Smashed: Special Edition Hannah Connell 11/01/2017he ambitious new production of Smashed: Special Edition, by Gandini Juggling, is an epic narrative realised through the most intricate...
Reviewer's Rating L’Avare Chloe Darnaud 10/01/2017n an attempt to make the play accessible, L’Avare fails miserably by excessively dumbing down the play. The original L’Avare...
Reviewer's Rating Le Petit-Maître Corrigé Chloe Darnaud 10/01/2017arivaux’s Le Petit-Maître corrigé, revived by Clément Hervieu-Léger, had only been played twice before at the Comédie-Française in 1734. Infuriating...
Reviewer's Rating Scottish Ballet: Hansel & Gretel S.A. McCracken 08/01/2017delicious family treat – and the witch is the cherry on top. In 2013, choreographer Christopher Hampson created and debuted...
Reviewer's Rating Messa da Requiem Katherine Syer 01/01/2017ecent years have seen a growing number of oratorios, cantatas, and song cycles explored for their theatrical potential on stage,...
Reviewer's Rating Salome Paul Meltzer 30/12/2016Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts disgustingly. That seems to be the message behind Richard Strauss's opera.
Reviewer's Rating God of Vengeance Charles Bittner 30/12/2016Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance, written in 1906, opened this week at La MaMa Theater. The play explores...
Reviewer's Rating The Encounter Paul Meltzer 29/12/2016Who do we actually encounter in The Encounter? A powerful artist, some faraway people, our own assumptions.
Reviewer's Rating Saint Joan Tim Hochstrasser 23/12/2016ernard Shaw’s plays, for all their number and reputation, are not often seen in London, so a revival of even...
Reviewer's Rating Don Giovanni Katherine Syer 22/12/2016eith Warner’s strongly conceived production of Don Giovanni (in revival with assistance from Michael Moxham) remains a public success in...