Reviewer's Rating Assassins Tim Hochstrasser 12/06/2023Fresh from reviewing ‘Gypsy, to which Sondheim contributed the lyrics, and then coming to ‘Assassins’, it is astonishing to see...
Reviewer's rating Fury and Elysium Richard Voyce 10/06/2023New musicals are hard. Very hard. And Fury and Elysium that has just opened at The Other Palace bills itself...
The Velvet Glove Julie Peakman 10/06/2023When I first heard about the play, I was excited that I was going to watch a performance about Restoration...
Reviewer's rating L’infanzia di Orlando Orlando’s childhood Enza De Francisci 08/06/2023The myth of Orlando (Roland) has captured the imagination from as far back as the Middle Ages. The plays centres...
Reviewer's rating Patriots Hugo Shapero 08/06/2023The faded scarlet opulence of the Noël Coward theatre now hosts the lurid hues of Peter Morgan’s Almeida Transfer, Patriots....
Reviewer's rating Frankie & Beausy Adi Ginat 07/06/2023Frankie & Beausy is a sung through show consisting of a mix of well-known and lesser-known songs to narrate the...
Laika Jad Adams 06/06/2023The ceiling of the theatre is a universe of stars while two musicians produce techno music from flashing decks. Spluttering...
Reviewer's rating Rigoletto René Weis FRSA 06/06/2023The new production of Rigoletto, the opening opera of the 2023 Opera Holland Park season, is a triumph. Directed by...
Reviewer's Rating Il Trovatore Tim Hochstrasser 05/06/2023‘Il Trovatore’ (‘The Troubadour’) is a work of extremes, in striking contrast to ‘Rigoletto’ and ‘Traviata’ with which it is...
Reviewer's rating Götterdämmerung Mel Cooper 05/06/2023This production of Götterdämmerung is in every aspect excellent, cogent and intelligently articulated. Despite somewhat more limited resources than major...
