REVIEW: The P Word
Reading Time: 2 minutesWaleed Akhtar’s The P Word is both an example of theatrical genius and of the power theatre holds in its storytelling.
Category ★★★★★
REVIEW: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (with other selections) – I Fagiolini
Reading Time: 2 minutesHenry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas is a classic of early English opera - written in the 1680’s, this is one of the earliest operas composed in England.
REVIEW: Memory Keepers
Reading Time: 2 minutesMemory Keepers, the new work by guest artistic directors Kristina and Sadé Alleyne for the National Youth Dance Company, arrives at Sadler's Wells to remind you how much the body also keeps everything else including the grief, the joy, the smell of your mother's moisturiser and the feeling of being pulled back to something you'd half decided to forget.
REVIEW: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Reading Time: 2 minutesWalking into the Oxford Playhouse for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), I knew I was in for a fast-paced evening, but I was not prepared for quite how much fun it would be.
REVIEW: Manchester Drive
Reading Time: 2 minutesManchester Drive tells the story of aspiring rapper Ards as he tries to balance his new found fame as a rapper with his parents’ expectations of graduating medical school. After a video of him performing goes viral, he embarks on a career in music and tries to make his new life work.
REVIEW: Beetlejuice The Musical
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is rare for a new musical to arrive in the West End and feel so instantly deserving of its place on one of the capital’s biggest stages. Beetlejuice is exactly that kind of show.
REVIEW: A Beautiful Thread: Thomas Hardy in Words and Music
Reading Time: 2 minutesA beautifully intimate and emotionally rich celebration of Thomas Hardy, elevated by mesmerising music and the commanding presence of Anton Lesser.
REVIEW: Dark Noon
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs the show begins with benign birdsong, the houselights are still up. Audience members are seated on chairs along three sides of the stage at Brighton Dome, while the rest of us sit at a more comfortable distance in the auditorium.
REVIEW: Giffords Circus: Waterfield
Reading Time: 2 minutes The show captures the peculiar British ability to balance melancholy, absurdity and wonder all at once.
REVIEW: Guildhall Jazz Orchestra: Porgy and Bess
Reading Time: 2 minutesA performance filled with energy and passion, from beginning to end. Scott Stroman’s direction of Porgy and Bess, from Miles Davis’ and Gil Evans’ jazz adaptation of the famous opera, is nothing short of spectacular. Starting with…