Aliya Al-Hassan
Review: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Starring Tamzin Outhwaite, Harold Pinter Theatre
Review Roundup: The National Theatre's ELECTRA/PERSONA, Starring Cate Blanchett
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Cole Escola's OH, MARY!?
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of THE HUNGER GAMES: ON STAGE?
Review: DRACULA, Starring Cynthia Erivo, Noël Coward Theatre
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Review Roundup: Letitia Wright and Lorraine Toussaint in THE STORY
There’s the truth and then there’s the story.
Guest Post: 'It's Told In A Completely Different Language': Deafinitely Theatre’s Artistic Director, Paula Garfield, On Staging Mike Bartlett's BULL
I first worked with Mike Bartlett’s writing nearly ten years ago, when Deafinitely Theatre adapted Contractions into British Sign Language in 2017.
Review Roundup: The National Theatre's ELECTRA/PERSONA, Starring Cate Blanchett
Directed and adapted by Benedict Andrews, this new play is based on both Sophocles' story of Electra from Greek mythology and Ingmar Bergman's celebrated 1966 film Persona – exemplifying The National Theatre's commitment to re-examining classic stories in new forms.
Review: BBC PROMS: CHINKEKE! ORCHESTRA WITH ANGEL BLUE, Royal Albert Hall
Having only been established in 2015, it's important to remember the impact of the Chineke! Orchestra on classical music.
Review: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Starring Tamzin Outhwaite, Harold Pinter Theatre
Nadia Fall is now firmly ensconced in her role as Artistic Director of the Young Vic, but her final show at Stratford East back in 2024 was a brilliantly realised revival of Mike Leigh's seminal work, Abigail's Party.
Review: JEEVES TAKES CHARGE, Charing Cross Theatre
First seen 45 years ago, the Olivier Award-winning Jeeves Takes Charge returns to London for a short season at the Charing Cross Theatre.
Review: TCHAÏKOVSKY: CHILD OF GLASS, Opera Holland Park
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky can surely claim to be one of the world's most talented and memorable composers.
Review Roundup: Did Critics Adore HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES?
Alan Ayckbourn’s brilliantly crafted masterpiece juggles time and space to present the lives and loves, passion and panic of three married couples.
Review: BBC PROMS: SALONEN CONDUCTS 20TH-CENTURY CLASSICS, Royal Albert Hall
Esa-Pekka Salonen led a powerful concert, conducting the exciting combined forces of the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra and the Juilliard School Orchestra.
Review: LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST & MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Orange Tree on the Hill
There has long been discussion that Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost and Much Ado About Nothing may have been intended to be connected in some way.
Review: BBC PROMS: ROSSINI'S 'STABAT MATER', Royal Albert Hall
There was a distinctly Italian air to the Proms for Rossini's 'Stabat Mater'.
Review Roundup: Did CATS in London Make The Critics Purr With Delight?
There's no better way to introduce your family to the wonders of live theatre than with the magic, the mystery, the memory of Cats.
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Theatre On Kew
Shakespeare has a distinctly Aussie twang in Kew Gardens this summer.
Review: BBC PROMS: MAHLER'S FIRST BY HEART, Royal Albert Hall
One of the assured highlights of the Proms in recent years has been the appearance of the Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon, which explores a seminal piece of music through spoken word, dramatic realisation and musical illustration, then going on to perform the piece.
Review: DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Glyndebourne
It's over a decade since David McVicar’s glorious version of Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) debuted at Glyndebourne.
Review: BBC PROMS: KORNGOLD'S VIOLIN CONCERTO, Royal Albert Hall
There was a distinctly cinematic feel to last night's Prom, Korngold's Violin Concerto, which also featured Prokofiev’s 'Symphony No.
Review Roundup: Did TRAINSPOTTING THE MUSICAL Evoke A Lust For Life?
Cult heroes of youth culture; Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud, Tommy, and Kelly are back, alongside an ensemble cast and a live band.
Review: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, Glyndebourne Festival
Richard Strauss's opera within an opera, Ariadne aux Naxos, is a curious beast: a hybrid of spoken word and singing, a mix of musical influences and themes which ask whether high art can ever mix with popular entertainment.
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