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Michael is a London-based publishing editor born with a passion for literature, theatre, music and the arts. When he isn't busy publishing new academic papers or writing reviews for Broadway World, he is also a fervent advocate of British cheese.

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Favorite Show

My favourite show of all time was likely Four Quartets with Ralph Fiennes. Not so much a show as a poetry reading, it was nevertheless hooking from the first word - and Fiennes is outstanding.

Favorite Stories

Review: LA BOHÈME, Royal Opera House - Beautiful music and a wonderful evening
Review: RIGOLETTO, Royal Opera House - Fantastic production at the ROH - what's not to like? It's a haunting opera and especially wonderful when you get good singers.
Review: ARMINIO, Royal Opera House - It was an opera that one doesn't often see - and perhaps rightfully so; but all the better to see the similarities and differences with Handel's better known work.

Review: THE DUCHESS OF PADUA, The Space

February 22, 2024

Edward Lambert's Duchess of Padua is packed full with stunning music that brings Oscar Wilde's early melodramatic epic of love and revenge to life.

Review: MANON, Royal Opera House

January 18, 2024

Kenneth MacMillan's Manon is a haunting exploration of desire and sexuality, contrasting pompous extravagance with the poverty of the masses.

Review: HANSEL AND GRETEL, Royal Opera House

December 18, 2023

Antony McDonald's production simply oozes glamour and matches perfectly the opera’s quintessentially Romantic music.

Review: RIGOLETTO, Royal Opera House

October 13, 2023

Mears’s production demonstrates a keen feel for drama and a genuinely brilliant reading of Verdi’s opera; when juxtaposed with a musical interpretation as potent as this, it’s a production not likely to be forgotten.

Review: THE MIKADO, Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre

September 20, 2023

It maintains the opera’s timeless charm, strong wit, and with a cast that never takes itself seriously, leads to an evening that has the audience roaring with laughter.

Review: NO FOR AN ANSWER, Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre

July 28, 2023

A strong score, neat production by Mehmet Ergen and an excellent cast make it worth a watch, even if it has several plot-related issues

Review: FLYING DUTCHMAN, Grand Junction

July 14, 2023

A mixed beast that roars when it comes to the music but is ultimately let down by issues surrounding the conception and dramaturgical realisation.

Review: ARMINIO, Royal Opera House

April 21, 2023

Emphasising monochromatic melancholy with singers who do their best despite swimming in an ocean of drab uniforms.

Review: LA BOHÈME, Royal Opera House

October 15, 2022

Focusing on uncontroversial flamboyance, Richard Jones’s revival of his 2017 production of La bohème is a visual spectacle with plenty to please the eye.

Review: PATIENCE, Wilton's Music Hall

August 25, 2022

Ever since its first production in 1881, Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience has brought its audiences to tears of laughter, and this production by Charles Court Opera is no exception.

Review: SERSE, Opera Holland Park

July 1, 2022

This historical revival of Handel’s Serse particularly emphasises the humorous aspects of the opera, thereby creating a wonderfully entertaining spectacle from start to finish.

Review: SUMMER SOLSTICE, Union Theatre

June 21, 2022

What is love? It's a question that has plagued philosophers and poets for as long as humans have existed.

BWW Review: TRISTAN AND ISOLDE at the Coronet Theatre

June 6, 2022

Richard Wagner had many strong ideas when it came to music, especially his operas.

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