Closer to Heaven Tim Hochstrasser 06/06/2024Sometimes however much effort goes into a show,and however glittery the talents involved, the results still resolutely fail to deliver....
Coram Boy Tim Hochstrasser 05/06/2024‘Coram Boy’ was first performed at the National Theatre in 2005 and was one of the highlights of Nicholas Hytner’s...
A View from the Bridge Tim Hochstrasser 05/06/2024‘A View from the Bridge’ comes from Arthur Miller’s golden period in the 1950s, when every play proved to be...
Platée Tim Hochstrasser 02/06/2024While performances of operas by Handel and Vivaldi are now frequent, the same cannot be said of the French Baroque,...
The Government Inspector Tim Hochstrasser 30/05/2024Gogol’s play ‘The Government Inspector’ was a striking success right from its premiere in Tsarist Russia in 1836.It has since...
Streams of Pleasure Tim Hochstrasser 28/05/2024This concert given by Iestyn Davies, Mary Bevan and the Early Opera Company, led by Christopher Bucknall, not only delivered...
The Tailor of Inverness Tim Hochstrasser 22/05/2024While this play has toured widely and won many accolades this is its first production in London. The Finborough is...
Dream of Gerontius Tim Hochstrasser 22/05/2024Performances of Elgar’s oratorio ‘The Dream of Gerontius’ are hardly infrequent, but this one was special for a number of...
Kunstler Tim Hochstrasser 12/05/2024William M Kunstler’s name is one that needs no introduction to my generation – the leading American progressive defence lawyer...
The Opera Locos Tim Hochstrasser 12/05/2024This brief, charming residency at the Peacock Theatre offers a light-touch introduction to opera to those new to the genre...
