Reviewer's Rating Linck and Mühlhahn Tim Hochstrasser 09/02/2023It is a bold author who seeks to dramatize gender identity at present when cultural divisions run so deep; but...
Reviewer's Rating Sons of the Prophet Tim Hochstrasser 13/12/2022Stephen Karam had real success a few years back with his play ‘The Humans’, which like this current offering, enjoyed...
Reviewer's Rating Sleeping Beauty – A Gothic Romance Tim Hochstrasser 09/12/2022Matthew Bourne’s version of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ has been with us for a decade, but this revival with a fresh cast...
Reviewer's Rating Our Town Tim Hochstrasser 08/12/2022This year’s choice for the Guildhall School’s main winter drama is a classic twentieth-century American drama, Thornton Wilder’s epic portrait...
Reviewer's Rating It’s A Wonderful Life Tim Hochstrasser 26/11/2022The 1946 Frank Capra film ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ was not a success when new, but has since become an...
Reviewer's Rating Dinner with Groucho Tim Hochstrasser 23/11/2022This new play by Frank McGuinness began life in Ireland to mark the twentieth anniversary of the b*spoke theatre company,...
Reviewer's Rating Alcina Tim Hochstrasser 21/11/2022On the face of it, Handel operas should not work. Bafflingly complicated plots and a long series of ‘Da Capo’...
Reviewer's Rating MSND Tim Hochstrasser 18/11/2022For sixteen years now Intermission Youth Theatre has done what theatre at its best should always do – change lives....
Reviewer's Rating Opera Triple Bill Tim Hochstrasser 15/11/2022The Guildhall School has in recent years revived many one-act operas – a strategy that ensures as many roles as...
Reviewer's Rating Richard II Tim Hochstrasser 12/11/2022‘Tangle’ is a touring company devoted to showcasing African and Caribbean excellence. This current tour, culminating in London this month,...
