Written on Skin at the ROH
When George Benjamin’s Written on Skin debuted at Aix en Provence five years ago it…
Browsing: The Culturist
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…
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
As quickly as they were gone, Christmas commercial tentpoles Harry Potter and Rings/Hobbit were replaced,…
The Red Shoes
The 1948 film The Red Shoes is an icon. It won two Oscars and has…
La La Land
It would be fair to say I was a fan of Damien Chazelle’s last film. Whiplash…
Aladdin at the Lyric Theatre
Brexit, Trump, yet more austerity – three reasons to be not so cheerful as we…
This House
After much-acclaimed runs in both the National Theatre and Chichester, James Graham’s play, This House,…
RSC’s King Lear at the Barbican
My first introduction to King Lear was at a school play. My brother, who sits…
Manon Lescaut at The Royal Opera House
Manon Lescaut isn’t generally considered Puccini’s best known (or loved) opera. After the first two…
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black, a play based on Susan Hill’s spine-tingling 1983 novella, is the…