The Mill at Sonning Rivka Jacobson 23/08/2023 ‘The Mill at Sonning’ may sound more like a title for a 19-century romantic novel than a name of a local theatre. Well, this is not just any theatre, ...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ As You Like It Mel Cooper 27/07/2023 The new production of AS YOU LIKE IT at the RSC is simply a delight from start to finish, though it is also very anti-magical for much of its running ...
5.0★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Return of Benjamin Lay Owen Davies 20/06/2023 This a remarkable piece of storytelling from the team at the Finborough. Wallace and Rediker have an important story to tell and, in Povinelli, they h...
5.0★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Rigoletto René Weis FRSA 06/06/2023 The new production of Rigoletto, the opening opera of the 2023 Opera Holland Park season, is a triumph. Directed by Cecilia Stinton, it is set in a 19...
5.0★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Unexpected Twist Mel Cooper 02/06/2023 The touring company of Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist has reached Oxford and lives up to its very fine reputation. Adapted from the book by Michael ...
2.0★ ★ Julius Caesar Mel Cooper 06/04/2023 I was certainly lucky to be at a performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar at the RSC in Stratford that had a Question and Answer session afterwards ...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Further Than the Furthest Thing Hugo Shapero 17/03/2023 Strikingly set in the round and adhering to a stylised minimalist set design, this revival of Zinnie Harris’ hit play is truly thought provoking. A th...
3.0★ ★ ★ Macbeth Jad Adams 17/03/2023 For a play which is famously bad luck among actors (they aren’t even supposed to speak its name) Flabbergast Theatre show some pluck in taking on this...
5.0★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Egyptians Tim Hochstrasser 06/03/2023 While we take Athenian tragedy as the foundation of so much of what has followed in the Western dramatic tradition, how often do we stop to think abou...
3.0★ ★ ★ The Shawshank Redemption Mel Cooper 18/02/2023 I have never seen the film that was made of The Shawshank Redemption, a novella by Stephen King that is not quite his usual kind of horro story; and n...
