Semele Soyoon Koo 30/08/2025 1002Handel’s Semele (1744) was met with controversy at its premiere for presenting secular opera in the guise of sacred oratorio....
Eugene Onegin Olivia Hurton 17/08/2025 964Eugene Onegin tells the timeless love story of wanting what you can’t have. Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s opera, inspired by Alexander...
The Estate Wilder Gutterson 10/08/2025 930Shaan Sahota’s The Estate, now running at the National’s Dorfman Theatre, is a remarkably assured piece of writing, particularly for...
Beethoven: I Shall Hear in Heaven Olivia Hurton 07/08/2025 1074It is surely one of the cruellest fates for any artist to have the very faculties that make their art...
A Role to Die For Owen Davies 03/08/2025 968This fizzing comedy is based on an idea that came to playwright Jordan Waller during a moment of crisis—provoked by...
La Traviata Rivka Jacobson 25/07/2025 2262La Traviata—a romantic-sounding Italian title that translates bluntly as ‘The Fallen Woman’—tells the story of Violetta, a high-class courtesan kept...
Poor Clare Rivka Jacobson 17/07/2025 1171Chiara Atik’s Poor Clare, in its UK premiere at the Orange Tree Theatre, is a sharply written, emotionally resonant modern...
Mistero Buffo Yuan Liu 17/07/2025 933Dario Fo’s Mistero Buffo, a seminal work of political theatre, finds new life in a vibrant Scots adaptation by Joseph...
Salome Josi Steinfeld 13/07/2025 994Richard Strauss’s Salome, based on Oscar Wilde’s play, remains one of the most daring and unsettling works in the operatic...
Girl from the North Country Hafiza Butt 10/07/2025 1161Girl from the North Country redefines what musical theatre can be. It’s such a smashing idea that the only surprise...
