Review: BBC PROMS: BOLÉRO RHYTHMS OF SPAIN, Royal Albert Hall
It's an outstanding win for Spain in the World Cup – and for the sizzling Spanish National Orchestra in their BBC Proms debut.
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Review: BBC PROMS: PROG ROCK: A FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN, Royal Albert Hall
Finally, prog gets its Prom.
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.
Review: BBC PROMS: BLACK DYKE BAND, Royal Albert Hall
Black Dyke Band brings its popular programme of classics and movie music, written or arranged for brass, to the BBC Proms.
Review: THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL SUMMER PERFORMANCE, Royal Ballet And Opera
The Royal Ballet School annual Royal Opera House matinee is a big deal, but perhaps this year more than ever.
Review: BBC PROMS: FIRST NIGHT OF THE PROMS 2026, Royal Albert Hall
If the Last Night is about waving Union Jacks until arms ache, the First Night had some of that feeling too — albeit a different flag.
Review: SWAN LAKE, State Ballet of Georgia, London Coliseum
After their appearance at the London Coliseum in 2024, the State Ballet of Georgia return to the capital with a brand new version of Swan Lake.
Review: HERE COMES J EDGAR!, King's Head Theatre
During his near-half century leading the FBI, J Edgar Hoover used illegal surveillance techniques on thousands of Americans allegedly connected with communism, curbed the influence of civil rights leaders, and caused damage to the US labour movement from which it has never recovered.
Review: LOCAL, Finborough Theatre
What does home mean to you? Is it the place, the people, the bricks and mortar? Liz Richardson's autobiographical one-woman show is a gentle look at what home means to your identity and how the environment of your childhood can influence your later life.
Review: FIREBIRD, Southwark Playhouse
The culture wars surrounding grooming gangs have never felt more poisonous.
Review Roundup: Simon Stone's THE ORESTEIA, Now Open At The Bridge Theatre
A contemporary family wakes up in a Greek myth and can’t seem to find a way out of their hellish destiny.
Review: THE ORESTEIA, Bridge Theatre
There is a dig at Simon Stone in the National Theatre's new Misanthrope, a jab at ultra-contemporary classical reboots staged in rotating glass boxes, the Australian auteur's calling card.
Review: THE JONATHAN LARSON PROJECT, Southwark Playhouse
With Rent set to return to the West End in September, now feels like the right time for The Jonathan Larson Project, a retrospective of what the composer Jonathan Larson did before he wrote the classic East Village-set tale of life and love amid the AIDs crisis.
Review: TENDER, Bush Theatre
A queer romance-thriller mash-up sounds an ambitious undertaking, so one must applaud writer Eleanor Tindall and director Emily Aboud for giving it a go.
Review: THE SECRET GARDEN, The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath
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: TILLY NO-BODY: CATASTROPHES OF LOVE, Arcola Theatre
On the surface, Tilly No-Body: Catastrophes of Love has every element of a good one-woman show: a woman’s journey to gaining new agency, a compelling historical hook, and a exceedingly watchable performer.
Review: LA FILLE DU REGIMENT, Royal Ballet And Opera
All's fair in love and war — at least until the hero storms in on a tank.
Review Roundup: Was Sam Ryder Heavenly in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR?
The legendary rock opera by lyricist Tim Rice composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, the premiere of Jesus Christ Superstar redefined the Broadway musical and 40 years later it remains a beloved classic.
Review: SHEAR MADNESS, The Mill At Sonning
Move over Punchdrunk: the longest running immersive drama in the world has arrived in the UK.
Review: THE LADYBOYS OF BANGKOK: FULL MOON, Sabai Pavilion
Twenty-eight years ago, The Ladyboys of Bangkok made a brief appearance at what was then the Queen's Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue (now the Sondheim, which has committed itself to Les Misérables with a fervour that makes Swifties look fickle).
Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Starring Sam Ryder
Ten years after Tim Sheader's hit version of Jesus Christ Superstar entranced audiences under the stars in Regent's Park, it is back in a much-hyped revival at the London Palladium.
Review: LAST GOAL WINS, Broadway Theatre Catford
Three footballers compete for two slots on the Nigeria football squad, exploring complicated identities and tangled heritage along the way
Review: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, Peacock Theatre
What did our critic think of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, LONDON CHILDREN'S BALLET at Peacock Theatre?
Review: EUGENE ONEGIN, The Grange Festival
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.
Review: LA BOHÈME, Royal Ballet And Opera
On the opening night of director Richard Jones's excellent production of Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, England's captain, Harry Kane, leads his team to the last 16 after scoring two goals against the Democratic of Congo in the World Cup.
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