REVIEW: PYGMALION
Reading Time: 2 minutesOxford Theatre Guild’s Pygmalion. Set in early 20th-century London, Pygmalion follows Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl with aspirations beyond her station.
Category ★★★½☆
REVIEW: TOSCA
Reading Time: 2 minutesOxford Opera’s production of Tosca at the Oxford Playhouse offered an ambitious and emotionally charged interpretation of Puccini’s masterpiece. With a fresh English translation by Christopher Cowell.
REVIEW: Neither Drums Nor Trumpets
Reading Time: 1 minutePam Tanowitz’s Neither Drums nor Trumpets, presented as part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels in collaboration with the Royal Ballet and Opera, unfolded like a beautiful symphony—meticulously synchronized yet effortlessly fluid.
REVIEW: The Winter’s Tale
Reading Time: 2 minutesGuildhall’s The Winter’s Tale is a creative and engaging take on a tricky play, with strong performances and smart design choices.
REVIEW: Jane Austen & Colette – Writers…and Musicians
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn intimate musical soirée with delightful anecdotes, celebrating the lives of two complex, multifaceted and accomplished female writers.
REVIEW: The Society of New Cuisine
Reading Time: 3 minutesA bold and wild imagination of the body
REVIEW: Albama 3
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe music of Alabama 3 is a fusion of acid house with country and blues, and is certainly a
unique sound, well suited to the Boiler Shop in Newcastle.
REVIEW: Gr oo ve
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, gr oo ve arrived at Sadler’s Wells as one of the more quietly intense pieces in the programme—a stark, slow-burning solo that left a lasting imprint.
REVIEW: Pride and Prejudice (sort of)
Reading Time: 3 minutesIsobel McArthur’s Olivier award-winning attempt is hot off a successful run in the
West End for its inaugural UK tour, making a stop at the Lowry in Salford.
REVIEW: Age of Content
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, Sadler’s Wells invites (LA)HORDE / Ballet National de Marseille to their newest venue in Stratford with a rip-roaring piece that feels straight out of Grand Theft Auto.