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...
Reviewer's Rating The Girls of Slender Means Ben Reiss 18/04/2024Fire destroys. But it can also be a renewing force. For the five young women at the heart of The...
Pagliacci (Clowns) Josi Steinfeld 16/04/2024Leoncavallo’s one-act verismo opera I Pagliacci is based on the true-life murder of a family servant by two jealous brothers...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Owen Davies 16/04/2024Flabbergast is a group of performers from all over Europe who aspire to capture the spirit of commedia dell’arte and fuse...
Their Master’s Voice Josi Steinfeld 15/04/2024The title refers to the relationship between composer Nicola Porpora (1686-1788) and his pupil, Carlo Broschi, the first operatic castrato...
Reviewer's Rating The Comeuppance Hal Wooliscroft 15/04/2024The Comeuppance starts with 90s and 00s nostalgia bait playing the audience in. People bop idly in their seats to...
Reviewer's Rating Macbeth (an undoing) Austin Fimmano 14/04/2024Lady Macbeth: she’s arguably Shakespeare’s most distinctive leading lady for her legendary, now trope-ified coercion of her husband’s brutal power...
Reviewer's Rating Giselle: Remix Tim Hochstrasser 14/04/2024The Pleasance in London offers a delightfully welcoming and warm pub theatre experience in a part of town not otherwise...
Carmen Josi Steinfeld 12/04/2024Despite winning the coveted Prix de Rome, Bizet struggled to have his operas performed. When the Opéra-Comique commissioned an opera,...
