Reviewer's Rating Our Country’s Good Samantha Cheh 28/08/2015nchored by the full force of the National’s staging abilities, Our Country’s Good transports us to 1787, early in the long...
Reviewer's Rating Madama Butterfly S.A. McCracken 27/08/2015urbach’s new production of Madama Butterfly draws on traditional Japanese ghost stories to ‘radically reframe’ the opera. The result is...
Reviewer's Rating The Wanton Sublime and The Medium Sam Pengelly 27/08/2015o and catch this show NOW. Running for five nights at Dalston’s intimate Arcola Theatre as part of the annual...
Reviewer's Rating The Invited James Cross 25/08/2015et in rural Suffolk in 1916, this new opera, with music by Richard Knight and words by Norman Welch, tells...
Reviewer's Rating Daphne S.A. McCracken 23/08/2015hy is it that whenever a classic is ‘updated’ it gets set during one of the world wars? How many...
Reviewer's Rating Falstaff Owen Davies 19/08/2015ulham Opera’s version of Verdi’s late masterpiece, Falstaff, is a delight. Though the setting is modern day – the ‘seaside...
Reviewer's Rating Macbeth in Cantonese Samantha Cheh 19/08/2015o bear witness to Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio’s adaptation of Macbeth is an experience. The production has obvious overtones of...
Reviewer's Rating Gariné Owen Davies 18/08/2015his opera is a strange but delightful little gem. Tchouhadjian, apparently known as the ‘Oriental Offenbach’, composed this work in...
Reviewer's Rating I Believe in Unicorns Caroline Perret 17/08/2015Believe in Unicorns is the theatrical adaption of celebrated Michael Morpurgo’s best-selling children’s story and is typically amazingly magical and...
Reviewer's Rating The Iliad Live James Cross 17/08/2015his, the latest offering in the Almeida Theatre’s ‘Greeks’ series — which has been a brilliant success with engaging adaptations...
