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...
Reviewer's rating Il Barbiere di Siviglia Salzburger Festspiele Alessandro Zummo 11/08/2022Every exceptional opera performance has at least one scene that continues to resonate in one’s mind for hours and occasionally...
South Pacific Julie Peakman 06/08/2022Anyone who is a fan of the film South Pacific approaches a new production with some trepidation. Will it be...
Reviewer's rating Bad Jews Yaron Frid 04/08/2022Bad Jews make good theatre, apparently. Joshua Harmon’s comedy of (ill) manners, beliefs, and conflicts may look and sound at times like a...
Reviewer's rating Incoronazione di Poppea Owen Davies 28/07/2022Monteverdi was a venerable and celebrated church musician of 75 when he wrote Poppea. It was quite common for church...
Reviewer's rating Fashion Freak Show Nicole Kent 22/07/2022Fashion Freak Show is a blast, an explosion of loud colours and unrestrained sexual energy. It spans fashion legend, Jean...
