Laika Jad Adams 06/06/2023The ceiling of the theatre is a universe of stars while two musicians produce techno music from flashing decks. Spluttering...
Reviewer's rating Rigoletto René Weis FRSA 06/06/2023The new production of Rigoletto, the opening opera of the 2023 Opera Holland Park season, is a triumph. Directed by...
Reviewer's Rating Il Trovatore Tim Hochstrasser 05/06/2023‘Il Trovatore’ (‘The Troubadour’) is a work of extremes, in striking contrast to ‘Rigoletto’ and ‘Traviata’ with which it is...
Reviewer's rating Götterdämmerung Mel Cooper 05/06/2023This production of Götterdämmerung is in every aspect excellent, cogent and intelligently articulated. Despite somewhat more limited resources than major...
Gypsy Tim Hochstrasser 04/06/2023‘Gypsy’ stands to musicals as ‘Figaro’ does to opera: an indisputable masterpiece of the genre that is simultaneously indestructible yet...
Reviewer's rating Surfing the Holyland Paul Richards 03/06/2023Like a surfer delivering a tricky roundhouse cutback, US writer and actor Erin Hunter has delivered something rare, special and...
Reviewer's rating The Ocean At The End Of The Lane Rhys John Edwards 02/06/2023A child’s fight against the prospect of growing up has always been fertile ground for fantasy stories. But I don’t...
Reviewer's rating Unexpected Twist Mel Cooper 02/06/2023The touring company of Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist has reached Oxford and lives up to its very fine reputation. Adapted...
Reviewer's Rating Aspects of Love Tim Hochstrasser 27/05/2023‘Aspects of Love’ was a great success at the back end of the 1980s, helping to make the name of...
Reviewer's Rating Brokeback Mountain Tim Hochstrasser 23/05/2023Unbelievably, it is getting on for twenty years now since the making of the film of ‘Brokeback Mountain’. Such is...
