4.0★ ★ ★ ★ The Woman who Turned into a Tree Owen Davies 11/04/2023 This is a piece of theatre that defies easy categorisation. It is a mixture of spoken word, drama, mime, dance, and music. Just when the audience is f...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ The Magic Flute Owen Davies 15/03/2023 Mozart's Magic Flute is one of those operas that brings out extreme views amongst opera lovers. For some it's a trivial bit of pantomime redeemed by s...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Lucrezia Borgia Owen Davies 07/03/2023 Despite all the noise and nonsense seeping out of the Arts Council about opera funding, it is great to be able to celebrate the fact that English Tour...
5.0★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Truth’s a Dog that Must to Kennel Owen Davies 04/03/2023 This stunning short piece by Tim Crouch is reflection on the nature of theatre and the shared values that bring performers and audience together. It's...
3.0★ ★ ★ Afghanistan is not Funny Owen Davies 27/02/2023 This play is the result of a trip to Afghanistan made in 2002 by the writer and his friend, Sam Maynard, a feature photographer. It tells the story of...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ The Rape of Lucretia Owen Davies 15/11/2022 This version of The Rape of Lucretia, co-produced by The Royal Opera and Britten Pears Arts provides a compelling evening at the Linbury Theatre. The ...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ The Cunning Little Vixen Owen Davies 08/11/2022 This extraordinary opera by Janacek remains an enigma to me. Its bizarre mix of two stories – one about a sad group of humans, the other about a rioto...
3.0★ ★ ★ The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes Owen Davies 25/10/2022 Battersea Arts Centre is a venue that can be trusted to put on shows that challenge, excite and entertain. This show – devised by Australian group, Ba...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Cherry Town Moscow Owen Davies 14/10/2022 WNO Youth Opera has been tasked with bringing this strange operetta by Shostakovich to life. First performed in 1959 near the end of a career that had...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Life of Pi Owen Davies 08/10/2022 Transforming Martel's extraordinary novel about a boy and a tiger adrift on the ocean after a shipwreck into a theatre piece must have seemed pretty f...
