Reviewer's Rating The History Boys Hal Wooliscroft 29/08/2024Alan Bennett’s The History Boys sits in the tricky position of being both nationally beloved and also oft-criticised for its...
Reviewer's rating Candy Jad Adams 29/08/2024Candy opens on a set of backboard-black walls crowded with chalk messages: ‘We lived on sunlight and chocolate bars’ …’We...
The Valkyrie (Die Walküre) Miho Uchida 26/08/2024Valentin Schwarz’s production of The Ring of the Nibelung has returned to the Bayreuth Festival this year. As predicted, there...
Bianca e Falliero (Bianca and Falliero) Josi Steinfeld 23/08/2024Bianca and Falliero, Rossini’s 30th opera and the fourth composed in 1819, had an impressive initial run of 39 performances—the...
The Barber of Seville Josi Steinfeld 22/08/2024Pesaro is the Italian Capital of Culture 2024, and to mark the occasion, the city is presenting four operas instead...
La bohème Owen Davies 22/08/2024This adapted version of La bohème is an absolute gem. It keeps the spirit of the original but updates it with...
The 39 Steps Sofia Moran 21/08/2024Trafalgar Theatre is currently hosting a brilliantly funny comedy based on Alfred Hitchock’s ‘The 39 Steps’ which dates back further...
The Fabulist Tim Hochstrasser 21/08/2024Giovanni Paisiello is not a name remembered much now, but in the later eighteenth century his comic operas dominated stages...
The Bizarre Misunderstanding (L’equivoco Stravagante) Josi Steinfeld 21/08/2024It’s wonderful to be back at the stunning Teatro Rossini, which was closed for repairs after earthquake damage last year....
Oklahoma! In Concert Richard Voyce 20/08/2024It’s rare nowadays to be truly transported by musical theatre; to leave the auditorium buoyed by a cloud of happiness...
