REVIEW: Xerxes at ENO This is a great production, full of froth and fizz and presenting a non-stop evening of entertainment, with as many musical highpoint as comedic moments and well worth going along to the ENO to see this gorgeous revival.
REVIEW: Otello at ENO This was a stark and emotionally harrowing production and one of the most thrilling and upsetting Otellos I’ve seen, but the utterly monstrous and slithering compellingness of Summers’ Iago is it’s real triumph. Perhpas this was Alders point all along, to redirect us into the dark heart of this Oper
REVIEW: Dance: Casting Traces It was a subtly disturbing piece, full of reflection and meta reflection, us watching – being watching – watching ourselves watching while being watched, in the end it spiralled into softness, a mirror in a mirror, and I allowed the dancers the music and the ever moving set to just be and get on wit
GROOVE ON DOWN THE ROAD: ZooNation at Southbank Centre: Review Will we ever tire of Dorothy and her motley crew’s journey along the Yellow Brick Road to Oz? I doubt it as it’s a story that’s perfect for reinvention and investment with new meanings and messages, and Kate Prince has done just that with Groove on Down the Road. Prince is artistic director of the [