Reviews by Simon Jenner Reviews “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” Theatre Royal, Brighton Stuart Deeks Solo Violin Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Ewartung” and “The Murderous Delusions of Gavrilo K” Grimeborn Festival, Arcola, Hackney BBC Proms Weber “Oberon”, Royal Albert Hall “A View From the Bridge” Brighton Open Air Theatre Perello Duo Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Shadowed Dreamer” Lantern Theatre, Brighton “Ad vs HD” Rosemary Branch Theatre, Camden “Short Stories of Life and Death” New Venture Theatre, Brighton “The Misanthrope” National Theatre, Lyttelton “Murder Games” Grimeborn Festival, Arcola, Hackney Miaoyan Li Piano Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Cosi Fan Tutte” Grimeborn Festival, Arcola, Hackney “War Horse” National Theatre, Olivier “Appropriate” New Venture Theatre Brighton “Local” Finborough Theatre Stelios Kyriakidis Guitar Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “I’m Sorry Prime Minister” Theatre Royal, Brighton “Tender” Bush Theatre “Noises Off” Brighton Open Air Theatre “Unknitting” Anita’s Room, Brighton Dome Alvin Moisey Piano Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Abigail’s Party” Theatre Royal, Brighton “-320°F” Sadler’s Wells “Wife to James Whelan” Jermyn Street Theatre “Uncle Vanya” Lewes Little Theatre “Archduke” Royal Court Theatre Louis-Victor Bak Piano Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Jerusalem” Brighton Open Air Theatre “Caterpillar” New Venture Theatre, Brighton “45 Years” Chichester Minerva Theatre Hammig String Quartet, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” Theatre Royal, Brighton “Slaughterhouse-Five” Southwark Playhouse Borough “Jane Eyre” Brighton Open Air Theatre “Soldiers of Tomorrow” Finborough Theatre “Under the Shadow” Almeida, Islington John Bruzon Piano Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “The Beekeeper of Aleppo” Theatre Royal, Brighton “Atonement” Chichester Festival Theatre “The Fastest Clock in the Universe” New Wimbledon Theatre “Do Not Attempt This Conversation” Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town “Teeth ‘n’ Smiles” Duke of York’s Theatre “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold” Theatre Royal, Brighton “The P Word” Bush Theatre “Resonant Void” Lantern Theatre, Brighton “Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances ” SweetVenues, Yellow Book, Brighton “Mother Courage and Her Children” Shakespeare’s Globe Paul Silverthorne MOOT Concert Viola and Piano Recital, Unitarian, Brighton Viola Lenzi and Isabella Gori Four Hands Piano Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Operation Mincemeat” Theatre Royal, Brighton “Quartet in Autumn” Arcola Theatre, Hackney “Counterattack: Youth ” The Brunswick, Brighton “The Dasslers ” Bridewell Theatre, London “Dark Noon” Corn Exchange, Brighton “Malory Towers” Theatre Royal, Brighton “The Love We Think We Deserve ” The Lantern, Brighton “Godot’s To-Do List, Krapp’s Last Tape” Royal Court Theatre “The Dance of Time” The Lantern, Brighton “Chemistry” Lantern Theatre, Brighton “Murder, Margaret and Me” New Venture Theatre, Brighton “Allegra” Theatre Royal, Brighton “Visite” Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill “Krapp’s Last Tape” The Rotunda, Brighton “Vapists!” The Lantern, Brighton “Jane Eyre” Brighton Little Theatre “Neddy Goes to Glasto” The Lantern, Brighton “Ashes and Diamonds” White Bear Theatre, Kennington “Flush” Arcola Theatre, Hackney “Kinder” The Lantern, Brighton “Evangeline” The Lantern, Brighton “Escaped Alone” Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Blatt/Darwin/Holford Baroque Violins/Piano Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Magic” at Chichester Festival Theatre “Chekhovian” The Lantern, Brighton “The Final Episode” The Lantern, Brighton “C’est Magnifique” WundaBarn at the SpiegelGardens, Brighton “Uccelini” Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill “Two Halves of Guinness” Park Theatre “Carmen” Theatre Royal Brighton Maurizio Baudino Guitar Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Between the River and the Sea” Royal Court Theatre “Nayatt School Redux” The Coronet Theatre “The Waves” Jermyn Street Theatre “The Choir of Man” Theatre Royal Brighton “Playhouse Creatures” New Venture Theatre, Brighton “Connections” Brighton Little Theatre “Iphigenia” Arcola Theatre, Hackney “Heart Wall” Bush Theatre, Shepherd’s Bush Market “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” National Theatre Lyttelton “The Ballad of Johnny & June” Theatre Royal Brighton Sussex Musicians Club Chapel Royal, Brighton “John Proctor is the Villain” Royal Court Theatre “Dear Jack, Dear Louise” Arcola Theatre, Hackney “Two” Park Theatre “A Doll’s House” Almeida Theatre, Islington Oliver Nelson and Vasikis Rakitzis Violin and Piano Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Waitress” Theatre Royal Brighton “Falstaff” Lantern Theatre, Brighton “Edward II” Jack Studio Theatre, Brockley “The Authenticator” National Theatre Dorfman “Death on the Nile” Theatre Royal Brighton “In the Print” King’s Head Theatre, Islington “Pack of Lies” The Barn, Southwick “The Old Ladies” Finborough Theatre Fumi Otsuki and Gisela Meyer Violin and Piano Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Arabian Nights” New Venture Theatre, Brighton “Summerfolk” National Theatre, Olivier “Vincent in Brixton” Orange Tree Theatre “The Crucible” Lewes Litttle Theatre The Regent’s Wind Quintet Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Aether” Jermyn Street Theatre Sussex Musicians Club Chapel Royal, Brighton “The BFG” Chichester Festival Theatre John Bruzon Piano Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Double Indemnity” Theatre Royal Brighton “It Walks Around the House at Night” Southwark Playhouse Borough “Bitch Boxer” Arcola Theatre, Hackney “Ukraine Unbroken” Arcola Theatre, Hackney “The Tempest” Brighton Little Theatre “Barnum, The Circus Musical” Theatre Royal Brighton “Last and First Men” Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill “Dear Liar” Jermyn Street Theatre Mandy Ching Man Liu, Bonnie Liu, Irine Chagunava Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “The Constant Wife” Theatre Royal Brighton “The Shitheads” Royal Court Theatre “Deep Azure” The Wanamaker, Shakespeare’s Globe “The Story of Peer Gynt” Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill “After Miss Julie” Park Theatre “Man and Boy” National Theatre Dorfman “Glorious!” Devonshire Park Theatre Eastbourne “The Tempest” The Wanamaker, Shakespeare’s Globe “Jerusalem” New Venture Theatre, Brighton “1.17am, or until the words run out” Finborough Theatre Ellie Blackshaw Violin Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Blood Brothers” Theatre Royal Brighton “Arcadia” The Old Vic “Dance of Death” Orange Tree, Richmond “The Gambler” Coronet Theatre Notting Hill Elise Jasmine Hills Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Midsomer Murders” Theatre Royal Brighton “The Rat Trap” Park Theatre “American Psycho” Almeida, Islington “The Lion in Winter” Brighton Little Theatre Yohei Nakajjina and Miho Sanou Viola and Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Mrs President” Charing Cross Theatre “Cable Street” Marylebone Theatre “Guess How Much I Love You?” Royal Court Downstairs “Being Mr Wickham” Chichester Festival Minerva Theatre Kitty-Maria Clarke, Marcus Martin, Nick Boston Soprano and Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton “The Olive Boy” Southwark Playhouse, Borough “Safe Haven” Arcola, Hackney “4000 Days” New Venture Theatre, Brighton “Our American Queen” Bridewell Theatre London “Single White Female” Theatre Royal Brighton Sussex Musicians Club Chapel Royal, Brighton “Orphans” Jermyn Street Theatre “The Playboy of the Western