Reviews
PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Apples & Snakes, Soho Theatre
Fast becoming one of London’s most exciting literary groups, Apples & Snakes is pushing the boundaries in poetry and spoken…
OPERA REVIEW: Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Time has withered neither the opera nor this version of it. The props, costumes and sets are fantastic$$s$$ sitting in…
VISUAL ARTS/VENUE REVIEW: The Double Club
Thursday 20 November saw the pre-launch of a temporary new hangout in London as the German artist Carsten Höller, known…
THEATRE REVIEW: The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes
The eponymous hero of the RSC’s The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes by Adriano Shaplin at Wilton’s Music Hall in London…
THEATRE REVIEW: Firsts 2008
Programme including Hambre (Compañia LA), The Canon for Duet (Chisato Minamimura Dance Company), Beautiful Dance (Albert Quesada and Vera Tussing),…
THEATRE REVIEW: Drifting and Tilting
Scott Walker's Drifting and Tilting at the Barbican Theatre last week was a consummate performance art miracle.
THEATRE REVIEW: Delirium, Theatre O at the Barbican Pit
I do not know whether Enda Walsh is a dab hand in the kitchen but he’s introduced more than a…
OPERA REVIEW: A Secret Marriage, Scottish Opera
I like Mozart and, as Cimarosa’s music has what Scottish Opera call a familiar Mozartian feel, I assumed that it…
THEATRE REVIEW: The Norman Conquests
The only problem with The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn at the Old Vic is deciding which to see first$$s$$…
THEATRE REVIEW: Oedipus
Ralph Fiennes’ excellent performance at the National Theatre, as Sophocles’ Oedipus, completely captures the growing horror of the worst happening…