The Daughter of the Regiment Tim Hochstrasser 16/06/2024‘The Daughter of the Regiment’ /’La Fille du Regiment’ (1840) is the best known of the five operas the indefatigable...
Bluets Hafiza Butt 14/06/2024The only thing that makes life bearable is the ephemeral, that which doesn’t have to have a line drawn under...
The Sorcerer Tim Hochstrasser 14/06/2024‘The Sorcerer’ is the third of the G&S collaborations, though now not well known. However, as it immediately precedes their...
Reviewers Rating Julie the Musical Julie Peakman 14/06/2024Writer Aby Bradbury has uncovered a fascinating real-life character whose story she brings to life in this awards-winning musical which...
Reviewer's Rating Shirley Valentine Ben Reiss 14/06/2024Sally Reid dazzles in this superb adaptation of Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine. The play’s tale of a lonely and under-estimated...
Alcina Tim Hochstrasser 13/06/2024Handel’s 1735 opera ‘Alcina’ comes at the end of his career as an opera composer, but within his ‘golden decade’...
Drag Baby Tim Hochstrasser 11/06/2024‘Drag Baby’ by Grace Carroll had a highly successful run at the King’s Head in 2021, and now returns during...
Aleko/Gianni Schicchi – Double Bryn Terfel Josi Steinfeld 10/06/2024The late Bamber Gascoigne left this gorgeous house and grounds to the West Horsley Place Trust, now the home of...
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...
Reviewer's Rating Marie Curie Julie Peakman 08/06/2024Plays about famous women are thankfully on the increase and scientist Marie Curie is one that deserves recognition. Determined to...
