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Our Eyes Looking for God

Our Eyes Looking for God

9 Sep – 13 Sep 2026

A groundbreaking opera exploring Black British experiences, telling an urgent national story of state violence through joy, love, laughter and pain. An opera. A ghost story. A love story. Black boy joy and Black boy nightmares. Our Eyes Looking for God is an exceptional and...

An Anatomy of Melancholy

An Anatomy of Melancholy

16 Sep – 20 Sep 2026

Haunting visuals, bittersweet music and the voice combine in this intimate theatrical meditation on the consolations of sorrow inspired by Robert Burton’s 17th-century study of melancholia. "Flow, my tears, fall from your springs…" wrote John Dowland , the great Tudor composer...

Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine

Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine

20 Oct

Step into the dazzling, defiant world of the iconic Joséphine Baker, as soprano Julia Bullock brings her voice, spirit and story vividly to life in this powerful, genre-crossing performance. Tracing her journey from the segregated United States to international stardom in Paris...

PIA by Katya Bourvis

PIA by Katya Bourvis

23 Oct

A live dance and music experience, by choreographer Katya Bourvis, in collaboration with creative producer Tala Lee-Turton, with score by Hannah Peel. A seventeen-piece brass band performs Peel’s critically acclaimed record Mary Casio: Journey To Cassiopeia , exploring the...

Compagnie La Tempête: Obsession

Compagnie La Tempête: Obsession

3 Mar 2027

Obsession, in all its enveloping and all-encompassing forms, is explored by La Tempête in this towering performance of light, music and movement. La Tempête and its founder Simon-Pierre Bestion are a vocal and instrumental ensemble driven to explore highly personal and deeply...

Jasdeep Singh Degun x Claudio Monteverdi: Orpheus

Jasdeep Singh Degun x Claudio Monteverdi: Orpheus

22 Apr 2027

Experience the myth of Orpheus reimagined, where Monteverdi’s music meets Indian classical music. Step into the world of Orpheus, the legendary musician whose music could move gods and mortals alike. Jasdeep Singh Degun ’s thrilling reimagining of Monteverdi’s beautiful baroque...

Beethoven's The Creatures of Prometheus

Beethoven's The Creatures of Prometheus

24 Jun 2027

Academy of Ancient Music joins the phenomenal Circa in a thrillingly physical reinvention of Beethoven’s only ballet. Prometheus, they say, brought the fire of the gods to humanity, paying a terrible price for his daring. Beethoven also faced misunderstanding and personal...

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Review: MRS DOUBTFIRE, Birmingham Hippodrome

Review: MRS DOUBTFIRE, Birmingham Hippodrome

by Laura Lott · August 22, 2026

Attention poppets! Mrs Doubtfire has arrived on tour and she's ready to charm households all over the country. Whether you grew up with the beloved 1993 movie starring Robin Williams, or you're brand new to the world of this super nanny, you're sure to find plenty to love in this exuberant and delig…

Review: JEEVES TAKES CHARGE, Charing Cross Theatre

Review: JEEVES TAKES CHARGE, Charing Cross Theatre

by Aliya Al-Hassan · August 19, 2026

First seen 45 years ago, the Olivier Award-winning Jeeves Takes Charge returns to London for a short season at the Charing Cross Theatre. This one-man show sees the affable and endlessly adaptable Sam Harrison take on all 22 roles in a highly energetic and adept performance.…

Review: GAME OF THRONES: THE MAD KING, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon

Review: GAME OF THRONES: THE MAD KING, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon

by Clementine Scott · August 9, 2026

With some reluctance, longtime fans of Game of Thrones have acknowledged that the novel series that inspired the era-defining HBO fantasy show – George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire – will likely never be finished, and the franchise will be chiefly remembered for its disappointing TV endi…

Film Review: DAVID BYRNE'S AMERICAN UTOPIA, In Cinemas

Film Review: DAVID BYRNE'S AMERICAN UTOPIA, In Cinemas

by Kat Mokrynski · August 4, 2026

Directed by Spike Lee, David Byrne’s American Utopia is a filmed version of David Byrne’s Broadway stage show, which itself is inspired by the record of the same name. The show ran twice on Broadway, first from 2019 to 2020 and then from 2021 to 2022. As someone who saw American Utopia ten times…

Review: DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Glyndebourne

Review: DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Glyndebourne

by Aliya Al-Hassan · August 1, 2026

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. A fitting finale to a wonderful season, the comedy about a clash of cultures returns with an energetic young cast and some exceptional wor…

Review: L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Dorset Opera Festival

Review: L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Dorset Opera Festival

by Cheryl Markosky · July 24, 2026

The Dorset Opera Festival finds the perfect setting for Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore. This little gem of an opera company cleverly relocates the action from an Italian town to its own surroundings in Hardy's countryside. Home-grown references include London Gin instead of red wine, taking th…

Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Starring Kenneth Branagh, Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Starring Kenneth Branagh, Royal Shakespeare Theatre

by Cheryl Markosky · July 22, 2026

Kenneth Branagh triumphs as rags to riches Lopakhin in Laura Wade's fresh rendering of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Part of a star-studded Royal Shakespeare Company cast, including Helen Hunt and Bill Pullman, he gives a multifaceted portrait of a serf's son who ultimately wins what he wants …

Review: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, Glyndebourne Festival

Review: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, Glyndebourne Festival

by Aliya Al-Hassan · July 20, 2026

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. Two rival musical companies – a burlesque group and a serious opera compan…

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