Tabu – Pulp Theatre at Barons Court Theatre, London
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‘a long, cold, at times chill-inducing conversation in which some of the most violent acts of our time are treated with matter-of-fact professionalism by the characters’ When a Grok-style AI…
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Dido & Aeneas – English Touring Opera at Buxton Opera House
‘director Rebecca Meltzer triumphs musically and theatrically with this stylish interpretation’ Considered one of the first and best loved of all English operas, director Rebecca Meltzer triumphs musically and theatrically…
Ariadne – English Touring Opera at Buxton Opera House
‘Cale delivers an impressive lament. . . capturing the despair and despondency of the situation’ Langer sets Glynn Maxwell’s poem, Ariadne to Theseus, into a twenty-minute one-act powerhouse performance for…
Code Tea Party – Broken Chair Productions at The Courtyard Theatre, London
‘a moving and painfully relatable portrayal of a common and yet almost invisible form of labour’ Anyone who has fallen down the rabbit hole of any healthcare system can sympathise…
Orpheus & Eurydice – English Touring Opera at Buxton Opera House
‘an imaginative and interesting interpretation but the execution needs tightening up’ A thirty-minute delay due to technical issues was a hellish way to start director Jenny Ogilvie’s re-telling of this…
Fallen Angels – Roundabout Theatre Company at Todd Haimes Theatre, New York
‘O’Hara and Byrne. . . turn in stunning performances as the two women who refuse to adhere to convention’ The Roundabout Theatre Company staged a Broadway revival of Noël Coward’s…
Obscured View – Geraldine Moloney Judge at The Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool (as part of Liverpool Irish Festival)
‘a heartfelt, history‑soaked solo show that binds Ireland and Liverpool through football, memory, and identity’ There are one‑woman shows, and then there are one‑woman events – and Obscured View, presented…
Rigoletto – Opera North at Leeds Grand Theatre
‘relaxed performance of Rigoletto offers a sensitive and considered introduction to opera for allcomers’ Opera North’s relaxed performance of Rigoletto offers a sensitive and considered introduction to opera for allcomers…
Macbeth – The Metropolitan Opera, New York
‘director Louisa Proske. . . doesn’t pull her punches with this somewhat bloodied and brutal season-opening new production’ Verdi famously noted of this opera that there are only three roles,…
Tosca – Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra in collaboration with Flat Pack Music and Huddersfield University Choir at Huddersfield Town Hall, Kirklees
‘passion, drama, and beautiful music in an unforgettable evening of opera’ Flat Pack Music’s director Sarah Helsby Hughes and producer Joseph Buckmaster delightfully bring to life this thrilling melodrama with…