American Psycho Olivia Hurton 04/02/2026Rupert Goold’s thirteen-year tenure as artistic director of the Almeida Theatre in Islington has seen it transform into a leading...
Mozart’s Requiem: Listening Back to Da Ponte’s Lost World Rivka Jacobson 31/01/2026During the Barbican performance of Mozart’s Requiem, there was a moment — brief and unanticipated — when the music unsettled...
Bigre/’FishBowl’ Tim Hochstrasser 30/01/2026The test of a great mime show is not that you don’t need the words but rather when you realise...
Cosi fan Tutte Tim Hochstrasser 27/01/2026Of all three collaborations between Mozart and Da Ponte this opera is perhaps the most tricky to bring off successfully...
Tell Me Tim Hochstrasser 26/01/2026When I am in Tate Modern I often stand in front of a painting by Mondrian and experiment with my...
Reviewer's rating Beautiful Little Fool Jad Adams 25/01/2026The scene is set with an archive with walls of books, papers, boxes and table lamps. Here Scottie Fitzgerald, daughter...
Masterclass Julie Peakman 22/01/2026Masterclass is a masterpiece of a two-hander. Set in a primary school classroom where rooms are rented out for community...
The Makropulos Affair Josi Steinfeld 15/01/2026Makropulos, adapted from Karel Čapek’s play, is rarely performed and widely regarded as one of the most demanding works in...
Fawlty Towers Ziyu Zhang 15/01/2026Adapted by John Cleese, co-creator of the original Fawlty Towers, which first exploded onto television screens fifty years ago, Fawlty...
In Search of Youkali… Tim Hochstrasser 11/01/2026We think we know the milieu of Kurt Weill – whether the sardonic, witty, cynical and sometimes sentimental world of...
