Fiddler on the Roof Tim Hochstrasser 06/06/2025The greatest musicals, like the greatest operas, contain worlds within them that can be tapped and taken in many different...
The Queen of Spades Tim Hochstrasser 03/06/2025The Queen of Spades/Pique Dame (1890) is a classic case of where literature and opera part company with independently successful results....
Outpatient Tim Hochstrasser 25/05/2025This play had a successful first run in Edinburgh and has made several appearances since. It now comes to London...
Parsifal Tim Hochstrasser 21/05/2025This production is a first in a number of ways. It is the first time Wagner’s final opera has received...
House of Games Tim Hochstrasser 13/05/2025With Dealer’s Choice playing at the Donmar, and this production opening at Hampstead, the risks and temptations of gambling are...
The Government Inspector Tim Hochstrasser 03/05/2025I am sure no one intended it, but to have the press night of this play fall on the day...
Dealer’s Choice Tim Hochstrasser 01/05/2025Dealer’s Choice was Patrick Marber’s debut play back in 1995. It has had several lauded revivals since then, but the question...
Personal Values Tim Hochstrasser 25/04/2025What strikes you first about this new play in Hampstead Downstairs is the set. The work of Naomi Dawson, it...
Stiletto Tim Hochstrasser 04/04/2025Stiletto is set in the Venice of the 1730s, the era of Casanova and Canaletto. While there is certainly glamour and...
Out of the Deep Tim Hochstrasser 28/03/2025Vache Baroque is a relatively new professional group aimed at attracting a younger audience for Baroque music. They aim to...
