2:22 – A Ghost Story Rhys John Edwards 17/02/2026I didn’t know an awful lot about ‘2:22 – A Ghost Story’, bar the theatrical snobbery that seems to follow...
Peter Grimes Owen Davies 16/02/2026It is hard to believe that Opera North has had this production of Britten’s Peter Grimes sitting in its warehouse...
I’m Sorry Prime Minister Lara Inglis-Jones 16/02/2026Arriving at I’m Sorry Prime Minister without any familiarity with the original television series, expectations are modest. The main point...
The Marriage of Figaro Owen Davies 15/02/2026The finest product of the unlikely partnership between Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte, The Marriage of Figaro is an essential...
Shadowlands René Weis FRSA 15/02/2026In this welcome revival of William Nicholson’s now classic play, a superb script and brilliant acting deliver a terrific evening...
Cash on Delivery Tim Hochstrasser 15/02/2026The waters were out to be sure in the Thames Valley this weekend, but the bonhomie and fine cuisine for...
DONBAS Soyoon Koo 14/02/2026Seeing DONBAS in the claustrophobic hush of Theatre503 is a smart theatrical decision. Olga Braga’s writing, which moves cleanly between...
Cosi fan Tutte Owen Davies 10/02/2026This opera – one of the three great works to emerge from the partnership of Mozart and Da Ponte, the...
Dance of Death Rivka Jacobson 07/02/2026Richard Eyre’s production of Dance of Death at the Orange Tree Theatre refuses consolation, revealing how August Strindberg engineers’ endurance,...
The Ophiolite Tim Hochstrasser 07/02/2026This is a play with a self-conscious literary and historical past. In his programme note, author Philip de Voni acknowledges...