Arcadia Rivka Jacobson 05/07/2026Some productions never quite leave you. I first saw Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia in Trevor Nunn’s celebrated 1993 National Theatre production....
Macbeth (opera) Josi Steinfeld 05/07/2026Verdi regarded Shakespeare’s Macbeth as “one of the greatest creations of man”, declaring: “If we cannot make something great out...
Eugene Onegin Josi Steinfeld 03/07/2026Tchaikovsky’s Pushkin-based opera traces Tatyana’s youthful infatuation with the worldly Onegin, his fatal duel with Lensky, and their devastating reunion...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Soyoon Koo 02/07/2026“Are we all here?” As Quince asks the inaugural question, the line lands with an arch, modern self-awareness. As the...
Springwood Tim Hochstrasser 01/07/2026When did it become the fashion to ring the changes on play or a film so that each has to...
To Kill a Mockingbird Lara Inglis-Jones 01/07/2026Few novels carry the cultural weight of To Kill a Mockingbird, making any stage adaptation a formidable challenge. Harper Lee’s...
Archduke Tim Hochstrasser 29/06/2026Many writers take their cue from historical events, but Rajiv Joseph’s spin on history is a consistently interesting one. In...
Cyrano de Bergerac Wilder Gutterson 29/06/2026There is little more satisfying than falling under the spell of a theatre production that is both entertaining and emotionally...
The Chocolate Soldier Tim Hochstrasser 29/06/2026Given Shaw’s antipathy towards musical theatre, it is ironic that three of the great musicals of the twentieth century were...
In the Belly of the Beast Tim Hochstrasser 29/06/2026Though running for little over an hour, this programme of three Biblical cantatas by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre was...
