Machinal
It’s almost 100 years since Sophie Treadwell’s expressionist play hit the stage, following the real-life…
Browsing: The Culturist
Birmingham Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
It’s 40 years since Sir Peter Wright’s production of The Sleeping Beauty for the Birmingham Royal…
Oppenheimer: The Verdict
Struggling manfully to reach minute sixty of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”, as someone with the sensation…
Scoop
January 24th 1848 in Sutter’s Mill, Caloma, California, was the moment that one James W…
My First Ballet: Swan Lake with ENB
It’s surely never too early to introduce children to theatre and instil a love of…
Ripley
Director and photographer Paul Joyce, recalls his meetings with Patricia Highsmith and reviews Ripley on…
Sargent and Fashion at Tate Britain
If you’re after an art fix with period drama aplenty, the Tate Britain’s Sargent and…
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
Super-Infinite is a startlingly wonderful and quite unputdownable biography of John Donne. Katherine Rundell has…
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
Bartok’s nightmarish fairy-tale opera (the story is based on one written in 1697 by Charles…
The Magic Flute at the ENO
There can be little doubt as to how much London needs the ENO, surely the…
Guys and Dolls at The Bridge Theatre
In musical theatre, there is a phenomenon known as “the 11 o’clock number”. Some musicals…