Flop! Richard Voyce 22/07/2026 491Flop! The Best Songs from the Worst Musicals does exactly what it says on the tin. What the title doesn’t...
Ariadne auf Naxos Tim Hochstrasser 21/07/2026 713Sitting between Rosenkavalier and Die Frau ohne Schatten, this opera partakes of both – a glamorous Viennese salon setting for...
After my Breath/Eden 2.0 Tim Hochstrasser 21/07/2026 482To its credit, Grimeborn has always emphasised environmental themes, whether in choice of repertoire or production style. With the impact...
The Merry Widow Owen Davies 20/07/2026 492This rich and colourful adaptation of The Merry Widow arrives in Buxton as an absolute treat at its delightful opera...
Tosca Yael Shuv 20/07/2026 582Floria Tosca is one of opera’s most complex and compelling heroines. Unlike the innocent victims who populate so many operas,...
Swan Lake Tim Hochstrasser 19/07/2026 625The marvel of Swan Lake is its plasticity and flexibility in the hands of so many generations of performers, directors...
Le Dernier Sorcier Owen Davies 19/07/2026 469This chamber opera by Pauline Viardot is another obscure treasure rediscovered by the Buxton Festival. Viardot was a celebrated singer,...
I Can Die Too Ziyu Zhang 18/07/2026 498I Can Die Too is a play within a play: a technical rehearsal of Jean Cocteau’s La Voix humaine (The...
The Smile of Her Rivka Jacobson 17/07/2026 631With that deceptively simple observation, Christine Lahti opens one of the most compelling evenings of theatre currently on the London...
The Oresteia Olivia Hurton 16/07/2026 442The Ancient Greeks knew all about terrible families. They thought nothing of offering their audiences blood-soaked revenges of dynastic dysfunction...
