Atlantic Requiem Tim Hochstrasser 12/10/2026Back in 2020, Lloyd’s of London offered a formal apology for its role in the Atlantic slave trade and followed...
The Last Ship Tim Hochstrasser 12/10/2026The Theatre Royal Drury Lane has one of the most impressive pedigrees of any theatre in London. Home to Charles...
Cuban Baroque Tim Hochstrasser 12/10/2026‘Everything in Cuba is an excuse to dance’, said Carlos Acosta in the discussion with the audience that followed this...
Golden Boy Tim Hochstrasser 18/09/2026Clifford Odets is not a widely remembered name or regularly produced playwright and yet this play, when you see it,...
The Mirror Crack’d Tim Hochstrasser 13/09/2026I must be one of the very few people in the press night audience who did not actually know the...
The Tempest Tim Hochstrasser 12/09/2026It is still something of a mystery why full-blown opera did not take off in London until Handel’s day. Were...
Kimberly Akimbo Tim Hochstrasser 12/09/2026It might seem an odd place to begin a review, but the interview in the programme that accompanies Kimberly Akimbo...
Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie Tim Hochstrasser 11/09/2026This tried-and-tested show returns to Soho for a short run, and is as rewarding as it ever was. It is...
Holy Fool Tim Hochstrasser 06/09/2026Dramatising the life of a composer is an exercise more than usually full of pitfalls. The devotee will be dissatisfied...
The Marshes of Glynn Tim Hochstrasser 24/08/2026In this latest addition to the recordings of the major works of Andrew Downes we reach his first two cantatas...