REVIEW: Kenrex
Reading Time: 2 minutesMadly gripping and jaw-droppingly masterful, this is the best crafted piece on stage I have seen in years.
Category ★★★★★
REVIEW: The Sixteen: Handel’s Messiah
Reading Time: 3 minutesPresented by Harry Christophers’ The Sixteen, comprising of a sensational chamber choir and orchestra with several soloists, Messiah is less a linear narrative and more a sonic adoration of The Lord.
REVIEW: The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here))
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here))’, written and performed by Linus Karp & Joseph Martin and produced by Awkward Productions & King's Head Theatre Productions, will be at the King’s Head Theatre until January 3rd, 2026.
REVIEW: Nutcracker
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Traditional Festive Fun” The Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s Nutcracker was not a performance of the famous ballet. Instead the piece chose to highlight the music and storytelling of the show, putting a spotlight on the musicians who are often tucked…
REVIEW: Dancing Shoes
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Hilarious and Heartwarming – Without Ever Pulling Its Punches” Dancing Shoes isn’t quite the play you might expect from its title. The words ‘dancing shoes’ suggest something light and playfully funny, and certainly not a story about…
REVIEW: Mountain and Sea – Song of Today
Reading Time: 2 minutesPerceptive but underdeveloped Created by Xie Rong, Daniel York Loh and Beibei Wang, Mountains and Seas – Song of Today 山海 · 今日之歌 is a multidisciplinary performance inspired by Shan Hai Jing 山海经 (The Classic of Mountains…
REVIEW: Before the Millennium
Reading Time: 2 minutesA millennium tale with heart, humour and womanhood to bend time itself. Karim Khan’s Before the Millennium is that festive show that manages to feel both nostalgic and of the moment. It’s warm and funny and rooted in the…
REVIEW: Graeme Stephen’s Metropolis
Reading Time: 2 minutesOriginal soundscape meets silent film, Graeme Stephen and his ensemble score Metropolis (1927) in a stunning cinematic experience. A must see for the film and composing community! Oh what a great start to this years Soundhouse Winter Festival! Award…
REVIEW: The Snow Queen
Reading Time: 4 minutesI have and always will have a deep love and admiration for fantasy. Dress it up in music and dance and I’m there with bells and whistles and there is no mistake, this company have captured that fantastical element beautifully.
REVIEW: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Reading Time: 2 minutesAnother collaboration between the touring theatre company Headlong and Shakespeare’s Globe, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is seemingly the perfect vibrant show to lure cold Londoners out of their winter hibernation.