The Nutcracker: an innocuous, family-friendly ballet that has become a Christmas tradition. Nutcracker Rouge: the part-burlesque, part-circus, part-ca...
I caught up with the new WNO production of Bizet’s Carmen the other night in Oxford and can report that it is truly excellent both musically and drama...
The musical Six is a joyous, energetic and riotous cross between a girl band pop concert and a feature length episode of BBC children’s history show, ...
How often do we find ourselves humming a tune, not realizing it’s a Mozart composition? You don’t have to be a classical music aficionado to know who ...
Life should be in technicolour; it is erratic, vibrant, and unpredictable… not unlike the little-less-than-perfect vegetable ranges; delicious, unique...
The scene is set from the moment audience members step into the theatre and are invited to join the cast on stage. The stately, glistening Lyceum audi...
At the beginning of the Sherman Theatre’s new production of Hedda Gabler, Hedda (Heledd Gwynn) is alone on stage, her back turned to us. Her husband G...
Red Velvet has had great success on both sides of the Atlantic since its first appearance at the Tricyle/Kiln back in 2012, and deservedly so. It is a...
Teetering between cruelty and comedy, director Damiano Michieletto brings a new production of Don Pasquale to the ROH, after its successful runs in Pa...
Gluck’s contribution to the development of opera is still under-appreciated, straddling as he does the transition between the Baroque and Classical er...
