Reviewer's Rating Sand in the Sandwiches Alexandra Portmann 02/06/2017taging the biography of one of Britain’s most popular poets from the 20th century is quite a challenge, especially when...
Reviewer's Rating L’Elisir D’Amore Rivka Jacobson 01/06/2017’elisir D’amore, with its highly effective musical contrasts, propelled Donizetti into further international recognition and stardom in 1832, confirming the...
Reviewer's Rating An Octoroon Roger Mortimer 25/05/2017s Boucsploitation a thing now? Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ relationship with Irish playwright Dion Boucicault is clearly a complex one, perhaps more...
Reviewer's Rating The Mikado Richard Voyce 25/05/2017ilbert and Sullivan’s comic masterpiece is all but Teflon coated in its ability to withstand whatever ‘concept’ is imposed upon...
Reviewer's Rating Mayerling Tim Hochstrasser 24/05/2017mong Kenneth MacMillan’s many distinctive and famous ballets Mayerling continues to win the highest plaudits, and justly so. More than...
Reviewer's Rating Richard III Aleksandra Sakowska 24/05/2017ehmet Ergen’s staging of Richard III is neither politically relevant nor entertaining. His contemporary take on Shakespeare’s story of the...
Reviewer's Rating Babette’s Feast Abigail Bryant 18/05/2017lyn Maxwell’s adaptation of Karen Blixen’s understated short story Babette’s Feast brings a freshly stirred account of artistry and communion...
Reviewer's Rating The Addams Family: The Musical Comedy Richard McKee 17/05/2017he 1960s were a great era for Gothic horror. We had Roger Corman in America, filming the stories of Edgar...
Reviewer's Rating Don Carlo Tim Hochstrasser 14/05/2017here are at least four versions of this late-Verdi opera in print, and any number of variations used in production....
Reviewer's Rating Stufish Presents SOHO Richard McKee 12/05/2017small crowd of protesters were painting the street red outside the Peacock Theatre yesterday evening. Colourful in fancy dress, these...