L’elisir d’amore שיקוי אהבה Yael Shuv 12/11/2024Gaetano Donizetti’s 1832 opera buffa is one of the most beloved works of the bel canto composer. In 1997, director...
Pop Off, Michelangelo! Tim Hochstrasser 11/11/2024The art world of the European Renaissance is not perhaps the first place you would think of for the inspiration...
Animal Farm, The Sequel Sofia Moran 07/11/2024George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a timeless allegory, its themes transcending the specific context of Soviet-era politics. In Animal Farm: The Sequel, this...
Bright Places Ben Reiss 07/11/2024At its best, theatre allows us to inhabit the lives of others. It lets us see the world through other...
Reviewer's Rating The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Jad Adams 07/11/2024This production, sub-titled An Unordinary Musical, is based on Scott Fitzgerald’s 1922 short story from which it diverges in location...
Maria de Rudenz Owen Davies 06/11/2024Famed as Donizetti’s greatest flop after its premier in Venice in 1838, Maria de Rudenz is given a rare production...
The Pirates of Penzance Richard Voyce 06/11/2024What a cast! What a score! What a production! What am I talking about? Lloyd Webber’s latest hit? A flashy...
Burnt-Up Love Marc Berman 06/11/2024The opening of Burnt-Up Love at the Finborough Theatre delves into the visceral, sometimes morally ambiguous dimensions of parental love....
Reviewers Rating MASO SCHISM Julie Peakman 06/11/2024Two young women are working out in a gym, causing and feeling pain, but in a good way. Katie and...
Opera Rara: Donizetti & Friends Tim Hochstrasser 05/11/2024Opera Rara won the award for ‘best record label’ at the last Gramophone awards, and on the strength of this latest...
