An Interview with Conductor Michael Hofstetter
German Conductor Michael Hofstetter makes his return to English National Opera this autumn in Nicholas…
Browsing: The Culturist
The Congress
Ari Folman follows up his extraordinary feature-length animated documentary, 2008’s Waltz with Bashir, with this…
Meeting with Henry Moore
Celebrated portrait photographer and film-maker, Paul Joyce, recalls a youthful narrow escape with the legendary…
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Antonio’s Ristorante, located on a bustling piazza, is the imaginatively modern opening setting for this…
My Night With Reg
I first saw My Night With Reg by Kevin Elyot twenty years ago at the…
Thérèse Raquin: The Musical
I so wanted to like this musical adaptation of Emile Zola’s 1867 novel of the…
Mariinsky’s Romeo and Juliet
The Mariinsky ballet is back for an epic three-week season at the Royal Opera House,…
La traviata at Glyndebourne: No Shrinking Violetta
In this 20th anniversary year of Glyndebourne, acclaimed director Tom Cairns returns to the festival,…
Porgy and Bess at Regent’s Park
Referring to Porgy and Bess as a ‘musical’ is a great disservice. Conceived by George…
Shakespeare in Love
Based on the Academy Award-winning motion picture screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard and…
Medea at the National Theatre
Staging Greek tragedy in the 21st century is often a difficult task. The formal aspects…
The Crucible at The Old Vic
One can’t exactly look forward to seeing Arthur Miller’s 1953 play, The Crucible; not with…