BOOK REVIEW The Sleeping Beauties Tim Hochstrasser 23/03/2024‘Sleeping Beauties’ is Lucy Ashe’s second novel, coming swiftly after ‘Clara & Olivia’, reviewed here last year. It explores similar...
Reviewer's Rating Duke Bluebeard’s Castle Tim Hochstrasser 23/03/2024When you hear some of the more exotic instruments of the orchestra tuning up and practising motifs in the pit,...
Reviewer's Rating Rolando Villazón concert Josi Steinfeld 22/03/2024Rolando Villazón, the Mexican tenor with big hair, big eyebrows and big heart, catapulted into the operatic scene, winning the...
Reviewer's Rating The Barber of Seville Tim Hochstrasser 22/03/2024With such a familiar opera as ‘The Barber of Seville’ a lot depends on the particular take of the director....
Reviewer's Rating Edward Scissorhands Rhys John Edwards 21/03/2024Now, first things first – I haven’t seen the movie. I know. I’m sorry. It’s just one of those iconic...
Reviewer's Rating The Little Pony Austin Fimmano 20/03/2024After international success, Paco Bezerra’s The Little Pony arrives in New York for its American debut a decade after it...
Lettice & Lovage – in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK Rivka Jacobson 19/03/2024Sir Peter Shaffer’s sparkling comedy and exquisite satire Lettice & Lovage was first performed in 1987. It ran for over...
Reviewer's Rating The Wife of Cyncoed Rhys John Edwards 19/03/2024The Wife of Cyncoed is pretty much faultless. Which is annoying. Whenever I think something might be pretty much faultless,...
Reviewer's Rating Jenůfa Josi Steinfeld 18/03/2024Moravian born Leoš Janáček significantly influenced the advancement of 20th Century opera. He used Moravian folklore and folk music. Each character has their...
Reviewer's Rating Uncle Vanya Tim Hochstrasser 18/03/2024After Andrew Scott’s recent, virtuosic solo-take on this play, it is actually something of a relief to see a samovar...
