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New Road , Brighton , East Sussex

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Paul Lucas-scott Paul Lucas-scott gave Theatre Royal a rating of 5/5

The Wizard Of Oz

What an amazing turnaround for the Theatre Royal Brighton. After years of pantomimes that have been increasingly tired and old, this year Brighton has a bright, fresh, faultless musical which is a joy to see from start to finish. The cast perform well, with no weak links at all and from the moment that the theatre falls silent for "Somewhere over the Rainbow" it is obvious that TRB has injected a massive dose of class into this year's production. The cast are not really household names, although fans of the T.V. show "Butterflies" may well recognise the Wizard, but all have superb singing voices and perform well in the full cast dance routines. Everything that you would expect is delivered in this production, a very clever "twister" scene, a Wicked Witch who deserves all the boos she gets, a Good Witch who is a comic genius, the campest Cowardly Lion and, of course, the wonderful residents of Munchkinland. Throughout the show, Dorothy stays true to the Judy Garland character that we grew up with and, she appears quite happy to let Toto steal a few scenes along the way. Tim Flavin directs this production, as well as taking the part of the Scarecrow, and he has made the most of the opportunity to bring to Brighton an all-singing all-dancing traditional Christmas show. This year "there's no place like"...the Theatre Royal Brighton.

Reviewed 9 Dec 2008

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Tara O'connor Tara O'connor gave Theatre Royal a rating of 5/5

The Wizard Of Oz

Absolutely fantastic! Loved every minute of it. Stayed true to the film. The cast were fantastic, Toto sooo cute. Would love to go again.

Reviewed 8 Dec 2008

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Mark Mark gave Theatre Royal a rating of 0/5

The Full Monty

Truly awful, after shelling out £35 to see it my heart sank as soon as they opened their mouths. Interesting they had Sheffield steel signage but the story was based in Buffalo! We left at the interval, the only highlight was spotting Preston from the Ordinary Boys wandering around during the break.

Avoid, watch the film instead!

Reviewed 15 Nov 2008

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Zyg Zyg gave Theatre Royal a rating of 0/5

The Full Monty, 13th Nov

What a load of nothing. The first 5 minutes were good - great music, a witty stripper. From then on downhill all the way. The movie was great, because the action was backed by great music. This version had poor music, weak lyrics and a weak script. We bought cheap standby tickets on the night and did not bother to see the second part. Save your money, and you wont be disappointed.

Reviewed 14 Nov 2008

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Hilary Arundale Hilary Arundale gave Theatre Royal a rating of 5/5

Romeo And Juliet

A beautiful, lyrical and passionate work by England's greatest playwright was drained of every gram of beauty and passion by the combined efforts of this director and cast. Quite an achievement. Shakespeare by way of Brecht with a nod towards the Sopranos. I can only wonder what the teenagers, who made up almost all of the audience, made of it.

Reviewed 27 Oct 2008

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Sally Cedar Sally Cedar gave Theatre Royal a rating of 2/5

Romeo And Juliet

For the first time in my life I walked out of a RSC production. I left quietly at the interval and found two other people leaving.(don't know how many more) we talked and found we were all frequent theatre goers and had had enough of this one.

The set was unrelievedly black and dreary and somehow meaningless. This wasn't Macbeth - this was Romeo and Juliet for heaven's sake. The dreariness of the set seemed to permeate the whole production and - to my mind seemed to affect the actors, though there were of course some very good performances.

I felt sad that the audience was full of school parties who may not be inspired to see Shakespeare on the stage again.

Reviewed 25 Oct 2008
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I also found myself walking out of the production shortly after the interval had finished finding that it still was not becoming any more interesting. I felt that the setting created such a boring atmosphere as I'd expected a bold and colourful dramatic scene of Verona’s city with a stage filled with props and things going on, and as the curtain lifted it revealed a black drab back-drop and a stage full of chairs!
Jill Lawrie Jill Lawrie gave Theatre Royal a rating of 5/5

Noises Off

Noises Off-Theatre Royal Brighton

Brilliant comedy ~ non stop laughter ‘Noises Off’ comes highly recommended for an extremely entertaining side splitting romp through Michael Frayn’s farce within a farce containing all the classic ingredients from well timed door slamming to the inevitable ‘dropped trousers’!

A second rate touring company staggers from the dress rehearsal through to the disastrous final curtain call, as deteriorating relationships ensue midst frantic shenanigans backstage despite the constant portrayal of ‘Nothing On’! Colin Baker, Maggie Steed and Ben Hull excel in this sharp witty performance.

Jill Lawrie

Reviewed 10 Sep 2008

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Jill Lawrie Jill Lawrie gave Theatre Royal a rating of 4/5

Quartermaine's Terms

The Theatre Royal, Brighton staged a new production of the classic comedy by Simon Gray and designed by Simon Scullion. It had an impressive set depicting a 1960’s Cambridge staff room with great attention to detail and extremely effective and subtle lighting adding to this production. Harry Burton directs a talented cast of seven, headed by Nathaniel Parker (best known for his role as Inspector Lynley in the television series) ably supported by Christopher Timothy.

The play centres around the staff room in an English Language School, sprinkled throughout with great sound effects of passing groups of foreign students, beyond the open windows! Cleverly beginning with St John Quartermaine seated on stage as the audience file into the auditorium, and again leading into the interval and for the final moment as the lights dim. He barely leaves his arm chair, aiding this sense of seamless, timelessness, lack of motivation and energy, while contrasting sharply with the various emotional crises going on in the lives of his fellow colleagues. Each member of the cast bringing their character to life and covering a variety of easily identifiable situations, from getting engaged to losing an elderly parent.

Victoria Wicks (playing the spinster daughter Melanie) gives a particularly powerful emotional outburst. Christopher Timothy too shows his great experience in the role of Henry Winscape. A most enjoyable production culminating in the inevitable changes that take place in any establishment, leaving a very poignant ending for the likeable, affable, sad and lonely Quartermaine, so sympathetically portrayed by Nathaniel Parker.


Jill Lawrie

Reviewed 18 Jun 2008

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Charlotte Bazely Charlotte Bazely gave Theatre Royal a rating of 5/5

Brighton Festival - The 7 Fingers - Traces

I saw it twice. It was amazing, awe-inspiring, joyous, life-affirming, the best thing I have ever seen!

Reviewed 24 May 2008

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Paul Paul gave Theatre Royal a rating of 5/5

Brighton Festival - The 7 Fingers - Traces

One of the best things i have seen in a long time, a very original show full of humour, skill strength and talent 10/10

Reviewed 23 May 2008

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