Semele Soyoon Koo 30/08/2025Handel’s Semele (1744) was met with controversy at its premiere for presenting secular opera in the guise of sacred oratorio....
Nye Rhys John Edwards 27/08/2025I’ve always despised pride by association. That borrowed sense of triumph usually expressed by armchair patriots during sporting events. The...
Don Giovanni Wilder Gutterson 27/08/2025The Arcola Theatre’s smallish, airless black box didn’t dampen the commitment of The Ensemble OrQuesta Company’s minimalist production of Mozart’s...
Interview Wilder Gutterson 24/08/2025How will Pierre (Robert Sean Leonard), a middle-aged, serious political journalist, fare when assigned to interview Katya (Paten Hughes), a...
Reviewer's rating Lightbulbs Jad Adams 23/08/2025Two androgynous figures stand in the centre of the stage, they wear grey tops and billowing trousers that look like...
Faustus in Africa! Ben Reiss 23/08/2025The legend of Faust – an ambitious man dissatisfied with life who strikes a deal with the Devil, who serves...
The Gathered Leaves Lara Inglis-Jones 21/08/2025The Gathered Leaves is a play which, at the outset, feels like a theme played out on stage many times...
The Enormous Crocodile: The Musical Marlow Getz 20/08/2025When a beloved children’s story is adapted for the stage, the litmus test is always the children. Do they laugh?...
Sense & Sensibility. The Musical Julie Peakman 20/08/2025Wow it’s an opera! The opening song jolts our attention as players start to sing ‘Its Society’. The title of...
Mary, Queen of Scots Ben Reiss 18/08/2025The life of Mary, Queen of Scots lends itself to endless retelling, being an inherently dramatic tale of ambition, conflict...
