The Pitchfork Disney Olivia Hurton 04/09/2025 1070When Philip Ridley’s The Pitchfork Disney premiered in 1991, there were discussions about whether a nurse should be on standby...
Becoming Tosca Owen Davies 03/09/2025 679Prologue Opera’s Becoming Tosca is built on an intriguing idea: by inventing “backstories” for Puccini’s characters, the company hopes to...
Reviewer's Rating It Never Rains Jad Adams 03/09/2025 1004This smart family drama takes as its title the old saw ‘It never rains but it pours’ to introduce us...
La Cambiale di Matrimonio and Soirées Musicales Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro – 2025 Josi Steinfeld 01/09/2025 3336Rossini was just 18 when Venice commissioned his first opera, the one-act comedy La Cambiale di Matrimonio (“The Marriage Contract”)....
Zelmira Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Josi Steinfeld 31/08/2025 3109Rossini’s Zelmira, last composed for Naples in 1822, was once a staple at one of Europe’s great operatic centres, before...
Semele Soyoon Koo 30/08/2025 1042Handel’s Semele (1744) was met with controversy at its premiere for presenting secular opera in the guise of sacred oratorio....
Nye Rhys John Edwards 27/08/2025 2190I’ve always despised pride by association. That borrowed sense of triumph usually expressed by armchair patriots during sporting events. The...
Don Giovanni Wilder Gutterson 27/08/2025 1141The Arcola Theatre’s smallish, airless black box didn’t dampen the commitment of The Ensemble OrQuesta Company’s minimalist production of Mozart’s...
Interview Wilder Gutterson 24/08/2025 978How will Pierre (Robert Sean Leonard), a middle-aged, serious political journalist, fare when assigned to interview Katya (Paten Hughes), a...
Reviewer's rating Lightbulbs Jad Adams 23/08/2025 1043Two androgynous figures stand in the centre of the stage, they wear grey tops and billowing trousers that look like...