World” National Theatre, Lyttelton “The Rivals” at Orange Tree Theatre “Beauty and the Beast” New Wolsey, Ipswich “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” Orange Tree, Richmond “Pickwick and Weller” New Venture Theatre, Brighton “Christmas Day” Almeida, Islington “Sunny Afternoon” Theatre Royal Brighton Caroline Goodwin and Zhanna Kemp Soprano and Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Alice in Wonderland” Brighton Little Theatre Sussex Musicians Club Chapel Royal, Brighton “Little Miss Christmas” Southwark Playhouse Borough “Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson” Arcola, Hackney “Cockfosters” Southwark Playhouse Borough “The Mask Policy” The Hen & Chickens, Islington “Nachtland” The Lantern Theatre, Brighton “Q.E.D.” Drayton Arms, London “Ballet Shoes” National Theatre, Olivier “Here & Now” Theatre Royal Brighton “Forbidden Places” TSITSIT Fringe, King Alfred Phoenix Theatre, Golders Green “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” The Wanamaker, Shakespeare’s Globe “The Grim” Southwark Playhouse Borough “Darkie Armo Girl” Finborough Theatre “David Copperfield” Jermyn Street Theatre John Collins Organ Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton “End” National Theatre Dorfman “Jobsworth” Park Theatre 90 “Porn Play” Royal Court Daria Robertson and Jason Pimblett Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton “The Woman in Black” Theatre Royal Brighton Gema Lu Cai Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Mummified” Waterbear Music Bar, Brighton “Medium” The Lantern Theatre, Brighton Sussex Musicians Club Chapel Royal, Brighton “Kill Local” New Venture Theatre, Brighton “Kindling” Park Theatre 90 “We Are the Lions, Mr Manager” Brighthelm Centre, Brighton Emilia Karaliute Kankles Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton “This Little Earth” Arcola, Hackney “Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl” Southwark Playhouse Borough “The Unbelievers” Royal Court Downstairs “Mr Jones” Finborough Theatre “The Line of Beauty” Almeida, Islington “Women Only”, “Albert’s Bridge” Brighton Little Theatre Emily Jennings and Cassandra Mathews Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton “The Talented Mr. Ripley” Theatre Royal Brighton “Hedda” at Orange Tree Theatre “Crocodile Fever” Arcola, Hackney James Kirby Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts” Theatre Royal Brighton “Safe Space” Chichester Minerva Theatre “Ragdoll” Jermyn Street Theatre Paul Taylor Piano Improvisation Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Twelfth Night” The Tabard, Turnham Green Sussex Musicians Club Chapel Royal, Brighton “Salomé” Haymarket Theatre “Troilus and Cressida ” Shakespeare’s Globe “Blue/Orange” Greenwich Theatre “The Soon Life” Southwark Playhouse Borough “2:22 A Ghost Story” Theatre Royal Brighton “Hamlet” National Theatre, Lyttelton “W. M. D. Woman of Mass Deception” New Venture Theatre, Brighton “Lee” Park Theatre “Mistero Buffo” Pleasance Theatre Peter de Souza Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton “The Lightning Thief” Theatre Royal Brighton “Inter Alia” National Theatre Live “Keep Your Sunny Side Up” The Lantern Theatre, Brighton “Who Do They Think They Are?” The Actors, Brighton “Bacchae” National Theatre Olivier Jason Ma and Seth Schultheis Cello and Piano Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Remember Your Lovers” Finborough Theatre “The Poltergeist” Arcola, Hackney “The Truth About Blayds” Finborough Theatre David Lan “The Land of the Living” National Theatre Dorfman “Cow/Deer” Royal Court Theatre Upstairs Alice Birch “Romans: A Novel” Almeida, Islington Caroline Goodwin and Zhanna Kemp Soprano and Piano Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Hamlet”, Chichester Festival Minerva Theatre “Creditors” at Orange Tree Theatre Miller “The Crucible” Brighton Little Theatre Benny Ainsworth “Vermin” Park