Wild at Hampstead Theatre
The other day I had a message from gmail, telling me that there had been…
Browsing: The Culturist
Verdi’s Macbeth at Iford Arts Festival
Iford Festival is undoubtedly one of the most memorable ways I’ve ever experienced opera, for…
Hobson’s Choice
Following successful recent West End transfers of both Mrs Henderson Presents and The Father, Theatre…
The Go-Between
You may have seen the posters advertising The Go-Between in the tube, with musical legend…
Tristan and Isolde
Tristan and Isolde is an opera you can throw a lot at without overwhelming it,…
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…