Reviewer's Rating The Glass Menagerie Olivia Hurton 13/03/2025In his production notes for The Glass Menagerie, playwright Tennessee Williams boldly called for a ‘new, plastic theatre which must...
Reviewer's Rating Macbeth Olivia Hurton 12/03/2025In the English Touring Theatre’s production of Macbeth, it is not just the bodies on stage that are mangled. Shakespeare’s...
Reviewer's Rating Our Mothers’ Daughters Hafiza Butt 11/03/2025I’d travel quite a distance to see a Hanna Berrigan play, though this one is on my door-step. Berrigan is...
The Lark Ascending – ECO Anniversary Concert Tim Hochstrasser 11/03/2025This concert marked the start of the 65th birthday celebrations for the English Chamber Orchestra. As you might expect, the...
Reviewer's Rating Lust & Laughter Josi Steinfeld 11/03/2025This one-night-only event celebrated the collaboration of the National Opera Studio Young Artists, with its partners: English National Opera (ENO),...
Emanuel Despax – from Ravel to Rodgers Tim Hochstrasser 10/03/2025Emanuel Despax is well known not only as a soloist of distinction but also as a regular collaborator in chamber...
Reviewer's Rating Tess Lara Machado 09/03/2025Classic novels and circus are not two things that most people consider in relation to each other. Ockham’s Razor and...
Reviewer's Rating A Streetcar Named Desire Grace Mold 08/03/2025Content warning: please note that this review – like the production itself – contains reference to sexual violence. Tennessee Williams’...
Birdsong Tim Hochstrasser 07/03/2025It is hard to believe that Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks is now over thirty years old. Written, in part, to...
The Magic Flute Tim Hochstrasser 07/03/2025In writing opera reviews you often find yourself lamenting the lack of respect or even belief that the director has...
