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OPERA REVIEW: The Pirates of Penzance: ENO

OPERA REVIEW: The Pirates of Penzance: ENO

This highly anticipated swashbuckling farce with its new staging is directed by Mike (I’ll never direct an opera) Leigh, who made his operatic debut this evening. I liked his version, all geometric sets and ultra-simplistic colours from Alison Chitty, they worked well, softly gliding and sliding int

REVIEW: Fringe: Threesome

REVIEW: Fringe: Threesome

Review: Threesome Theatre Box: Warren Brighton Fringe This new play examines the effects of changing the rules of engagement in a settled marriage played to a sold out house at the neat little Theatre Box over the weekend. Chris Willoughby’s delightful and subtle performance as confused and bemused

REVIEW: Pink Fringe: Get A Round

REVIEW: Pink Fringe: Get A Round

This is fresh, raw theater, using common clichés and sad tragic lives to spear us with some uncomfortable truths about our empty consumer lives. One of my fringe highlights so far! You will love them and they will love you, unconditionally.

REVIEW: Fringe: The Trousered Traviata

REVIEW: Fringe: The Trousered Traviata

In a flapping noisy tent with the wind picking up outside we sat down to watch Verdi’s tragic opera Traviata, but with a female cast. Having an all female cast changed the whole tone of the opera; remarkably so, with a mean mother and female lovers changing the texture of this misogynist opera and t

REVIEW: Festival: Beyond

REVIEW: Festival: Beyond

This show is a stunner, full of signature pieces, and also some new jaw dropping tricks and ensemble routines that are breathtakingly good. This is a troupe very sure of itself and its grasp on this interesting blend of contemporary dance, acrobatics, circus arts and clowning. It’s a heady mix and w

REVIEW: Fringe: carMen

REVIEW: Fringe: carMen

Set in the gay community of liberal 1920s Spain. José, the central character in this all-male reworking of Bizet’s tragic opera, is sexually confused and dominated by a strictly religious upbringing. His infatuation with handsome Carmen leads to inner turmoil and tragedy – a journey which reflects t

REVIEW: Camille O’Sullivan: Spiegeltent

REVIEW: Camille O’Sullivan: Spiegeltent

Some folk write their own reviews, some folk are lucky to get one, some folk impress, Ms O’Sullivan deserves more than a good review, she deserves a love letter from us humble critics.

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