Performing Arts
THEATRE REVIEW - Blood Wedding, Metta Theatre
Even if you are unfamiliar with the plot of Federico Garcia Lorca’s tragedy, it does not take a genius to…
THEATRE REVIEW - The Importance of Being Earnest, Open Air Theatre
I am not suggesting that a drawing room is de rigeur for Oscar Wilde’s much loved play but Earnest is…
OPERA REVIEW - Tosca, Royal Opera House
Forget about running marathons and climbing mountains, go and see Tosca at the Royal Opera House and you will die…
THEATRE REVIEW - The Observer, National Theatre
Matt Charman’s second play at the National Theatre, The Observer, is the story of an international election observation team in…
OPERA REVIEW - Un Ballo In Maschera, Royal Opera House
Mario Martone’s production of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera is proper opera: propera if you will. It has a big…
THEATRE REVIEW - Nevermind, Old Red Lion
To tell that ‘Nevermind’ is a play about suicide is by no means spoiling it, as that is exactly how…
THEATRE REVIEW - Julius Caesar, RSC
Much was made of the toothless nature of Labour MPs’ recent attempts to dethrone Gordon Brown with commentators complaining that…
THEATRE REVIEW - The Bridge Project, Old Vic
It’s a hard knock life when you’re condemned to spending three years on 6 of the world’s great plays; touring…
THEATRE REVIEW - All's Well That Ends Well, National Theatre
All’s Well That Ends Well is one of Shakespeare’s so-called 'problem plays': it ends with a wedding but it’s hardly…
THEATRE REVIEW - As you like it, The Globe
Hardly any of Shakespeare’s fools are funny any more. This isn’t his fault – or theirs for that matter –…