Theatre 90 “(God Save My) Northern Soul” Park Theatre 90 Beckett “Cascando” Jermyn Street Theatre Dominic Downs Piano Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton Sam Edmunds “The Chaos That Has Been And Will No Doubt Return” Southwark Playhouse Borough “Deaf Republic” Royal Court Theatre Downstairs Sylvia Akagi and Peter Golden Flute, Guitar and Voice Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Death Comes to Pemberley” Theatre Royal Brighton BBC Prom 55 Shostakovich “Lady Macbeth” Royal Albert Hall “Suddenly Last Summer”, Brighton Open Air Theatre BOAT Berniya Hamie Piano Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton “Don Giovanni” Arcola, Grimeborn Opera, Hackney Neal Hampton, Jeffrey Haddow “Sense & Sensibility” Arcola, Grimeborn Opera, Hackney “Twelfth Night ” Shakespeare’s Globe “The Wild Washerwomen”, Brighton Little Theatre at BOAT Adrian Lukis “Being Mr Wickham” Jermyn Street Theatre BBC Prom 35 Gubaidulina, Ravel, Shostakovich Symphony No. 13, Royal Albert Hall Bubil & Schonberg “Les Misérables” Theatre Royal Brighton Trio Cavatina, St Nicholas Church, Brighton Gail Louw “ADHD? WTF is ADHD!” Playground Theatre, Kensington Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti “Choir”, Chichester Festival Minerva Theatre John Joubert “Jane Eyre” Arcola, Grimeborn Opera, Hackney Sophocles “Electra”, Brighton Open Air Theatre BOAT Matt Jelf Song Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton Matthew Bourne “The Midnight Bell”, Theatre Royal Brighton Paul Gregory Guitar Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton Short Plays 2025 New Venture Theatre, Brighton “UnTethered ” Yellow Book Theatre “Extraordinary Women” Jermyn Street Theatre “Top Hat”, Chichester Festival Theatre Mercedes Gancedo and Quimey Urquiaga Soprano and Piano Recital Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton Robert Bolt “A Man For All Seasons “, Theatre Royal Brighton Handel “Saul”, Glyndebourne Chiara Atik “Poor Clare “, Orange Tree, Richmond “The Merry Wives of Windsor” Shakespeare’s Globe Shaan Sahota “The Estate ” National Theatre, Dorfman Ivan Hovorun Piano Recital Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton James Inverne “That Bastard, Puccini” Park Theatre 200 Fever Concert, Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” by Candelight, Brighton Pavilion Music Room Lynn Nottage, “Intimate Apparel” at Donmar Warehouse Sean Daniels “The White Chip” Southwark Playhouse, Borough Tim Price “Nye” National Theatre, Olivier Emily Jennings and Cassandra Mathews Song and Guitar Recital Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton Conor McPherson “Girl from the North Country” The Old Vic “Ghost Stories”, Theatre Royal Brighton Kwanita Lau and Charles Tam Violin/Piano Recital Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton Claire Dowie “H to He (I’m Turning into a man)” Finborough Sarah Kane “4.48 Psychosis” Royal Court Theatre Upstairs O’Neill “A Moon for the Misbegotten” Almeida, Islington Claire Dowie “See Primark and Die” Finborough Sheridan “The Rivals” at Brighton Open Air Theatre Regent Wind Quintet Recital Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton Jordan Ross, Lindsay Rosin, Roger Kumble “Cruel Intentions”, Theatre Royal Brighton Wagner “Parsifal”, Glyndebourne Sarah Ruhl “Eurydice” New Venture Theatre, Brighton Euripides “Medea” Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Frantisek Brikcius Cello Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton James Graham “Boys From the Blackstuff”, Theatre Royal Brighton Sussex Musicians Club Chapel Royal, Brighton Tolstoy, adapted Phillip Breen “Anna Karenina ”, Chichester Festival Theatre Joan Littlewood “Oh What a Lovely War” Brighton Little Theatre at BOAT Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti “Marriage Material” Lyric Hammersmith Claire Dowie “Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?” Finborough
