Reviewer's rating Miss Brexit Jad Adams 13/02/2025It is good to see a musical which is original and not a version-with-songs of something you have seen on...
The Marriage of Figaro Sofia Moran 11/02/2025Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), first performed in 1786, is one of the most beloved operas in the...
Reviewer's Rating Scissorhandz Julie Peakman 07/02/2025As we enter the auditorium, Susie Quatro’s ‘Devil Gate Drive’ with its lyrics ‘Come Alive’ is playing and I think...
The Bowie Show Tim Hochstrasser 26/01/2025This was my first visit to the Golder’s Green Hippodrome, a hulking venue the size of the Coliseum, and originally...
Fascinating Aida Tim Hochstrasser 11/01/2025What more is there to say about Fascinating Aida? They are an international institution, who have performed for royalty and...
The Invention of Love Tim Hochstrasser 18/12/2024One of my teachers once told me that the secret to a good lecture is to develop a single idea...
Montague’s Millions Julie Peakman 13/12/2024This offering is a delightful Christmas romp with tinges of Bertie and Wooster repartee, with an added titled lady for...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Tim Hochstrasser 13/12/2024In recent years I have reviewed many productions of this play (and Britten’s opera derived from it) and mostly in...
Shakespeare Revisited Tim Hochstrasser 09/12/2024The National Opera Studio, supported by our main opera companies, runs a Young Artists course each year for singers on...
The Mouth of the Gods Tim Hochstrasser 06/12/2024Border Crossings are well known for their innovative cross-cultural productions, and in this venture they have truly excelled themselves. The Mouth of...