Ariadne auf Naxos Yael Shuv 22/05/2025Richard Strauss’s 1912 opera is an exceptionally unconventional work of musical theatre, posing a considerable challenge for any director. It...
The Deep Blue Sea Olivia Hurton 22/05/2025Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea would make rich material for the column of an agony aunt as much as...
Rebellion, Resignation, and Survival in Ibsen, Chekhov, Rattigan, and Williams Rivka Jacobson 21/05/2025In the landscape of modern drama, few figures loom as poignantly as the woman on the verge — poised between...
Parsifal Tim Hochstrasser 21/05/2025This production is a first in a number of ways. It is the first time Wagner’s final opera has received...
The Brightening Air Wilder Gutterson 21/05/2025Set in County Sligo in the 1980’s the Brightening Air is Conor McPherson’s first original play since 2013, following on...
The Rape of Lucrece Olivia Hurton 17/05/2025If Shakespeare were alive in 2025, would he be a songwriter? The Rape of Lucrece at Wilton’s Music Hall certainly...
Keli Ben Reiss 17/05/2025Keli is seventeen. Keli lives in a struggling former mining town near Glasgow. Keli works a dead-end supermarket job. Keli...
Julius Caesar in Egypt Josi Steinfeld 15/05/2025Handel’s Giulio Cesare remains one of his top ten operas, and for good reason. It was a resounding success at...
House of Games Tim Hochstrasser 13/05/2025With Dealer’s Choice playing at the Donmar, and this production opening at Hampstead, the risks and temptations of gambling are...
The Mad Ones Sofia Moran 12/05/2025Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk’s The Mad Ones is a contemporary chamber musical that leans into memory, adolescence, and grief,...
