Reviews

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Sand in the Sandwiches

Alexandra Portmann 02/06/2017 2305

taging the biography of one of Britain’s most popular poets from the 20th century is quite a challenge, especially when...

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Tristan and Yseult

Marine Furet 01/06/2017 3423

In the neon-lit Club of the Unloved, the ‘Love-Spotters’ dream of their membership expiry, and of the day they’ll finally be allowed in

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L’Elisir D’Amore

Rivka Jacobson 01/06/2017 2869

’elisir D’amore, with its highly effective musical contrasts, propelled Donizetti into further international recognition and stardom in 1832, confirming the...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

Becca Kaplan 30/05/2017 6013

In line with The 39 Steps and any of the Abridged series, The Hound of the Baskervilles follows the recent tradition of combining...

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L’Orfeo

John Downer 30/05/2017 3912

’Orfeo is one of the three great Monteverdi operas being toured 450 years after the composer’s birth, in semi-staged concert...

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The Great Tamer

Marianna Papaki 29/05/2017 9003

Every time I enjoy a really great piece of art, I find difficult to try to analyze what I saw...

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Joan

Flora Wilson Brown 29/05/2017 2118

hen I first entered the Rep’s studio theatre for a performance of Milk Theatre’s ‘Joan’ I was struck by how...

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An Octoroon

Roger Mortimer 25/05/2017 3161

s Boucsploitation a thing now? Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ relationship with Irish playwright Dion Boucicault is clearly a complex one, perhaps more...

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Music is Torture

Marine Furet 25/05/2017 3168

After peaking around the year 1998, Jake’s (Andy Clark) musical career is deep in the trough....

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The Mikado

Richard Voyce 25/05/2017 1953

ilbert and Sullivan’s comic masterpiece is all but Teflon coated in its ability to withstand whatever ‘concept’ is imposed upon...