Reviewer's Rating The Flea Tim Hochstrasser 19/10/2023Productions at The Yard have developed a strong reputation for alternative riffs on traditional tales, and this post-modern, punk take...
Reviewer's rating Iolanthe Josi Steinfeld 12/10/2023Sir Arthur Sullivan had a double life. On the one hand, revered by royalty and knighted (he composed ‘onward Christian...
Reviewer's rating Kin Mel Cooper 07/10/2023When I came out of the theatre after an evening of watching the Gecko company’s KIN the other night at...
Reviewer's rating Aureliano in Palmira Josi Steinfeld 02/09/2023The public realised that 21-year-old Rossini was something special in 1813 after the success of Signor Bruschino and Italiana in...
Reviewer's rating Midsummer Mechanicals Tobi Philips (8) 30/08/2023A trip to Shakespeare’s Globe theatre is an exciting experience. I really love the outdoor theatre, but this production of...
Reviewer's Rating Merrily We Roll Along Tim Hochstrasser 26/08/2023‘Merrily We Roll Along’ represents a crucial hinge in Sondheim’s career between the impeccable series of hits he enjoyed with...
Reviewer’s Rating Trojan Women Ben Reiss 11/08/2023During the all-too-frequent outbreaks of global conflict during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Euripides’ The Trojan Women has been a...
Reviewer's Rating Romeo and Juliet Tim Hochstrasser 07/08/2023I am fortunate to have seen Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet three times now – back in 2019 for the...
Reviewer's rating La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) Owen Davies 01/08/2023This jewel of an opera has many wonderful moments to savour though it sometimes feels as if one is waiting...
