Reviewer's Rating Duke Bluebeard’s Castle Tim Hochstrasser 23/03/2024When you hear some of the more exotic instruments of the orchestra tuning up and practising motifs in the pit,...
Lettice & Lovage – in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK Rivka Jacobson 19/03/2024Sir Peter Shaffer’s sparkling comedy and exquisite satire Lettice & Lovage was first performed in 1987. It ran for over...
Reviewer's Rating Jenůfa Josi Steinfeld 18/03/2024Moravian born Leoš Janáček significantly influenced the advancement of 20th Century opera. He used Moravian folklore and folk music. Each character has their...
Reviewer's Rating Uncle Vanya Tim Hochstrasser 18/03/2024After Andrew Scott’s recent, virtuosic solo-take on this play, it is actually something of a relief to see a samovar...
Reviews rating Police Cops The Musical Jad Adams 17/03/2024In the US in the 1980s swaggering cops on TV shows flexed their muscles and felt the collar of bad...
Reviewer's Rating Dead Poets Live: Hopkins & Bridges Tim Hochstrasser 15/03/2024‘Dead Poets Live’ offers an occasional series of retrospectives on the work of distinguished poets where the focus is very...
Reviewer's rating The Kite Runner Sofia Moran 15/03/2024In a captivating portrayal, the powerful story of an Afghan boy leaps from the page to the stage with breath-taking...
Reviewer's Rating The Rake’s Progress Tim Hochstrasser 05/03/2024English Touring Opera are presenting ‘Manon Lescaut’ and ‘The Rake’s Progress’ this year, beginning their tour in the shabby chic...
Reviewer's Rating Marry Me A Little Tim Hochstrasser 03/03/2024‘Marry Me A Little’ is a compilation of ‘trunk’ songs from the Sondheim catalogue that was put together as long...
REVIEWER'S RATING The Marriage of Figaro Owen Davies 29/02/2024Cards on the table. Figaro is my favourite opera and I must have seen 30 or more productions since I...
