The Guilty Wilder Gutterson 17/08/2026Sequestered alone in drab call-centre bunker with a telephone console, Russel Tovey plays Joe, a police officer who seemingly has...
Through the Shortbread Tin Ben Reiss 16/08/2026In 1760, Scottish writer James Macpherson published a book of fragments of Gaelic poetry translated into English. As the 1760s...
Tchaikovsky – Child of Glass Tim Hochstrasser 16/08/2026Do we need to know more about the life of Tchaikovsky? The interpenetration of his life and work was not...
Erika. Reflections on a New Era Ben Reiss 16/08/2026Erika. Reflections on a New Era is a well-intentioned production, but unfortunately one in which everyone involved proves well out...
not for glory Ben Reiss 16/08/2026Entering the performance space where not for glory is to be performed, audience members are strongly encouraged to avail themselves...
Reviewer's rating Bury the Hatchet Jad Adams 16/08/2026This story is best known as the ditty where Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks....
The Singer Ziyu Zhang 14/08/2026The Singer opens up a thrilling new perspective on what a singer is, and on how a song can be...
Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library Ben Reiss 14/08/2026This is a pregnant time to tell the story of the 1933 arrest of Hannah Arendt (the titular character of...
Death Note: The Musical Soyoon Koo 14/08/2026Death Note: The Musical arrives at the Barbican with comically high expectations. The story follows high-achieving disillusioned student Light Yagami...
Dido and Aeneas Owen Davies 13/08/2026Dido and Aeneas is Purcell’s only opera. Others, like King Arthur and The Fairy-Queen, though musically superb, are appropriately labelled...
