I get familiar with a new genre of music and plenty of Spanish history at the surprisingly intimate yet educational Copla: A Spanish Cabaret. Copla: A Spanish Cabaret If you’re looking for a show that’s a little different, look no further than Copla: A Spanish Cabaret at The Other Palace. It offers an experience that’s part performance, […]
Time in a Bottle by Leon Ko combines music with dioramas and scent to create a truly multisensory experience. Time in a Bottle Last week I had the great fortune to be in Hong Kong at the same time as HKPAX, the Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo, was taking place. Even more exciting, this is […]
Suzie Depreli brings original music and humour to Rules Schmules: How to be Jew-ISH. Catch it as part of the Camden Fringe before it heads to Edinburgh. Rules Schmules Sometimes a very simple premise is all it takes, if you can execute it well. Such is broadly the case with Rules Schmules: How to be […]
A new musical version of an ancient story, Medea Gosperia has some strong performances and likeable moments, but fails to come together as an overall concept. Medea Gosperia Back at the Cockpit Theatre! My first trip only happened recently, but I was tempted back by a unique take on an ancient tale in Medea Gosperia […]
A new take on Wagner’s opera, The Flying Dutchman retains themes of wandering, loneliness and the search for shelter while reflecting contemporary Britain back to itself. A New Take On A Classic I make no secret of the fact that I am an infrequent opera reviewer, so come at these posts as an excitable amateur. […]
This pleasant production of one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s lesser-performed works, Ruddigore is full of ghostly fun and frivolity. A ‘Difficult’ Gilbert & Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan operettas seem to be one of those things that attracts a very solid fan base. I’m more of a casual visitor into the Gilbert & Sullivan world, so […]
A multi-disciplinary performance that can be experienced in-person or digitally, HOME X ruminates on the meaning of home as well as experimenting with digital technologies. HOME X Something I miss about the arts of a couple of years ago is the feeling of experimentation. Sure, those were dark times. But the necessity of delivering arts […]
A revival of the Royal Opera House’s 2005 production of Rossini’s beloved comic opera The Barber of Seville is a delight from start to finish. The Barber Of Seville As a relative opera novice, it took me a moment to get my head around how the operatic Figaros are related. I knew The Barber of […]
Will I ever run out of versions of A Christmas Carol to see at Christmastime? It doesn’t look like it so far! This year it’s Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol and A Dickensian Christmas, both at the Southbank Centre. A Christmas Relapse I tried quite hard to avoid overdosing on A Christmas Carol this […]
Let’s get the Christmas season underway with this adaptation of the beloved 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life, performed as an opera by the English National Opera (ENO). Warning: allusions to suicide. Plus plenty of spoilers. It’s A Wonderful Life “This year,” I thought, “I will do something different. I need to branch out from […]
