White Rose – the musical Tim Hochstrasser 07/03/2025While the story of the Stauffenberg plot against Hitler’s life in 1944 is well known, other episodes of dissent and...
L’Elisio or Elysium – Song & Spoken Word Tim Hochstrasser 23/02/2025As someone who travels through London Bridge station several times a week, it was a surprise to come across a...
Nikita Lukinov: Bechstein Hall Tim Hochstrasser 23/02/2025This was my first visit to the new Bechstein Hall, and as it may be an unfamiliar venue to readers...
It Runs in the Family Tim Hochstrasser 23/02/2025What better antidote for the monotony of grey February days than a truly sprightly farce? The Mill at Sonning is...
East is South Tim Hochstrasser 19/02/2025AI and its manifestations are hardly ever out of the news these days, and rightly so, given the huge implications...
Mary, Queen of Scots Tim Hochstrasser 17/02/2025If you find yourself browsing the bookshops at stations and airports there is almost always to be found a new...
Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew Tim Hochstrasser 17/02/2025At the outset this play seems to be a didactic tract for the times – Pip, played by author Coral...
The Bowie Show Tim Hochstrasser 26/01/2025This was my first visit to the Golder’s Green Hippodrome, a hulking venue the size of the Coliseum, and originally...
Firebird Tim Hochstrasser 14/01/2025‘Firebird’ takes its inspiration, somewhat loosely, from the memoir of actor Sergei Fetisov, and is set in the Soviet Union...
Fascinating Aida Tim Hochstrasser 11/01/2025What more is there to say about Fascinating Aida? They are an international institution, who have performed for royalty and...