Author Anna Selby

To say that last night’s performance of Giselle by the United Ukrainian Ballet was emotional…

It was sheer luck that I escaped the worst of the July heat wave down…

Opera Holland Park’s final offering in its summer season is a firecracker. Gilbert and Sullivan…

The summer heatwave was reaching its peak when I visited Barnsley House – and what…

Little Women has been transformed from Louisa May Alcott’s original book into plays, films (even…

Sonali Bhattacharyya’s Chasing Hares is, make no bones about it, a political play. It won…

Every year, Opera Holland Park likes to surprise us during its summer season with something…

So, there you are with your ticket for Longborough Opera – but where to stay?…

Opera in the summer has become something of a passion for us Brits. The granddaddy…

Don Quixote is a ballet with which Carlos Acosta has strong links. His dazzling performance…

Now this is what I’d call a party spa. A contradiction in terms? After all,…

It may seem perverse to see the same opera by the same company twice in…