Tristan and Isolde
Tristan and Isolde is an opera you can throw a lot at without overwhelming it,…
Browsing: The Culturist
The Deep Blue Sea
I had thought that the Terence Rattigan revival, which seemed to begin around 2009 and…
The Spoils
Jesse Eisenberg’s play, The Spoils, has landed in London like a whirlwind crashing straight in…
Northern Ballet’s Jane Eyre
In the year of Charlotte Brontë’s 200th birthday, a celebration of her best-known work, Jane…
Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall
If you only ever see one ballet in your life, there’s a good chance that…
The Threepenny Opera
Rufus Norris, director of the National Theatre, finds himself in an odd position. After a…
The McOnie Company’s Jekyll & Hyde
When Daniel Collins appears on stage in his flower shop, he is gawky, bespectacled, the…
Venus Reborn
I’m at the V&A museum, in London’s Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, to sample…
Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Glyndebourne
As the 2016 Glyndebourne series begins with the usual delights – picnics, an audience dressed…
La traviata at Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Based on the 1852 play, La dame aux Camélias, adapted from the novel by Alexandre…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Play for the Nation
In this quattro-centenary year, there have been plenty of celebrations of Shakespeare with the much-vaunted…
