From Page to Stage: Yiddish Voices Behind Fiddler on the Roof Rivka Jacobson 08/06/2025In the ferment of 19th-century Eastern Europe, amid the upheavals of empire, migration, and modernity, Jewish writers began to carve...
Beyond the Libretto: How Music Tells Women’s Stories in Opera Rivka Jacobson 03/06/2025Opera Holland Park’s 2025 season opens with Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, closes with Verdi’s La Traviata, and, in between, presents...
Rebellion, Resignation, and Survival in Ibsen, Chekhov, Rattigan, and Williams Rivka Jacobson 21/05/2025In the landscape of modern drama, few figures loom as poignantly as the woman on the verge — poised between...
Lettice & Lovage – in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK Rivka Jacobson 19/03/2024Sir Peter Shaffer’s sparkling comedy and exquisite satire Lettice & Lovage was first performed in 1987. It ran for over...
Josef Mysliveček The Bohemian composer Mel Cooper 21/11/2023I want to draw your attention in this feature article to the Bohemian composer, Josef Mysliveček (1737 – 1781). He’s...
A plaque unveiled Rivka Jacobson 21/09/2023A plaque honouring the inspirational founder of Hampstead Theatre has been unveiled at the theatre in north London. James Roose-Evans,...
The Mill at Sonning Rivka Jacobson 23/08/2023‘The Mill at Sonning’ may sound more like a title for a 19-century romantic novel than a name of a...
Music for Refugees Mel Cooper 11/05/2023On Saturday, 22 April 2023, in the mediaeval University Church of St Mary’s in Oxford, an important new initiative was...
Reviewer's rating David Suchet Poirot And More, A Retrospective Josi Steinfeld 16/03/2023It is a rare occurrence to be able to see a great actor’s one man show. We were privileged to...
Reviewer's rating Patriots Tim Hochstrasser 14/07/2022This new play from Peter Morgan could not be more topical, though to everyone’s credit the lessons and pointers are...
