Reviewer's rating The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Hattie Bolchover 29/03/2024In Genesis, the serpent tricks Eve leading them out of the Garden of Eden, and into humanity, a place of...
Reviewer's Rating Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear Jad Adams 29/03/2024A letter arrives at the familiar 221b Baker Street interior where Holmes and Watson are carrying on their banter. It...
Reviewer's rating La Fille du Régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) Josi Steinfeld 28/03/2024Donizetti wrote La fille du régiment in Paris. It became a popular success mainly due to the famous tenor aria...
Reviewer's Rating Don’t.Make.Tea. Julie Peakman 28/03/2024The dire situation of the country’s ability to assist people who have disabilities needs addressing, and the Birds of Paradise...
Reviewer's Rating Ibsen’s Ghost Becca Kaplan 27/03/2024Today, it feels like a common discourse in movies, books, and op-eds to look at the past to tear it...
Reviewer's Rating Fat Chance Sofia Moran 27/03/2024Who cares if you’re fat? In a world where the pursuit of an elusive “ideal” body dominates headlines and cultural...
Reviewer's rating Madama Butterfly Josi Steinfeld 25/03/2024On a trip to London, Giacomo Puccini saw a play by David Belasco called Madame Butterfly, taken from a short...
BOOK REVIEW The Sleeping Beauties Tim Hochstrasser 23/03/2024‘Sleeping Beauties’ is Lucy Ashe’s second novel, coming swiftly after ‘Clara & Olivia’, reviewed here last year. It explores similar...
Reviewer's Rating Duke Bluebeard’s Castle Tim Hochstrasser 23/03/2024When you hear some of the more exotic instruments of the orchestra tuning up and practising motifs in the pit,...
Reviewer's Rating Rolando Villazón concert Josi Steinfeld 22/03/2024Rolando Villazón, the Mexican tenor with big hair, big eyebrows and big heart, catapulted into the operatic scene, winning the...
