Reviewer's Rating Vanessa Tim Hochstrasser 10/08/2018Samuel Barber’s Vanessa (1958) is a work at once accessible and elusive, and a successful production revolves around breaking down...
Reviewer's Rating The Daughter of the Regiment Owen Davies 04/08/2018Opera Della Luna has an admirable track record of revitalising old comic operas. Its guiding spirit, Jeff Clarke, has taken...
Reviewer's Rating The Beyoncé Ben Odom 03/08/2018Eliza Bent’s “The Beyonce” is likely to excite fans of both Chekhov and intimate theater. The set (designed by Sam...
Dining al Desko Sophie Nevrkla 19/07/2018As I write this review in Brexit Britain, I have one ear on Prime Minister’s Questions. While May and Corbyn...
Reviewer's Rating Ariadne auf Naxos Mel Cooper 18/07/2018Ariadne auf Naxos is one of the most poetical, intellectual, and musically nuanced of operas, a sophisticate treat. Written by...
Reviewer's Rating Get the Boat Ann Pryor 16/07/2018Ireland recently made global headlines in May with its Yes vote on a referendum to remove the eighth amendment of...
Reviewer's Rating Coriolanus Aparna Halpé 11/07/2018One might dub 2018 the year of Robert Lepage. March saw the reprisal of his spectacular production for the Canadian...
La Traviata Mel Cooper 28/06/2018With their new production of Verdi’s seminal middle period work La Traviata, this summer’s Longborough Opera Festival has created one...
Reviewer's Rating Cyprus Avenue Austin Fimmano 27/06/2018Some advice for the audiences of the Public Theater’s Cyprus Avenue: brace yourself. Within the first minutes, you’ll get a...
Reviewer's Rating Police Cops and Police Cops in Space! Ann Pryor 25/06/2018“Promise me you’ll grow up to be the Best. Damned. Police Cop. EVER.” So hinges these two one-hour performance pieces...
