Firewing Tim Hochstrasser 28/04/2026 556This 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 465This 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 899This 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 2056This 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 464Outside 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 817When I undertook to review this play I was half expecting something in the genre of 84 Charing Cross Road...
Saint Joan Tim Hochstrasser 13/04/2026 401Productions of plays by George Bernard Shaw are fairly rare these days. Like Haydn in classical music, he has been...
Copenhagen Tim Hochstrasser 09/04/2026 503 I was enthralled by the original 1998 production of this play that sustained so many levels of intellectual debate...
A St Luke Passion Tim Hochstrasser 06/04/2026 564St Luke’s Passion narrative has not received the same interest from composers as St Matthew or John. Nor has the...
The Old Ladies Tim Hochstrasser 30/03/2026 524This play is another of the Finborough’s acts of revival, taking a long forgotten work and giving it another airing...
