Reviewer's Rating Simon Boccanegra (original 1857 version) Tim Hochstrasser 19/04/2024Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ is, one might think, familiar fare. However, we are used to hearing the version from 1881, which...
Reviewer's Rating Giselle: Remix Tim Hochstrasser 14/04/2024The Pleasance in London offers a delightfully welcoming and warm pub theatre experience in a part of town not otherwise...
Reviewer's Rating Coming Clean Tim Hochstrasser 04/04/2024This play was Kevin Elyot’s first on the London stage back in 1982. It demonstrates many of the hallmarks of...
Reviewer's Rating The Divine Mrs S Tim Hochstrasser 31/03/2024If you head into Room 34 of the National Gallery you will find yourself surrounded by some of the best...
BOOK REVIEW The Sleeping Beauties Tim Hochstrasser 23/03/2024‘Sleeping Beauties’ is Lucy Ashe’s second novel, coming swiftly after ‘Clara & Olivia’, reviewed here last year. It explores similar...
Reviewer's Rating Duke Bluebeard’s Castle Tim Hochstrasser 23/03/2024When you hear some of the more exotic instruments of the orchestra tuning up and practising motifs in the pit,...
Reviewer's Rating The Barber of Seville Tim Hochstrasser 22/03/2024With such a familiar opera as ‘The Barber of Seville’ a lot depends on the particular take of the director....
Reviewer's Rating Uncle Vanya Tim Hochstrasser 18/03/2024After Andrew Scott’s recent, virtuosic solo-take on this play, it is actually something of a relief to see a samovar...
Reviewer's Rating Dead Poets Live: Hopkins & Bridges Tim Hochstrasser 15/03/2024‘Dead Poets Live’ offers an occasional series of retrospectives on the work of distinguished poets where the focus is very...
Reviewer's Rating The Rake’s Progress Tim Hochstrasser 05/03/2024English Touring Opera are presenting ‘Manon Lescaut’ and ‘The Rake’s Progress’ this year, beginning their tour in the shabby chic...
