Tosca Rivka Jacobson 10/06/2024Dictators are as common as guns; their henchmen are widespread like bullets. Both are commonplace in every era. In today’s...
The Barber of Seville René Weis FRSA 07/06/2024This joyous new production of Rossini’ opera buffa masterpiece soars above the pack. Cecilia Stinton’s brilliantly creative directing renders her Barber...
Reviewer's rating Aureliano in Palmira Josi Steinfeld 02/09/2023The public realised that 21-year-old Rossini was something special in 1813 after the success of Signor Bruschino and Italiana in...
Reviewer's rating Eduardo E Cristina Josi Steinfeld 02/09/2023Rossini had under a month to compose Eduardo.  Eduardo was a ‘centone’(patchwork) opera, as 19/26 numbers were ‘borrowed’ from earlier...
The Journey to Reims Il viaggio a Reims Josi Steinfeld 01/09/2023Il Viaggio a Reims, Rossini’s last Italian opera (writing in French thereafter), composed for 14 solo voices, premiered in 1825,...
Reviewer’s Rating Trojan Women Ben Reiss 11/08/2023During the all-too-frequent outbreaks of global conflict during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Euripides’ The Trojan Women has been a...
A Quiet Revolution: About The Festival Close Strangers Festival 2021 Grace Creaton-Barber 10/10/2021Closer Strangers: East is a platform that enables ‘intercultural dialogue’. As a representation of the Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Queer...
Shelter Close Strangers Festival 2021 Grace Creaton-Barber 07/10/2021Down a side street of ram shackled buildings and rust rimmed cars, there is a door. It is not a...
That Walk Close Strangers Festival 2021 Grace Creaton-Barber 03/10/2021Agata Siwiak, the art director of Close Strangers: East, is a firm believer in participatory theatre not as a temporary...
Stand Up (for your rights) Close Strangers Festival 2021 Grace Creaton-Barber 02/10/2021The scene is set. We are attending a stand-up performance by Belarusian activist and artist Jana Shostak. We are screaming...
