Through the Shortbread Tin Ben Reiss 16/08/2026In 1760, Scottish writer James Macpherson published a book of fragments of Gaelic poetry translated into English. As the 1760s...
Erika. Reflections on a New Era Ben Reiss 16/08/2026Erika. Reflections on a New Era is a well-intentioned production, but unfortunately one in which everyone involved proves well out...
not for glory Ben Reiss 16/08/2026Entering the performance space where not for glory is to be performed, audience members are strongly encouraged to avail themselves...
Reviewer's rating Bury the Hatchet Jad Adams 16/08/2026This story is best known as the ditty where Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks....
The Singer Ziyu Zhang 14/08/2026The Singer opens up a thrilling new perspective on what a singer is, and on how a song can be...
Aida Alina Bottez 08/08/2026Aida, Arena di Verona: A dazzling crystal vision Verdi’s Aida was commissioned for Egypt in connection with the opening of...
Twelfth Night on Kew Soyoon Koo 03/08/2026Twelfth Night has always occupied an uneasy place in Shakespeare’s performance history, remembered widely as a festive comedy, yet its...
Flop! Richard Voyce 22/07/2026Flop! The Best Songs from the Worst Musicals does exactly what it says on the tin. What the title doesn’t...
Bigfoot Ripped My Dog In Half I Saw It Ben Reiss 11/08/2026Xhloe and Natasha are the multi-award-winning duo behind several of the Fringe’s biggest hits over the last few years. This...
L’Italiana in Algeri Josi Steinfeld 27/07/2026For thirty-seven years, Opus Opéra has presented a festival in the medieval hilltop village of Gattières that has become an...
Tosca Yael Shuv 20/07/2026Floria Tosca is one of opera’s most complex and compelling heroines. Unlike the innocent victims who populate so many operas,...
Die Frau ohne Schatten Alessandro Zummo 12/07/2026Die Frau ohne Schatten (The woman without a shadow) is the fifth and most ambitious collaboration between Richard Strauss and...
Death Note: The Musical Soyoon Koo 14/08/2026Death Note: The Musical arrives at the Barbican with comically high expectations. The story follows high-achieving disillusioned student Light Yagami...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Soyoon Koo 02/07/2026“Are we all here?” As Quince asks the inaugural question, the line lands with an arch, modern self-awareness. As the...
Francesco Filidei in conversation with Alessandro Zummo Alessandro Zummo 21/07/2026There is a familiar complaint about contemporary opera: that somewhere after the war it stopped speaking to its audience, and...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Soyoon Koo 02/07/2026“Are we all here?” As Quince asks the inaugural question, the line lands with an arch, modern self-awareness. As the...
