Reviewer's Rating Alcina Tim Hochstrasser 21/11/2022On the face of it, Handel operas should not work. Bafflingly complicated plots and a long series of ‘Da Capo’...
Reviewer's Rating Richard II Tim Hochstrasser 12/11/2022‘Tangle’ is a touring company devoted to showcasing African and Caribbean excellence. This current tour, culminating in London this month,...
Reviewer's rating Strictly Ballroom Richard McKee 09/11/2022If the title of this excellent show reminds you of a popular competition on BBC1, you will have a clue...
Reviewer's rating A Gig for Ghosts Richard Voyce 28/10/2022A Gig for Ghosts. Is it a play? Is it a musical? Well, it has songs, but they don’t really...
Reviewer's Rating The Solid Life of Sugar Water Tim Hochstrasser 21/10/2022Jack Thorne’s play originated at the Edinburgh Fringe before touring widely in 2017. But for most likely audience members this...
Reviewer's rating Walking with Ghosts Richard McKee 10/09/2022What a tour de force! I had not been expecting anything this good. But just with some lighting and sound...
Reviewer's rating Medea Ben Reiss 26/08/2022There is a moment in the National Theatre of Scotland’s production of Medea when Adura Onashile – playing the titular...
Reviewer's rating The Osmonds Richard McKee 24/08/2022Like C.S. Lewis in a different context, I was “surprised by joy”. Back in the 1970s I was clinging on...
Reviewer's rating The Magic Flute Owen Davies 19/08/2022This utterly absorbing retelling of The Magic Flute is a triumph for Opera Alegria – and for the Arcola Theatre’s...
Reviewer's rating Káťa Kabanová Salzburg Festival 2022 Alessandro Zummo 14/08/2022“So quiet, so beautiful around here… and I must die”, these are the last words that Káťa pronounces before throwing...
