Fiddler on the Roof Tim Hochstrasser 06/06/2025 2074The greatest musicals, like the greatest operas, contain worlds within them that can be tapped and taken in many different...
CompañÃa Mercedes Ruiz Romancero del Baile Flamenco Hafiza Butt 05/06/2025 1315The revelation of love is that nothing else matters—not even the capitulation of the other. To love greatly is, of...
Manon Olivia Hurton 31/05/2025 1685The Opéra Bastille is a late postmodern strongbox for storytelling. Behind its brutalist façade of glass and exposed concrete lies...
The Deep Blue Sea Olivia Hurton 22/05/2025 2198Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea would make rich material for the column of an agony aunt as much as...
The Rape of Lucrece Olivia Hurton 17/05/2025 737If Shakespeare were alive in 2025, would he be a songwriter? The Rape of Lucrece at Wilton’s Music Hall certainly...
House of Games Tim Hochstrasser 13/05/2025 938With Dealer’s Choice playing at the Donmar, and this production opening at Hampstead, the risks and temptations of gambling are...
Jephtha – An Oratorio in Three Acts Josi Steinfeld 11/05/2025 923For his final oratorio, Handel chose the Old Testament story of Jephtha, the Israelite leader who vows to sacrifice the...
Ben and Imo Owen Davies 30/04/2025 1014When I first heard about this play I must admit that I thought it might only appeal to those (like...
The Inseparables Rivka Jacobson 18/04/2025 1076Grace-Joy Howarth’s adaptation of Simone de Beauvoir’s posthumously published novella The Inseparables is a poignant, beautifully rendered exploration of love,...
Peter Grimes Owen Davies 08/04/2025 821At its best, Peter Grimes is one of the most powerful works on the opera stage – and with a...
