Lungs, Roundabout at Regency Square, Brighton

Thrilling two-hander about a disintegrating relationship

A couple stand on the stage, squaring up to each other. They are in the middle of an argument. The Man has just, out of the blue, suggested they have a baby. The Woman, understandably, needs time to adjust to the idea. Particularly as they are in IKEA. In the checkout queue. So starts Duncan Macmillan's very funny and touching two-hander about the disintegration of a relationship.

Brighton Festival 2012: Interiors, Motor Show, Land's End

BRIGHTON FESTIVAL 2012: Vanessa Redgrave tells the story of an Arab woman. Elsewhere it's all about voyeurism

Vanessa Redgrave tells the story of an Arab woman. Elsewhere it's all about voyeurism

From theatre viewed through peepholes and camera obscuras to a dance piece you watch across a wasteland while wearing headphones, this year the Brighton Festival and Brighton Festival Fringe seem to be fixated with ways of seeing. Hot on the heels of the premiere of dreamthinkspeak’s fishbowl Hamlet came a revival of Vanishing Point’s gorgeous Interior, in which we watched a wintry dinner party unfold wordlessly through the windows of the house. Inside, they ate, drank and danced, felt irritation and fondness, loneliness and love.