Ariodante Tim Hochstrasser 13/12/2025Without Tunbridge Wells, there would be no Ariodante. Depleted by financial worries and the intrigues of his rivals, Handel snuck...
Daniel’s Husband Tim Hochstrasser 10/12/2025This production is nothing if not stylish. As you wait for the play to commence, you have to admire the...
La Rondine (final 1921 version) Tim Hochstrasser 07/12/2025Puccini’s La Rondine (The Swallow) exists in three versions, with the final one the least well known, thanks to the...
Strings of Brilliance: Pavel Å porcl and the ECO Ensemble Tim Hochstrasser 02/12/2025Holy Sepulchre Church is the National Musicians’ Church, and therefore a very appropriate venue for the final event in the...
David Copperfield Tim Hochstrasser 27/11/2025I confess I often approach Christmas theatre in London with a touch of dread, as a reviewer who is mostly...
Handel’s Chandos Anthems Tim Hochstrasser 22/11/2025When I first started attending opera Handel was a rarity, still unfairly weighed down by the fusty, mothballed performance tradition...
Jobsworth Tim Hochstrasser 22/11/2025Transitions from Edinburgh to London are very common these days, but not so easy to bring off. A short-form bravura...
Marking Time Tim Hochstrasser 22/11/2025Marking Time offers a revealing pun in its title, referencing both the delay to the project caused by Covid and...
L’Indiscipline Tim Hochstrasser 18/11/2025Gathered up in the complex underskirts of the stations behind the Euston Road, Theatro Technis is easy to overlook. But...
Fatherland Tim Hochstrasser 11/11/2025It is not often, these days, that you have the author of a play also taking on one of the...
