The Government Inspector Tim Hochstrasser 03/05/2025I am sure no one intended it, but to have the press night of this play fall on the day...
Dealer’s Choice Tim Hochstrasser 01/05/2025Dealer’s Choice was Patrick Marber’s debut play back in 1995. It has had several lauded revivals since then, but the question...
Ben and Imo Owen Davies 30/04/2025When I first heard about this play I must admit that I thought it might only appeal to those (like...
Romeo and Juliet – A Mirror to the Name and the Heart Sofía Danailov Esteban 26/04/2025In this new production of Romeo and Juliet, presented by Hackney Empire, the eternal war between name and essence is...
Ben and Imo Owen Davies 30/04/2025When I first heard about this play I must admit that I thought it might only appeal to those (like...
The Inseparables Rivka Jacobson 18/04/2025Grace-Joy Howarth’s adaptation of Simone de Beauvoir’s posthumously published novella The Inseparables is a poignant, beautifully rendered exploration of love,...
Peter Grimes Owen Davies 08/04/2025At its best, Peter Grimes is one of the most powerful works on the opera stage – and with a...
The Importance of Being Oscar Olivia Hurton 04/04/2025Oscar Wilde once claimed that ‘to become a work of art is the object of living’. No doubt he would...
Reviewer's Rating A Streetcar Named Desire Austin Fimmano 28/03/2025The scene has been set for director Rebecca Frecknall’s A Streetcar Named Desire to dazzle New York. After a sweep...
La bohème Yael Shuv 26/03/2025directorial liberties—nor should it. Puccini’s tale of starving artists in 1830s Paris is best served with a faithful touch. The...
Reviewer's Rating Avalona, A Musical Legend Austin Fimmano 11/03/2025You never know which doors in New York will transport you to a different world, and at The Sanctuary at...
Carmen Miho Uchida 03/03/2025Àlex Ollé’s 2021 production of Carmen has returned to the New National Theatre Tokyo after four years. This interpretation is...
Reviewer's Rating Scissorhandz Julie Peakman 07/02/2025As we enter the auditorium, Susie Quatro’s ‘Devil Gate Drive’ with its lyrics ‘Come Alive’ is playing and I think...
The Flying Dutchman at the New National Theatre Tokyo Miho Uchida 28/01/2025Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman draws inspiration from the composer’s stormy sea voyage from Riga to London in 1839. In...
Power, Wit and Baroque: Sophie Gilpin on Her Bold New Pimpinone Rivka Jacobson 29/04/2025As part of the Jette Parker Artists Programme, director Sophie Gilpin tackles a rarely staged Baroque comedy — reframing its...
Love and Friendship: The Inseparables Olivia Hurton 25/04/2025Playwright Grace Joy Howarth in conversation with Olivia Hurton It is a still April afternoon on the Old Brompton Road....
