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,...
Reviewer's Rating Not Now Tim Hochstrasser 08/11/2022David Ireland has had a very fruitful relationship with the Finborough Theatre in recent years and so it is no...
Reviewer's Rating Apollo Resurrected Tim Hochstrasser 02/11/2022Both United Strings of Europe and Gandini Juggling have developed strong reputations in recent years for original and innovative programming,...
Reviewer's Rating Mary Tim Hochstrasser 02/11/2022After the success of her ‘James Trilogy’ any new historical drama by Rona Munro arrives with high expectations. Building on...
Reviewer's Rating An Anatomy of Melancholy Tim Hochstrasser 28/10/2022In 2014 countertenor Iestyn Davies and lutenist Thomas Dunford recorded a CD devoted to the songs and lute works of...
Reviewer's Rating South African Road Trip: Good Hope Tim Hochstrasser 28/10/2022Through the medium of the ‘Graceland’ album and the international fame of Ladysmith Black Mambazo we think we are familiar...