The Importance of Being Oscar Olivia Hurton 04/04/2025 961Oscar Wilde once claimed that ‘to become a work of art is the object of living’. No doubt he would...
Bechstein Trio – Fauré, Beethoven, Mendelssohn Tim Hochstrasser 24/03/2025 1394When the Bechstein Hall opened, it did so with a resident Trio in place comprising Emmanuel Despax, Guy Johnston, and...
Retrograde Sofía Danailov 22/03/2025 858Retrograde is a play about principle – but also about fear. It asks what it costs to hold onto yourself...
The Magic Flute Tim Hochstrasser 07/03/2025 1060In writing opera reviews you often find yourself lamenting the lack of respect or even belief that the director has...
The Score Sofía Danailov 01/03/2025 1422Some encounters shape history; others shake the very essence of what it means to create. The Score is both. Brian...
Backstroke Nicole Pezza 23/02/2025 960How much of a mother is there in motherhood? It is a role scrutinized more than any other, burdened with...
Boys from the Blackstuff Ashvin Vasudeva 19/02/2025 1041Boys from the Blackstuff powerfully captures the mood and consequences of economic decline in 1980s Liverpool. The play is unapologetically...
The Passenger Ashvin Vasudeva 18/02/2025 1169The play immerses us into the brutal aftermath of Kristallnacht, the 1938 “Night of Broken Glass,” when Nazi terror unleashed...
Outlying Islands Sofía Danailov 13/02/2025 1079Outlying Islands is a play where silence speaks as much as words, where the vastness of an unnamed rock becomes a...
Benjamin Bernheim – Recital Josi Steinfeld 12/02/2025 2854Benjamin Bernheim, 39, is one of the finest tenors of his generation, particularly in French lyric roles. With his slim...
