Spiral Emma Burnell 18/08/2023I don’t often do this, but I am going to retell something I overheard during the interval of Spiral. I...
Reviewer's Rating The Arc Tim Hochstrasser 18/08/2023Emanate is a new theatre company that seeks to showcase new plays that loosely embrace and touch upon Jewish themes....
The Effect Emma Burnell 17/08/2023What is love, anyway? This is the question at the heart of The Effect. Is it a simple matter of...
Reviewer's Rating Makeshifts and Realities Tim Hochstrasser 16/08/2023The Finborough Theatre has for many years made the case for neglected drama from the Edwardian Era, particularly plays associated...
Paved With Gold and Ashes Emma Burnell 12/08/2023Paved With Gold and Ashes is a short piece, but it packs more into its run than you might imagine....
Reviewer's Rating Trouble in Tahiti Tim Hochstrasser 11/08/2023‘Trouble in Tahiti’ is a good fit for scheduling at Grimeborn. A not-so-well-known one-act opera by Leonard Bernstein deserves another...
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...
24 (Day): The measure of my dreams Emma Burnell 05/08/2023I was really excited by the idea of this play. I grew up close to the area it’s set in....
Reviewer's Rating Opera in Song – Vissi d’Arte Tim Hochstrasser 03/08/2023At the centre of Opera Holland Park’s season each year now is a charming and absorbing three-concert interlude that explores...
Reviewer's Rating No For An Answer Tim Hochstrasser 02/08/2023‘There are Bernsteins and Blitzsteins, And flop Steins and hit Steins’, sings Mama Rose in ‘Gypsy’. Well, we all know...
