Dial 'M' For Murder
The story of a jealous and avaricious husband attempting to commit the perfect murder was retold in a subtle, moderately…
Psychic Sally
An Audience with Sally Morgan, from start to finish, was not as we had expected. Too accurate at points to…
Everything must go: papas, puppets and pathos
One of the performance editors told me she had a puppet show to review: ‘Of course!’ I said. ‘That sounds…
Short Fiction
Short Fuse, is marketed as ‘a night of short stories’, that takes place monthly at Komedia Downstairs. This marketing is…
Boycott instead of dialogue?
The fact that students at Sussex have voted for a boycott against Israeli goods on campus during a strongly contested…
Students protest to stop the cuts
Last Thursday the 26th November, ‘Stop the Cuts’ protestors descended on Bramber House to lobby the Vice-Chancellor, Michael Farthing, over…
The Pink Bear Club
The opening skit of The Pink Bear Club set a tone that the rest of the show lived up to:…
Cabaret Brecht
Cabaret Brecht; a combination of poems, plays and songs, extracted and adapted from Brecht’s lesser known work, was outstanding. Both…
The Grass is Greener
‘The Grass is Greener’ is undeniably a slick, polished, well acted and aesthetically pleasing production. The script is competent throughout…
Blood Brothers
Sitting in my seat before the curtain came up, I was feeling a little apprehensive. Musicals were something I enjoyed…
South Downs is declared National Park
The University of Sussex is soon to become the only university surrounded by a National Park. It was confirmed last…
Iran condemns Oxford scholarship
The Iranian Embassy has accused Oxford University of a “politically motivated move” following the establishment of a scholarship made in…
Students protest gay blood ban
On Tuesday 27th October, a procession of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students descended on London in an NUS…
AGM Results
Student advice service secured • Support for sport • Stop the cuts • Commitment to environmental responsibility • Bottled water…
If We Go On
‘The dark stretches before us. There are people waiting. We would like to show you something, but we are not…
Dead Good
At times laugh out loud funny, Dead as a Dodo, the latest play from Sussex student Dino Kazamia, is straight-up…
Where's the 'us' in USSU?
During the course of the last week, several Facebook groups have emerged attacking the University of Sussex Students’ Union (USSU)…
Simon Amstell
Simon Amstell and I have the same love life. During the course of his show I came to realize that…
John Cooper Clarke
Like those nut-revealing jeans, the odd myth of the ever despairing Salford born ‘punk poet’ sticks. But with his set…