Comedy in Music from Rainer Hersch’s Entertaining Memories of Victor Borge
16/10/2018
Rainer’s Hersch’s Victor Borge: Rainer Hersch with Danny Driver (piano), Laura Ruhl Vidal (soprano). Cadogan Hall, London, 12.10.2018. (JPr)
Rainer Hersch © Hans Staartjes
Weathering the Storm: Zeller’s Mystery Provides More Questions than Answers
14/10/2018
Florian Zeller, The Height of the Storm (translated by Christopher Hampton): Wyndham’s Theatre, London. 7.10.2018. (CSa)
Jonathan Pryce & Eileen Atkins in The Height of the Storm (c) Tristram Kenton
John Wilson’s On the Town with Talented Cast and Outstanding LSO is a Worthy Tribute to Bernstein
26/08/2018
Prom 57 – On the Town (Music by Leonard Bernstein, Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green) concert performance: Soloists, Students from ArtsEd, London Symphony Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.8.2018. (JPr)
Finale of On the Town at the BBC Proms (c) BBC/Mark Allan.
Thanks to Barry Humphries and Meow Meow Weimar Germany’s Silenced Voices are Heard Once More
13/07/2018
Various compoers, Barry Humphries’ Weimar Cabaret: Barry Humphries (conférencier/voice), Meow Meow (cabaret artist), Satu Vänskä (musical director/voice), Aurora Orchestra, Barbican Theatre, London, 12.7.2018. (JPr)
Barry Humphries and Meow Meow
Kelli O’Hara’s Anna is the Glory of The King and I Revival at the London Palladium
05/07/2018
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I: London Palladium, 4.7.2018. (JPr)
The King and I Ken Watanabe (King of Siam) & Kelli OHara (Anna) (c) Matthew Murphy
Go to the London Coliseum to ‘Brush Up Your Shakespeare’ with Opera North’s Kiss Me, Kate
21/06/2018
Cole Porter, Kiss Me, Kate: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / James Holmes (conductor), London Coliseum, 20.6.2018. (JPr)
Opera North’s Kiss Me, Kate (c) Tristram Kenton
David Hare’s Glyndebourne Origin Story Fails to Hit any High Notes
13/04/2018
David Hare, The Moderate Soprano: Duke of York’s Theatre, London, 11.4.2018. (JPr)
Cast of David Hare’s The Moderate Soprano (c) Johan Persson
Aljaž Škorjanec, Janette Manrara and Company are Absolute Joy in Remembering Fred
09/04/2018
Various composers, Remembering Fred: Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara (co-creators and choreography) and Company (Adrian Hansel, Miranda Wilford [featured singers], Charlie Bruce, Aaron Bryan, Scott Coldwell, Alastair Crosswell and Veronica Fulton), Gareth Walker (director and choreographer), Barnaby Dickenson (musical director), London Palladium, 7.4.2018. (JPr)
Janette Manrara, Aljaž Škorjanec and Company in Remembering Fred
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