Reviewer's Rating Kin Tim Hochstrasser 18/01/2024 864‘Kin’ is the eighth production by the physical theatre comapny Gecko, led by Amit Lahav. They are well known for...
Reviewer's Rating A Christmas Carol Tim Hochstrasser 29/12/2023 1260Antic Disposition have gained a distinguished reputation for their adaptation of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’, performed now for a decade...
Reviewer's Rating Thomas Guthrie and the Alehouse Boys Tim Hochstrasser 25/12/2023 895It is hard to conceive of Schubert’s classic song cycles outside the reverential setting of a chamber venue such as...
Reviewer's Rating Brief Encounter Tim Hochstrasser 17/12/2023 1518The Royal Exchange, Manchester is currently offering a delightful alternative to the usual Christmas fare in the form of a...
Reviewer's Rating Rock ‘N’ Roll Tim Hochstrasser 13/12/2023 968This play was originally produced at the Royal Court back in 2006 and now returns to Hampstead at Stoppard’s suggestion....
Reviewer's Rating Talking About The Fire Tim Hochstrasser 09/12/2023 747With the recent intense coverage of ‘Oppenheimer’, nuclear weapons are very much back under public scrutiny; so there is certainly...
Reviewer's Rating Pacific Overtures Tim Hochstrasser 08/12/2023 947‘Pacific Overtures’ was written in 1976, during Sondheim’s golden years, just after ‘A Little Night Music’ and before ‘Sweeney Todd’....
Reviewer's Rating Dreaming and Drowning Tim Hochstrasser 05/12/2023 828The intimate space of the Bush studio theatre is currently home to a fine, taut, piece of new writing by...
Reviewer's Rating Taming Who? Tim Hochstrasser 04/12/2023 1096I have written here before of the remarkable and under-appreciated work done by Inter-Mission Youth Theatre, and their latest production,...
Reviewer's Rating Elégie – Rachmaninov – a heart in exile Tim Hochstrasser 28/11/2023 971In recent years Lucy Parham has moved beyond her solo pianistic career to create a series of well-regarded ‘Composer Portraits’...
