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BILLY BUDD SAILOR WINS STAR OF THE FESTIVAL AWARD!
At the Latest Brighton Festival and Brighton Festival Fringe Awards held on 30th June 2011 Billy Budd Sailor won the top award “Star of the Festival” having been the only show nominated by the judging panel.
During its run the show garnered the following reviews in print and on the web:
Lyn Gardner – The Guardian
“As the evening progresses, the atmosphere grows steamy …. the truth can be as slippery as a bar of soap … the piece and Lewton’s performance offer a sly take on a troubling tale”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/may/18/billy-budd-review
Lyn Gardner Tweet
“… in this neat show nakedness hides many secrets.”
Bella Todd – The Guardian
“….. (Lewton’s) apparent ease with nudity throwing the themes of guilt and concealment into (stark-bollock-naked) relief …. as he used a child’s bath toys to animate his story, we began to suspect the narrator himself had secrets. Had his nakedness been a means of concealment?”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/theatreblog/2011/may/17/brighton-fringe-festival-nudity?INTCMP=SRCH
“I loved hearing the bath running down the hallway…….. the frisson of voyeurism is heightened, as theatre goes where webcams dare to tread …..”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2011/may/23/home-art-domestic-drama?INTCMP=SRCH
Tim Cornwell – The Scotsman
“Crowding into a bathroom to watch actor Martin Lewton very naked in the bath, declaiming the rich words of Herman Melville’s Billy Budd amid rubber ducks and Lego pirate boats while pulling out his hoard of gay porn, delivers a clever double-layered story of illicit lust”
http://living.scotsman.com/performing-arts/Brighton39s-festivals-leave-an-unforgettable.6776971.jp
Mark Shenton – The Stage
“….. riveting ……. there isn’t a performance this intimate or surprising around”
http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/shenton/2011/05/billy-budd-in-a-bathtub-and-shentonstage/index.html
Sophie London – Total Theatre
“… spare and intimate … a triumph of traditional storytelling”
http://www.totaltheatre.org.uk/Reviews/index.html
Eric Page – GScene
“a little gem …. a perfect piece of fringe theatre” http://www.gscene.com/theatre/Billy_Budd_Sailor_Theatre_North.shtml
Mathilda Gregory – Fringe Guru
“ambitious in its intimacy….excellent performance” http://www.fringeguru.com/editorial/brighton-2011/billy-budd-sailor.html
