Review: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, Wilton's Music Hall
by Franco Milazzo - March 18, 2024
In the week when an Arts Council England report lambasted the current state of opera and questioned its relevance to wider society, Charles Court Opera’s The Barber Of Seville stands as a stern rebuff to those who consider this art form to be dated and irrelevant....
Review: THE RETURN OF THE KING IN CONCERT, Royal Albert Hall
by Franco Milazzo - March 18, 2024
With a live rendition of the Oscar-winning score by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Philharmonia Chorus, the latest in the Royal Albert Hall’s “films in concert” series brings the The Lord of the Rings epic fantasy saga to a majestic conclusion....
Review: GINGERLINE'S THE GRAND EXPEDITION, Dalston
by Franco Milazzo - March 18, 2024
Like some latter day Phileas Fogg, immersive dining specialists Gingerline’s revival of The Grand Expedition leads us on a merry virtual journey around the world all while sat in a hot air balloon gondola....
Review: A SONG FOR ELLA GREY, Liverpool Playhouse Theatre
by Sarah OHara - March 18, 2024
Pilot Theatre, the company behind the critically acclaimed Noughts & Crosses, return with their latest production, A Song For Ella Grey, which is a unique and engaging retelling of the ancient Orpheus Myth....
Review: INSTRUCTIONS FOR A TEENAGE ARMAGEDDON, Garrick Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - March 18, 2024
Girlhood comes to the Garrick. Rosie Day’s moving one-woman play Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon transfers to the West End helmed by Bridgerton’s Charithra Chandran. Filled to the brim with trigger warnings and imbued with the blunt honesty and pure emotion owned by young girls only, the piece...
Review: JENŮFA, London Coliseum
by Franco Milazzo - March 15, 2024
Opera is not short of stories where women are violated and abandoned by the men in their lives but Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa is an especially cruel tale....
Review: HIDE AND SEEK, Park Theatre
by Louise Penn - March 15, 2024
Hide and Seek is not an easy watch, although it starts off in a light vein, almost sweet, when one schoolboy is exploring a cave and finds the hideout of his missing classmate.. Despite being distant out in the real world, here they develop a friendship which grows and flourishes despite themselves....
Review: ROBBY HOFFMAN, Soho Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - March 18, 2024
Throughout the show, Hoffman returns to one phrase that keeps her going - “It could be worse.” She has a tendency to focus on the past, with one example being reenacting how someone invented dominoes out of pure boredom one day. But, even though everything could be worse, Hoffman brings up a range o...
Review: SAPAN VERMA: SHAME ON ME, Soho Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - March 15, 2024
Sapan Verma: Shame on Me begins with an introductory video, played on the two screens above the stage. In the video, Verma confesses that he hadn’t actually filmed any of the performances that he talks about, so to prove his worth, he provides us with a review - from his parents.
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