Reviewer's rating The Drop Emma Burnell 13/11/2021 1636The Drop is a thrilling, challenging and hugely enjoyable cross between immersive theatre and an escape room. While it is...
100 Satyagraha Rivka Jacobson 23/10/2021 1561Philip Glass’s music can be a marvellous tonic. English National Opera 2007 production of Philip Glass’s Satyagraha was first staged...
Reviewer's rating Romeo & Juliet Tim Hochstrasser 11/10/2021 1610The Royal Ballet returns with a bang to Covent Garden with its much-loved production of Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’, first...
Reviewer's rating The Normal Heart Tim Hochstrasser 01/10/2021 1637Larry Kramer’s ‘The Normal Heart’ (1985) is recognised as one of the most influential plays to come out of the...
Reviewer's rating Back to the Future: The Musical Richard Voyce 28/09/2021 1597Show business is, as the saying goes, not art, but business. And business can be a very venal beast. Rarely...
Reviewer's rating Piazzolla Project Tim Hochstrasser 17/09/2021 1472This year’s Grimeborn festival came to an end on Sunday with an uplifting survey of the career and work of...
Reviewer's rating Orfeo and Zanetto Double Bill Owen Davies 08/09/2021 1421Barefoot Opera brought an unusual double bill to Grimeborn at the Arcola. They paired a shortened version of Gluck’s Orfeo...
Reviewer's rating 13 Musical Rivka Jacobson 03/09/2021 1557This is an energetic and joyous production of Jason Robert Brown’s 13 (Musical). The entire cast and band consists of teenagers. The...
Reviewer's rating Bach & Sons Tim Hochstrasser 02/09/2021 1291There are often good grounds to be wary of plays centred on the lives of historical figures. The balance between...
Reviewer's rating John and Jen Phil Setren 05/08/2021 1906John and Jen is an interesting two-character musical. Well performed, with detailed orchestrations of simple songs, a teenage brother and...
