Reviewer's rating Otello Tim Hochstrasser 13/12/2019When Bernard Shaw wrote that ‘Othello’ was ‘a play written by Shakespeare in the style of Italian opera’, he was...
Reviewer's Rating Candida Tim Hochstrasser 11/12/2019Why is Bernard Shaw now so rarely performed? At the time of his death in 1950 he was considered the...
Reviewer's Rating Uncle Vanya Tim Hochstrasser 11/12/2019When you learn that a performance of this play will only last a little over an hour it is a...
Reviewer's Rating Death in Venice Tim Hochstrasser 10/12/2019This opera is one where the biographical context of the composer is more than usually relevant. With his health failing...
Reviewer's Rating Touching the Void Tim Hochstrasser 09/12/2019This year is the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Joe Simpson’s remarkable memoir, Touching the Void, later made into...
Reviewer's Rating La Fedeltà Premiata (Fidelity Rewarded) Tim Hochstrasser 12/11/2019Haydn’s operas rarely get the outings they deserve, and the responsibility for that lies (unintentionally) with Mozart. So much that...
Reviewer's Rating Death of a Salesman Tim Hochstrasser 08/11/2019This production of Miller’s most famous play has transferred into the West End from the Young Vic. Half of the...
Reviewer's rating The Match Box Tim Hochstrasser 03/11/2019Frank McGuinness has built up a formidable reputation over the past thirty years as a poet, adaptor of plays in...
Reviewer's Rating Red Velvet Tim Hochstrasser 20/10/2019Red Velvet has had great success on both sides of the Atlantic since its first appearance at the Tricyle/Kiln back in...
Reviewer's Rating Orpheus in the Underworld Tim Hochstrasser 16/10/2019Emma Rice is a wonderful example of a ‘marmite’ director, whose productions are either greeted as startlingly original interventions that...
