Brighton Festival: A World I Loved: The Story of an Arab Woman, Theatre Royal, Brighton
Theatre Royal, Brighton: This was an exemplary festival event. First, it provided an enjoyable mix of star glamour (Vanessa Redgrave, its guest director) and local talent (the young Brighton Festival Choir). Secondly, it reached beyond the delights of wildly partying Brighton, combining words by a Lebanese teacher and uplifting bursts of classical music: as well as the choir, a trio (piano, violin and cello) played H…