Reviewer's rating Siegfried Mel Cooper 07/06/2022Henry James when talking about reviewing books or music or drama was insistent that one must start by accepting “the...
Reviewer's rating Le Barbier de Séville Emilie Proudhon-Dumesny 07/06/2022This season at the Opera Bastille nearly comes to its end with a refreshing production of Gioacchino Rossini’s opera buffa...
Reviewer's rating Starcrossed Tim Hochstrasser 07/06/2022This play should come as a real revelation to both the critic and the regular London theatregoer. We all think...
Reviewer's rating The Lion Tim Hochstrasser 04/06/2022If you are seeking something different from the razzmatazz and glitz of the Platinum Jubilee then this charming, understated, but...
Reviewer's rating Eugene Onegin Tim Hochstrasser 03/06/2022Tchaikovsky very much wanted to write opera for adults about real characters, avoiding implausible operatic devices and melodramatic conceits. In...
Reviewer's rating Dictating to the Estate Emma Burnell 02/06/2022Some people just don’t matter. I mean they should. Especially to those who are elected and employed to serve them....
Reviewer's rating We Will Rock You Richard McKee 01/06/2022If you are going to this show, be sure to take earplugs with you. Not because the music is bad. ...
Reviewer's rating The Dance of Death Rosie Tricks 01/06/2022Currently at Bath’s Theatre Royal is The Dance of Death, a production adapted from Strindberg’s original play by Rebecca Lenkiewicz....
Reviewer's rating Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2022 Tim Hochstrasser 01/06/2022Inaugurated in 2007, and back after a two-year break, this competition now attracts entries from over 300 singers, 12 of...
Renewal Tim Hochstrasser 31/05/2022For most musicians the last few years have been a bleak experience of lost work, a maze of paperwork before...
