Reviewer's Rating No For An Answer Tim Hochstrasser 02/08/2023‘There are Bernsteins and Blitzsteins, And flop Steins and hit Steins’, sings Mama Rose in ‘Gypsy’. Well, we all know...
Skin Jad Adams 02/08/2023Skin opens with two sisters chatting on stage about Sadie’s cancer, and even laughing about it. Sadie, in her early...
Reviewer's rating The Empress Mel Cooper 01/08/2023I am happy to say that the new production of The Empress by Tanika Gupta at the RSC is excellent....
Reviewer's rating La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) Owen Davies 01/08/2023This jewel of an opera has many wonderful moments to savour though it sometimes feels as if one is waiting...
La Bohème Adi Ginat 31/07/2023Puccini’s La Bohème is a classic, even those who are not well versed in Opera, including myself, know of its...
Orlando Owen Davies 30/07/2023First performed in London in 1733, Orlando is an opera seria based on part of Ariosto’s ballad, Orlando Furioso. Handel...
Reviewer's rating The Fairy Queen Mel Cooper 30/07/2023For their final production of the season, the one in which they give a platform for up-and-coming young talent, Longborough...
Reviewer's rating Around the World in 80 Days Mel Cooper 28/07/2023I was fortunate to catch the inventive evening of theatre based on Jules Verne’s Around the world in 80 Days...
Reviewer's rating As You Like It Mel Cooper 27/07/2023The new production of AS YOU LIKE IT at the RSC is simply a delight from start to finish, though...
Reviewer's rating Il Re Pastore Owen Davies 26/07/2023Il Re Pastore, like many opera seria works, celebrates the wisdom and virtue of a noble monarch. Faced with a...
