The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Antonio’s Ristorante, located on a bustling piazza, is the imaginatively modern opening setting for this…
Browsing: The Culturist
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…
Great Britain at the National Theatre
As the title might suggest, Richard Bean’s riotous new play has set its sights on…
Daytona
Set entirely in an elderly Jewish couple’s apartment in 1980s Brooklyn, New York, and initially…
Wonderland at Hampstead Theatre
Director Edward Hall marks the 30th anniversary of the miners’ strike with Beth Steel’s momentous…