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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…

Review: THE SECRET GARDEN, The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath

Review: THE SECRET GARDEN, The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath

by Kerrie Nicholson · July 13, 2026

Tom Wentworth and Stephanie Kempson’s new reimagining of the beloved novel The Secret Garden has inclusivity and accessibility fused into its core from the ground up, and the result is an adaptation that boasts charm by the bucketload.…

Review: SHEAR MADNESS, The Mill At Sonning

Review: SHEAR MADNESS, The Mill At Sonning

by Franco Milazzo · July 7, 2026

Move over Punchdrunk: the longest running immersive drama in the world has arrived in the UK. Set in a unisex hair salon, Shear Madness’ intriguing mix of murder mystery and interactive sleuthing comes to The Mill At Sonning where artistic director Sally Hughes helms one of the first adaptations t…

Review: EUGENE ONEGIN, The Grange Festival

Review: EUGENE ONEGIN, The Grange Festival

by Aliya Al-Hassan · July 5, 2026

Love, jealousy, arrogance, death and rejection, Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin has all the trappings of a grand opera, but in essence is a simple story. Brimming with the composer's trademark emotion, Max Webster directs a captivating production at The Grange Festival, featuring an exceptional pe…

Review: ANYTHING GOES, Kilworth House Theatre

Review: ANYTHING GOES, Kilworth House Theatre

by Laura Lott · July 3, 2026

There's a cruise ship in the grounds of Kilworth House this summer. The ship's grand upper deck, with its gently smoking cowl vents and sweeping staircases, sits nestled among the woods, and is the setting for Kilworth's annual musical production, which this year is Anything Goes.…

Review: LA BOHÈME, The Grange Festival

Review: LA BOHÈME, The Grange Festival

by Aliya Al-Hassan · June 12, 2026

Puccini's tear-jerker La bohème is always a crowd-pleaser for any opera festival. This production at The Grange Festival is the first opera from French actor-turned-director David Geselson who created it for Opéra National de Nancy Lorraine in 2025. Featuring some strong singing and exquisite play…

Review: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, The Watermill Theatre

Review: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, The Watermill Theatre

by Mica Blackwell · June 11, 2026

Whether you grew up with the 1968 film or are learning about it for the first time, this Chitty Chitty Bang Bang proves that with some imagination, theatrical magic can come from the simplest things.…

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