Gypsy Tim Hochstrasser 04/06/2023‘Gypsy’ stands to musicals as ‘Figaro’ does to opera: an indisputable masterpiece of the genre that is simultaneously indestructible yet...
Reviewer's rating Surfing the Holyland Paul Richards 03/06/2023Like a surfer delivering a tricky roundhouse cutback, US writer and actor Erin Hunter has delivered something rare, special and...
Reviewer's rating The Ocean At The End Of The Lane Rhys John Edwards 02/06/2023A child’s fight against the prospect of growing up has always been fertile ground for fantasy stories. But I don’t...
Reviewer's rating Unexpected Twist Mel Cooper 02/06/2023The touring company of Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist has reached Oxford and lives up to its very fine reputation. Adapted...
Reviewer's Rating Aspects of Love Tim Hochstrasser 27/05/2023‘Aspects of Love’ was a great success at the back end of the 1980s, helping to make the name of...
Reviewer's rating Rusalka Josi Steinfeld 26/05/2023Olomouc has just over 100,000 inhabitants with a popular opera culture. The mainly young audience was well-dressed. The comfortable theatre...
Reviewer's rating Jakobin Josi Steinfeld 26/05/2023Liberec is a small town of 100,00 inhabitants, with a beautiful opera house in an enchanting square, enthusiastically attended by...
Reviewer's rating Otello Josi Steinfeld 24/05/2023Brno has a rich musical culture, with many theatres. Going to the opera is an occasion, and everyone dresses up....
Reviewer's Rating Brokeback Mountain Tim Hochstrasser 23/05/2023Unbelievably, it is getting on for twenty years now since the making of the film of ‘Brokeback Mountain’. Such is...
Reviewer's rating Bartered Bride PRODANÁ NEVÊSTA Josi Steinfeld 19/05/2023Smetana is known as the ‘father of Czech opera’; he spent five years in Sweden, where, stung by the comment...
