An Emotion-Free Production of the Timeless Classic Here’s the good news: true love comprehensively defeated evil, the sorcerer Von Rothbart is dead, and Prince Siegfried and his beloved Princess Odette, freed from her cursed life as a swan, are poised to live happily ever after. And there’s more good news in the current iteration of […]
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – ENO
English National Opera at the London Coliseum Presents Brecht and Weill’s City of Mahagonny in a New Production In the hedonistic city of Mahagonny, almost everything is allowed. Eating, sex, fighting and getting drunk are celebrated. But everything has its price. A designer town, built from scratch by three criminals on the run from justice, […]
Ballet Icons Gala 2026
An Impressive Array of International Ballet Stars at the Coliseum A gala is a gala. It’s there to celebrate, not to challenge. So, it’s to the credit of Ballet Icons, the organisation behind the annual Ballet Icons Gala, which marked its 20th anniversary at the Coliseum on Sunday, that, side by side with gala staples […]
English National Ballet Nutcracker
A Fresh Take on the Christmas Ballet and a Sugar Plum to Savour English National Ballet’s Nutcracker, now settled in at the London Coliseum for the festive season, is fresh, colourful, very original and, occasionally, a little too sweet – just like all Christmas treats should be. If Sir Peter Wright’s productions of The Nutcracker […]
HMS Pinafore, ENO at the Coliseum
A Triumphant HMS Pinafore Sets Sail at the ENO When I was at prep school in the 1960s, a series of old military buffers came to give a lecture to my motley group of school friends about how we were predestined to run the British Empire; this was always an unlikely prospect since our colonial […]
Partenope – English National Opera at the London Coliseum
A Cocktail of Wit, Style and Baroque Fireworks in Partenope. English National Opera’s new production of Partenope bursts onto the stage with a vibrant mix of musical brilliance and mischievous theatricality. Handel’s witty and unconventional opera dazzles from the very first moments, and ENO embraces its playful spirit with infectious energy and bold imagination. The […]