Debbie Gilpin
Review: 1536, The Ambassadors Theatre
On 13 May 1536, Anne Boleyn’s household is broken up ahead of her going on trial for treason.
Review: SPLENDOUR & DEVOTION, LONDON HANDEL FESTIVAL, St George’s Hanover Square
The 2026 edition of the London Handel Festival, which kicked off last week, is running under the theme of From Heavenly Harmony.
Review: GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU?, Royal Court Theatre
What would you do if the results of your 20-week pregnancy scan were not what you were expecting? Would you continue with the pregnancy and adapt to the serious additional needs your baby is likely to have, or could you take the decision to have a termination? That is the choice facing Rosie Sheehy
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Barbican Theatre
“And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.
Review: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, Shakespeare's Globe
One of the least performed plays in Shakespeare’s canon, and also one of the most aptly labelled as a ‘problem play’; Troilus and Cressida is ostensibly about the romance between these two Trojans, but in reality much of the play focuses on the backdrop to their love - the ongoing siege of Tro
Review: HAMLET, National Theatre
“Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
Review: CLARKSTON, starring Joe Locke, Trafalgar Theatre
First performed at Dallas Theater Center in 2015, Samuel D.
Review: THE LAND OF THE LIVING, starring Juliet Stevenson
'Was what I did 'wrong'?' In 1945 Germany, Ruth is part of a UN relief programme which is seeking to reunite displaced people with their families - she’s passionate about the work, and is certain that what she’s doing is for the best.
Review: BBC PROMS: JOHN WILSON CONDUCTS BERNSTEIN AND RAVEL, Royal Albert Hall
“All you need is love”, said The Beatles - a mantra that John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London seemed to take when putting together the programme for the penultimate Prom of 2025.
Review: BBC PROMS: CHINEKE! PLAYS SHOSTAKOVICH AT THE PROMS, Royal Albert Hall
The commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Dmitry Shostakovich’s death continues at this year’s Proms, as Chineke! took on his epic Symphony No.
Review: BBC PROMS: SHOSTAKOVICH’S ‘LADY MACBETH’, Royal Albert Hall
Written between 1930 and 1932, The Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District was first performed in 1934 - and received a scathing write-up in the Pravda newspaper in 1936, due to its graphic sexual violence and murderous female lead.
Review: BBC PROMS: MÄKELÄ CONDUCTS MAHLER’S FIFTH, Royal Albert Hall
The natural big events of every Proms season are the First and Last Nights - but when a superstar conductor in the making is booked for two appearances, these concerts also become moments to which audiences will gravitate.
Review: BBC PROMS: PAPPANO CONDUCTS PUCCINI AND STRAUSS, Royal Albert Hall
How better to welcome the London Symphony Orchestra’s Chief Conductor to this year’s Proms than with an opera-themed programme? Sir Antonio Pappano is a vibrant character in the world of classical music, and the Royal Albert Hall felt like a fitting venue for him to showcase his continued passio
Review: THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, The Other Place, Stratford upon Avon
Joanna Bowman brings Shakespearean Italy to The Other Place at the RSC with her new production of his first play, The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Review: BBC PROMS: RACHMANINOV’S SECOND PIANO CONCERTO; Royal Albert Hall
It was a night of concerti for this Prom, with Polish composers Grażyna Bacewicz and Witold Lutosławski on the programme alongside Sergei Rachmaninov; three 20th century classics to be performed, in the form of Concerto for String Orchestra, Concerto for Orchestra, and the already alluded to Piano
Review: BBC PROMS: BOULEZ AND BERIO – 20TH-CENTURY GIANTS, Royal Albert Hall
Pierre Boulez and Luciano Berio were both born one hundred years ago in Montbrison and Oneglia, respectively.
Review: BBC PROMS: FRENCH NIGHT WITH THE ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE, Royal Albert Hall
How better to celebrate a selection of Gallic compositions than with Cristian Măcelaru conducting the Orchestre Nationale de France? The programme for the evening was bookended by a pair of pieces by Ravel, with works by Joseph Bologne (better known as the Chevalier de Saint-Georges), Charlotte So
Review: BBC PROMS: RAVEL’S PIANO CONCERTO FOR THE LEFT HAND, Royal Albert Hall
A slightly curious evening lay in wait with this Prom, performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under the guiding baton of Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth.
Review: BBC PROMS: VIVALDI AND BACH, Royal Albert Hall
Once Proms season comes around, there aren’t many better places to be on a Sunday morning than at the Royal Albert Hall.
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