The Velvet Glove Julie Peakman 10/06/2023When I first heard about the play, I was excited that I was going to watch a performance about Restoration...
Reviewer's rating Patriots Hugo Shapero 08/06/2023The faded scarlet opulence of the Noël Coward theatre now hosts the lurid hues of Peter Morgan’s Almeida Transfer, Patriots....
Laika Jad Adams 06/06/2023The ceiling of the theatre is a universe of stars while two musicians produce techno music from flashing decks. Spluttering...
Reviewer's rating Rigoletto René Weis FRSA 06/06/2023The new production of Rigoletto, the opening opera of the 2023 Opera Holland Park season, is a triumph. Directed by...
Reviewer's Rating Il Trovatore Tim Hochstrasser 05/06/2023‘Il Trovatore’ (‘The Troubadour’) is a work of extremes, in striking contrast to ‘Rigoletto’ and ‘Traviata’ with which it is...
Reviewer's Rating Aspects of Love Tim Hochstrasser 27/05/2023‘Aspects of Love’ was a great success at the back end of the 1980s, helping to make the name of...
Reviewer's Rating Brokeback Mountain Tim Hochstrasser 23/05/2023Unbelievably, it is getting on for twenty years now since the making of the film of ‘Brokeback Mountain’. Such is...
Reviewer's rating My Marquee Barb Jungr and her Trio Richard McKee 19/05/2023It’s an old chestnut that if you can remember the Sixties, you weren’t there, man. I can remember the sounds...
Bleak Expectations Emma Burnell 19/05/2023Restaging something that has been much beloved in another format can be a double-edged sword. How do you maintain the...
Helen Emma Burnell 17/05/2023Helen starts with a death. As the action begins we see Helen (Jo Mousley) and Becca (Chloe Wade) lose their...
