Sunny Afternoon – UK TOUR Rhys John Edwards 27/05/2026UK TOUR I’m starting to grow a little tired of the music biography. Particularly in film, the success of Bohemian...
Reviewers Rating Dark of the Moon Julie Peakman 27/05/2026The original version of this production was a play first performed in 1942 at the University of Iowa and then...
Aida Alessandro Zummo 26/05/2026Aida at Teatro Massimo, Palermo: tradition as an excuse Aida is one of Verdi’s most layered and uncomfortable operas. Beneath...
Purcell, The Musical Tim Hochstrasser 24/05/2026Barnes Green on a lovely Spring evening is a fine setting for an evening of Purcell. This week at the...
The Name Hafiza Butt 23/05/2026There is a reason why Simon Usher is one of our finest stage directors, and it’s not just his intelligence,...
My Normal F**king Sex Life Rhys John Edwards 23/05/2026THE RIVERFRONT, NEWPORT It’s not often that a protagonist’s inner monologue is cast as their chief antagonist. Most of the...
Dido & Aeneas Tim Hochstrasser 23/05/2026In his excellent programme note Michael Burden points out that we know very little about the origins and performance circumstances...
The Master Builder Katerina Gotsi 22/05/2026Ambition, guilt, desire, and the fear of decline lie at the heart of Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder, one of...
Reviewer's rating A Tale of Two Cities Jad Adams 22/05/2026There are problems with adaptations of Dickens which are hard to surmount. His novels were published serially so their structure...
Quartet in Autumn Julie Peakman 21/05/2026 Barbara Pym’s novels are always particularly heart-warming, if a little sad. Author Samantha Harvey has successfully adapted the book...
