Spirited Away Miho Uchida 09/05/2024Get ready to dive into the magical world of Hayao Miyazaki‘s masterpiece, “Spirited Away,” as it leaps from the screen...
Flights of Fancy – Mozart and Rossini Tim Hochstrasser 08/05/2024Every year the National Opera Studio teams up with Opera North to showcase the talents of their Young Artists. This...
Reviewer's rating Multiple Casualty Incident Jad Adams 03/05/2024In a nondescript training room for aid workers about to be sent to a conflict zone in north Africa four...
Pippin 50th Anniversary Concert Richard Voyce 01/05/2024JAC YARROW IS A STAR! I don’t mean just your average West End leading man who can competently helm a...
The Other Boleyn Girl Tim Hochstrasser 29/04/2024Is there anything more to say about the court intrigues of the reign of Henry VIII? After the musical ‘Six’,...
Lucia di Lammermoor Josi Steinfeld 27/04/2024Lucia is 46th of Donizetti’s 70 operas. Composed in six weeks when he badly needed success after his previous flop,...
The Fairy Queen Owen Davies 24/04/2024First performed as part of the celebrations of a royal wedding in 1692, The Fairy Queen is more of a royal...
Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company: Solera Sofia Moran 19/04/2024Flamenco is arguably underappreciated in the mainstream. But really, it’s a timeless classic that holds so much passion and poise,...
Reviewer's Rating Simon Boccanegra (original 1857 version) Tim Hochstrasser 19/04/2024Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ is, one might think, familiar fare. However, we are used to hearing the version from 1881, which...
The Cord Owen Davies 19/04/2024This absorbing play looks with a forensic but sympathetic eye at the impact of the birth of a baby on...