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...
Reviewer's Rating Marry Me A Little Tim Hochstrasser 03/03/2024‘Marry Me A Little’ is a compilation of ‘trunk’ songs from the Sondheim catalogue that was put together as long...
Reviewer's Rating Stitches Tim Hochstrasser 25/02/2024Often the most inward themes in drama are mightily enhanced by an intimate setting where the performer is only a...
Reviewer's Rating Stop Trying to Look at my Dick! Tim Hochstrasser 22/02/2024From 6th to 10th February the Golden Goose Theatre down in Camberwell is showcasing the Kaleidescope Festival which provides an...
