Emanuel Despax – from Ravel to Rodgers Tim Hochstrasser 10/03/2025Emanuel Despax is well known not only as a soloist of distinction but also as a regular collaborator in chamber...
Birdsong Tim Hochstrasser 07/03/2025It is hard to believe that Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks is now over thirty years old. Written, in part, to...
The Magic Flute Tim Hochstrasser 07/03/2025In writing opera reviews you often find yourself lamenting the lack of respect or even belief that the director has...
White Rose – the musical Tim Hochstrasser 07/03/2025While the story of the Stauffenberg plot against Hitler’s life in 1944 is well known, other episodes of dissent and...
Reviewers Rating Château Farci Julie Peakman 06/03/2025The Victorian ripped wallpaper, tattered chaise longue and battered leather chairs, sets us up the vision of an old French...
Reviewer's Rating Jenůfa Nicole Pezza 02/03/2025Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa, first performed in 1904, remains one of the most harrowing explorations of shame, sacrifice, and social cruelty...
Reviewers Rating Back to The Future Julie Peakman 28/02/2025The opening is everything I expect of a musical with a full-blown cast dancing their hearts out and singing ‘Only...
L’Elisio or Elysium – Song & Spoken Word Tim Hochstrasser 23/02/2025As someone who travels through London Bridge station several times a week, it was a surprise to come across a...
Nikita Lukinov: Bechstein Hall Tim Hochstrasser 23/02/2025This was my first visit to the new Bechstein Hall, and as it may be an unfamiliar venue to readers...
Reviewers Rating Trestle Julie Peakman 22/02/2025Two characters take us through a relationship built up over a period of six months based on weekly overlapping meetings...
