Reviewer's Rating Barefoot in the Park Tim Hochstrasser 10/07/2022As many readers of this website will know, the Mill at Sonning is a wholly delightful theatre venue. When you...
Reviewer's Rating Carmen Tim Hochstrasser 19/06/2022What more is there to say about ‘Carmen’, most familiar of operas? One answer to that is given in Matthew...
Reviewer's Rating The King Symphonic: The Music of Elvis Presley Tim Hochstrasser 18/06/2022Today is the hottest day of the year so far, and the air-conditioned Cadogan Hall is only two-thirds full. Is...
Reviewer's rating The Gunpowder Plot Tim Hochstrasser 11/06/2022Anyone walking past the Tower of London is probably unaware of the Tower Vaults, a huge underground cellarage on three...
Reviewer's Rating The Wedding Tim Hochstrasser 09/06/2022Gecko’s show ‘The Wedding’ was a great success at the Barbican back in 2019 and now returns for a limited...
Reviewer's rating Starcrossed Tim Hochstrasser 07/06/2022This play should come as a real revelation to both the critic and the regular London theatregoer. We all think...
Reviewer's rating The Lion Tim Hochstrasser 04/06/2022If you are seeking something different from the razzmatazz and glitz of the Platinum Jubilee then this charming, understated, but...
Reviewer's rating Eugene Onegin Tim Hochstrasser 03/06/2022Tchaikovsky very much wanted to write opera for adults about real characters, avoiding implausible operatic devices and melodramatic conceits. In...
Reviewer's rating Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2022 Tim Hochstrasser 01/06/2022Inaugurated in 2007, and back after a two-year break, this competition now attracts entries from over 300 singers, 12 of...
Renewal Tim Hochstrasser 31/05/2022For most musicians the last few years have been a bleak experience of lost work, a maze of paperwork before...
