One of the most successful of the compilation shows is Jersey Boys, telling the story of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and just about every song the...
The RSC has done a clever thing this summer by producing both The Jew of Malta and the play that it most famously inspired by its success, The Merchan...
Mostly I have found that neglected masterpieces turn out to be justly neglected; but sometimes not; and the RSC has found one that is most unjustly ne...
Dylan Costello’s ‘The Glass Protégé’ supposedly lifts the lid on the true relationships behind the scenes of the Hollywood film industry of the late 4...
Tom Stoppard’s truly wonderful play, Arcadia, is something of a jigsaw puzzle and just as much a crossword puzzle. It is a contemplation of the develo...
This revival of David Hare’s political drama, The Absence of War, is timely. Indeed, it’s so topical that when he was asked, as the play set out on it...
ENO describes this stunning production of Sweeney Todd as semi-staged. It is a tribute to the show and its performers that by the end of an evening of...
As much as any play, the live concerts of The Sixteen can be a dramatic event in themselves and last night was no different when they launched their 2...
Stones in his Pockets is a wonderful example of Brecht’s “alienation effect” working as it should. Two men: one short, one tall; one chubby, one lanky...
Lorca’s 1932 play entices us into a world of feuding families, high passion, and warm-hearted yet poignant and painful connection with the elemental f...
