David McVicar’s Triumphant ‘Death in Venice’ at The Royal Opera. Director David McVicar’s take on Britten’s Death in Venice has just opened at the Royal Opera House; it’s the first of two Britten operas performed in the 2019/20 Season as part of The Royal Opera’s ongoing Britten cycle. The story follows widowed writer Gustav von Aschenbach’s descent […]
The Steve Williamson Experience and Jon Cleary/John Scofield at the EFG London Jazz Festival
EFG London Jazz Festival If you have any interest in jazz you’ll have noticed that the EFG London Jazz Festival has just kicked off with a range of concerts across the city, from established stars such as Herbie Hancock as well as fresh new talent, celebrating the global and diverse art form that jazz has […]
Measure For Measure – RSC at The Barbican – Review
Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure is food for thought. Measure For Measure is the third production in the RSC’s 2019 winter season at the Barbican theatre. One of Shakespeare’s comedies, it is a difficult play, known as one of Shakespeare’s three ‘problem plays’ – the other two being Troilus and Cressida and All’s Well That Ends […]
Touching the Void at the Duke Of York Theatre
Touching the Void – Reaching new peaks. The theatre has reached thrilling new heights in Tom Morris’ extraordinary production of Joe Simpson’s 1988 best-selling memoir Touching The Void. David Greig’s stage adaptation of the book has just opened in London’s West End, after first airing at the Bristol Old Vic, and going on to do […]
The Taming Of The Shrew – RSC At The Barbican – Review
The RSC – Taming of the Shrew Autumn 2019. Justin Audibert’s gender-swapping production of The Taming of The Shrew for the RSC has just landed at The Barbican Theatre having recently transferred from Stratford. Audibert flips the gender politics of the original staging the play with a rollicking Elizabethan flourish that brings this ‘difficult to stage’ […]
Hue Lit Holidays – Experience The Power Of Light – Free Tickets
Just email in to join the fun at John Lewis Roof Garden on 20th November On Wednesday 20th November John Lewis Roof Garden plays host to Hue Lit Holidays, a special event to lighten up these long dark evenings. Although the event has already sold out, two pairs of free tickets have been made available […]
Ghost Quartet at the Boulevard Theatre
The new Boulevard Theatre, Soho – Premiere of Ghost Quartet. An innovative and exciting new theatre in the heart of Soho in Walker’s Court, this Soho Estates project is in the venue where Fawn James’s (director of Soho Estates) grandfather Paul Raymond opened the original Boulevard Theatre. The theatre building also houses a stylishly designed restaurant […]
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Giselle at Sadler’s Wells – Review
An Elegant and Classic Giselle at Sadler’s Wells Theatre. Birmingham Royal Ballet’s beautiful and moving revival of David Bintley’s and Galina Samsova’s 1999 production of Giselle has just landed at Sadler’s Wells for a couple of nights after performances at Birmingham Hippodrome and then Plymouth. Giselle is one of the staples of the classical ballet […]
Royal Opera House – The Magic Flute – Review
The Magic Flute – an enchanted tale with deeper notes. I defy anyone to be bored by The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte). One of Mozart’s best-loved operas, it’s a tale of love, of good conquering evil and of a search for wisdom and virtue, with elements of fantasy intertwined by glorious music. This evening, the […]
Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh – this winter’s must see event
A hundred years on, Howard Carter’s discovery still grips the imagination. ‘’Yes, wonderful things!” Howard Carter’s reply to Lord Carnavon on that first look into Tutankhamun’s burial chamber has become as famous as the archaeologist himself. And 150 of the wonderful, beautiful, exquisite things he saw almost a hundred years ago are on display at […]