BOOK REVIEW The Sleeping Beauties Tim Hochstrasser 23/03/2024 4642‘Sleeping Beauties’ is Lucy Ashe’s second novel, coming swiftly after ‘Clara & Olivia’, reviewed here last year. It explores similar...
Reviewer's Rating Duke Bluebeard’s Castle Tim Hochstrasser 23/03/2024 795When you hear some of the more exotic instruments of the orchestra tuning up and practising motifs in the pit,...
Reviewer's Rating Rolando Villazón concert Josi Steinfeld 22/03/2024 3592Rolando Villazón, the Mexican tenor with big hair, big eyebrows and big heart, catapulted into the operatic scene, winning the...
Reviewer's Rating The Barber of Seville Tim Hochstrasser 22/03/2024 828With such a familiar opera as ‘The Barber of Seville’ a lot depends on the particular take of the director....
Edward Scissorhands Rhys John Edwards 21/03/2024 1658Now, first things first. I haven’t seen the movie. I know. I’m sorry. It’s just one of those iconic pieces...
Reviewer's Rating The Little Pony Austin Fimmano 20/03/2024 1242After international success, Paco Bezerra’s The Little Pony arrives in New York for its American debut a decade after it...
Lettice & Lovage – in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK Rivka Jacobson 19/03/2024 3093Sir Peter Shaffer’s sparkling comedy and exquisite satire Lettice & Lovage was first performed in 1987. It ran for over...
The Wife of Cyncoed Rhys John Edwards 19/03/2024 3095The Wife of Cyncoed is pretty much faultless. Which is annoying. Whenever I think something might be pretty much faultless,...
Reviewer's Rating Jenůfa Josi Steinfeld 18/03/2024 777Moravian born Leoš Janáček significantly influenced the advancement of 20th Century opera. He used Moravian folklore and folk music. Each character has their...
Reviewer's Rating Uncle Vanya Tim Hochstrasser 18/03/2024 917After Andrew Scott’s recent, virtuosic solo-take on this play, it is actually something of a relief to see a samovar...
