Redcliffe Richard Voyce 29/05/2026There’s emotion aplenty in the new musical Redcliffe, which has just opened at Southwark Playhouse’s main stage. I say new,...
La Fanciulla del West Josi Steinfeld 28/05/2026Opera Holland Park opened its 30th season with Puccini’s less frequently performed La Fanciulla del West. Commissioned by the Metropolitan...
Un Turco in Italia Josi Steinfeld 27/05/2026European opera from the 17th through 19th centuries frequently exploited fascination with — and anxiety about — the Ottoman Empire....
Sunny Afternoon – UK TOUR Rhys John Edwards 27/05/2026UK TOUR I’m starting to grow a little tired of the music biography. Particularly in film, the success of Bohemian...
Reviewers Rating Dark of the Moon Julie Peakman 27/05/2026The original version of this production was a play first performed in 1942 at the University of Iowa and then...
Purcell, The Musical Tim Hochstrasser 24/05/2026Barnes Green on a lovely Spring evening is a fine setting for an evening of Purcell. This week at the...
The Name Hafiza Butt 23/05/2026There is a reason why Simon Usher is one of our finest stage directors, and it’s not just his intelligence,...
My Normal F**king Sex Life Rhys John Edwards 23/05/2026THE RIVERFRONT, NEWPORT It’s not often that a protagonist’s inner monologue is cast as their chief antagonist. Most of the...
Dido & Aeneas Tim Hochstrasser 23/05/2026In his excellent programme note Michael Burden points out that we know very little about the origins and performance circumstances...
The Master Builder Katerina Gotsi 22/05/2026Ambition, guilt, desire, and the fear of decline lie at the heart of Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder, one of...
