UK Reviews

The Pianist

Tim Hochstrasser 12
It would be hard to find anyone who does not know the film version of Wladyslaw Szpilman’s memoir, a film...

1984

Ben Reiss 28
The world can feel like an increasingly dystopian place. Press outlets and politicians insist that what you thought you heard...

Burlesque

Holly Cowan 57
When the film Burlesque hit our screens in 2010, it seemed to be screaming for an onstage adaptation, or rather...

Top-rated Shows

Ghosts

Rivka Jacobson 70
A confined stage can act as a magnifying glass, bringing the smallest gestures and facial expressions into sharp focus. Yet...

Tarare

Tim Hochstrasser 154
‘The value of a man lies not in his birth, but in his virtues’, may sound like an unexceptionable statement...

Cuban Baroque

Tim Hochstrasser 197
‘Everything in Cuba is an excuse to dance’, said Carlos Acosta in the discussion with the audience that followed this...

International Reviews

Iris

Tim Hochstrasser 28
‘One for the heart, one for the head and one for fun’, ‘ is the mantra applied by artistic director,...

The Magic Flute

Yael Shuv 66
During my last visit to London, I noticed a growing trend on the West End: several major musicals, including Into...

Tarare

Tim Hochstrasser 154
‘The value of a man lies not in his birth, but in his virtues’, may sound like an unexceptionable statement...

Features

Il Turco in Italia

Miho Uchida 475
The New National Theatre Tokyo opens its new season with Rossini’s Il Turco in Italia, a co-production between Madrid’s Teatro...

Interviews