Twelfth Night at the National Theatre
Of all Shakespeare’s comedies, Twelfth Night offers the greatest challenges, and rewards, for a new…
Browsing: The Culturist
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Young Vic
It is rare that you see one of your favourite plays in a completely new…
The Academy Awards 2017 Predictions
After last year’s controversy, the Oscars return, with La La Land tying with Titanic for…
The Sixteen: Bach Magnificat
Professional ensemble groups like The Sixteen led by Harry Christophers, and the Tallis Scholars led…
Prevenge
Prevenge is the directorial debut of Alice Lowe, probably best-known as Steve Oram’s other half,…
The Pirates of Penzance at the ENO
This was bound to happen. Mike Leigh’s original ENO production of The Pirates of Penzance…
Art at the Old Vic
When you read the premise of Yasmina Reza’s play Art, it feels as though this…
The Glass Menagerie
Landing in the West End via Broadway and a spell at the Edinburgh Festival, The…
Written on Skin at the ROH
When George Benjamin’s Written on Skin debuted at Aix en Provence five years ago it…
Pride and Prejudice
It was a delight to catch the Regent’s Park Theatre touring production of Pride and…
Giselle
Although Alina Cojocaru and Isaac Hernandez had wowed for the official press night two days…
The Top 10 Films of 2016
2016 was a mixed bag at the cinema, with some huge disappointments (let’s not talk…