Purcell, The Musical Tim Hochstrasser 24/05/2026 454Barnes Green on a lovely Spring evening is a fine setting for an evening of Purcell. This week at the...
Dido & Aeneas Tim Hochstrasser 23/05/2026 575In his excellent programme note Michael Burden points out that we know very little about the origins and performance circumstances...
Jack & Sarah Tim Hochstrasser 03/05/2026 605It is a truth that should be universally acknowledged that not all successful films need to be made into plays,...
Walking Each Other Home Tim Hochstrasser 03/05/2026 577It is a while since I was reviewing at the Old Red Lion, and it was good to be back...
Firewing Tim Hochstrasser 28/04/2026 523This is David Pearson’s first play, and an accomplished piece of work. He has a natural ear for dialogue, with...
Ifigenia in Tauride Tim Hochstrasser 27/04/2026 436This new recording from Les Talens Lyriques and Christoph Rousset, recorded last year at the Festwochen der Alten Musik in...
Two Halves of Guinness Tim Hochstrasser 23/04/2026 839This remarkable one-man show celebrates and excavates the life and career of Sir Alec Guinness. Of all that generation of...
Wexford Festival Opera 2026 – A Preview Tim Hochstrasser 22/04/2026 1838This year is the 75th anniversary of Wexford Festival Opera. Â It will run for just over a fortnight, from Thursday,...
Twice A Kiss Tim Hochstrasser 22/04/2026 444Outside Cambridge, where he was a leading figure in the musical firmament for some thirty years, the name of Peter...
Dear Jack, Dear Louise Tim Hochstrasser 13/04/2026 780When I undertook to review this play I was half expecting something in the genre of 84 Charing Cross Road...
