At the end several people around me were quietly sobbing

The sweetest of all Matthew Bourne’s treats returns

Audiences become voyeurs in other people’s stories

There was strong singing from all the cast

A shocking, energetic, feast of a play based on the true story of Craiglockhart War Hospital

Starring Lee Mead, Bonnie Langford and Claudillea Holloway

This festival is about acknowledging that it takes the whole community to care for the whole community

Part grand guignol, part seedy vaudeville, part grunge cabaret, The Tiger Lillies never cease to shock, surprise and entertain

A man on the next table interrupted to tell us that he had come down from Manchester just to eat here

O’Neill’s non-stop, quick-fire dialogue is deliciously snapped out by these two

We shared a slice of Pistachio Loaf that had a rather exquisite topping

While one sings of their joy or their sadness the other accompanies them on the piano and becomes a part of that emotion