did last year, the company is presenting three plays as part of this season’s Summer

Little Women

Little Women

By Paul Bromley I’ll start with a confession: I’ve never read Little Women. Nor have I seen any TV, film or stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic tale. So it was with an open mind and no pre-conceived notions that I took my seat in

Spitfire Girls

Spitfire Girls

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

Chopped Liver and Unions

Chopped Liver and Unions

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