Performing Arts
OPERA REVIEW - Carmen, Royal Opera House
You just know it’s going to end in tears when you get to go out with someone patently out of…
THEATRE REVIEW - Mother Courage, National Theatre
Mother Courage is by no means a sympathetic figure and it is made pretty clear that her pursuit of profit…
OPERA REVIEW - Tristan und Isolde, Royal Opera House
It is always awkward when you start seeing someone at work on the sly. This is a – very –…
THEATRE REVIEW - An Inspector Calls, Novello Theatre
The great joys of re-reading a beloved classic are looking forward to revisiting favourite moments and spotting new things you’d…
THEATRE REVIEW: Gospels of Childhood: The Triptych - St Giles’ Church and Barbican Center
The versatile and talented performers tell their three stories by creating multi-layered physical tapestries made up of ritualistic choreography interwoven…
THEATRE REVIEW - A New World, Globe Theatre
Trevor Griffiths knows everything there is to know about the Life of Thomas Paine and he has crammed as much…
THEATRE REVIEW - Hello Dolly!, Open Air Theatre
If the ‘barbecue’ summer is ruining your staycation then you could do a lot worse than pack up the brood…
THEATRE REVIEW - Three More Sleepless Nights, National Theatre
Some say that you only really know who you are when you’re lying awake in the small hours. That is…
THEATRE REVIEW - Helen, The Globe
I must confess to secret feelings of relief when I discovered that Frank McGuinness’ version of Euripides’ Helen runs at…
Troilus & Cressida: The Globe
'Troilus and Cressida', the play contains their story but it isn’t really about them. Set ten years into the Trojan…