Author: Susanne Crosby

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Blossom

Finally managed to finish a piece of art this year. That’s what happens when your life gets taken over by theatre and you’re running between things so much you don’t give yourself time for anything else – sound like a very passive recipient of this put like that. There are a pile of emotions mixed up with all three major productions that I’ve been involved with this year: Pack of Lies at Wick Theatre in March, Connections at Brighton Little Theatre in April, and Bitesize Breakfast Show all through Brighton Fringe: every weekend in May. Yes I embraced it all and said yes to it all and I wouldn’t change a thing as I learned so much – however, I would make different choices if I had to do it all over again. Life can only be lived forwards and understood backwards after all.

Back to art. It’s not the world’s best, but I like it.

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Caterpillar @ New Venture Theatre ⭐💫

I really tried to find something to like about it. The opening and closing monologues were lovely. And the set was stunning.

I’ve taken over 700 words in my review to say that – I did wax lyrical about those two things. But I also had to mention the other stuff that wasn’t good, as I couldn’t furnish a whole review with just the above paragraph…

Caterpillar Review
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Priscilla Queen Of The Desert ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I love this show so much. I’ve always loved this show. I loved the film when it first came out (pardon the pun), I sat through most of it with my jaw gaping, as so much of that world was unknown to me at the time. When the show first came out in London I remember going to see it with Jason Donovan playing Tick and I loved the show incarnation just as much as the film. I remember almost everyone in the audience being female, and I went with Andy, who felt like he’d wandered into a Hen Party by mistake. He wasn’t wrong – it did feel like that.

Kevin Clifton is a revelation in this, in fact all the people on the stage were wonderful. It had some interesting choices, some I like and some I don’t, because of the change in flavour it gives. But Kevin Clifton – oh what a joy to see him dancing in some parts, properly letting himself out of the box.

Priscilla Queen Of The Desert Review
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Fate Train

I worked with Max Hopkins during Oliver Twist at Brighton Open Air Theatre in 2024, and here he is with his first play, co-written with his sister Holly. As a first play it’s really interesting, with so much potential.

Fate Train Review
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Jane Eyre ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I feel so lucky with the exquisite theatre I have seen so far this week. This, Jane Eyre, is STUNNING and I cried so much I had to wash my glasses as I couldn’t even see properly. But truly magical theatre moves you – or it should. Tears of being profoundly moved by stunning theatre, I’m not ever going to apologise for that.

Don’t miss this.

Jane Eyre Review
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The Beekeeper of Aleppo ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I loved this so very much. Stunning production. Absolutely loved it. Inspired such interesting discussions at the interval with people I’ve not really spoken with before, which was great and really rewarding. I noticed a lot of silence coming out of the theatre, but I think that was processing – it’s a lot, this play, but so rewarding. Would I watch it again? Yes. Plus, at no point was it “worthy”, and for that I’m so grateful. It was a lot, but not too much.

The Beekeeper of Aleppo Review