Reviewer's rating Bach & Sons Tim Hochstrasser 02/09/2021There are often good grounds to be wary of plays centred on the lives of historical figures. The balance between...
Reviewer's rating The Pirates of Penzance Tim Hochstrasser 05/08/2021This is altogether a fine era for ‘G&S’. The tired and fusty productions of the D’Oyly Carte era are a...
Reviewer's rating Die Walküre Tim Hochstrasser 05/08/2021Back in 2019 Grimeborn began its exploration of Wagner’s Ring cycle with the inspired idea of reviving the reduced-scale version...
Reviewer's rating My Night with Reg Tim Hochstrasser 02/08/2021This tragicomedy from 1994 is set in the early 1980s as the impact of HIV/AIDS becomes felt in the London gay...
Reviewer's rating L’amico Fritz Tim Hochstrasser 31/07/2021We are very familiar with Mascagni’s first opera ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’, from whose successful shadow he strove in vain to escape...
Reviewer's rating The Cunning Little Vixen Tim Hochstrasser 30/07/2021Rather like ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, this opera is fairly indestructible in any production. As environmental awareness has grown so...
REviewer's rating Wonderful Town Tim Hochstrasser 03/07/2021‘Quick Fantastic’ lifted spirits last summer with their production of ‘A Little Night Music’, and they did so again with their...
REviewer's rating Constellations Tim Hochstrasser 02/07/2021While the Donmar Theatre is closed for refurbishment, artist director Michael Longhurst continues productions elsewhere, and in this case a revival...
REviewer's rating Under Milk Wood Tim Hochstrasser 01/07/2021This famous verse drama by Dylan Thomas was first produced as a radio play in 1954, receiving many adaptations since...
Reviewer's rating Talking Gods – Aphrodite and Icarus Tim Hochstrasser 22/04/2021Translations, adaptations and reworkings of the mythology of the Greco-Roman World are a staple part of the history of Western...
