Béatrice et Bénédict at Glyndebourne
‘It’s the nicest day we’ve had this season’, sighed the press officer, and she certainly…
Browsing: The Culturist
While the Sun Shines
While the Sun Shines, Terrence Rattigan’s eighth play, first premièred in 1943 to rave reviews…
After Miss Julie
“Woah. She just went from zero to 100 and didn’t come back, did she?” puffed…
Ralph Fiennes as Richard III
‘Now is the winter of our discontent’, hisses one of Shakespeare’s most malevolent villains, Richard…
Bugsy Malone at the Lyric Hammersmith
He watched the Jodie Foster movie version as a kid, now NICK HAMMOND is a…
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016 Preview
Everybody knows that each year’s Edinburgh Fringe is the best Fringe yet. More shows than…
Lady Anna: All at Sea
Lady Anna: All at Sea is a lesser known work by the prolific Victorian novelist…
Le nozze di Figaro at Glyndebourne
The sun shone gloriously at Glyndebourne last Sunday, after a few weeks of unsettled weather,…
Present Laughter
The new Theatre Royal Bath revival of Noël Coward’s Present Laughter, which first premièred in…
Wild at Hampstead Theatre
The other day I had a message from gmail, telling me that there had been…
Verdi’s Macbeth at Iford Arts Festival
Iford Festival is undoubtedly one of the most memorable ways I’ve ever experienced opera, for…