‘He nose, you know!’: James McAvoy excels as a Cyrano de Bergerac for our contemporary age
14/03/2020
United Kingdom National Theatre Live – Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac: directed for the screen by Tony Grech-Smith at London’s Playhouse Theatre and broadcast to Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, 12.3.2020. (JPr)
Anita-Joy Uwajeh (Roxane), Eben Figueiredo (Christian), & James McAvoy (Cyrano)
(c) Marc Brenner
Tony Kushner’s adaptation of Dürrenmatt’s The Visit: a relevant message for our times
18/02/2020
United Kingdom Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Visit (adapted by Tony Kushner): National Theatre, London. 14. 2.2020. (CSa)
Lesley Manville and cast of NT’s The Visit (c) Johan Persson
Northern Ireland Opera brings Kiss Me, Kate vibrantly to life
10/02/2020
United Kingdom Cole Porter, Kiss Me, Kate: Cast, Chorus and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Conor Mitchell (conductor). Lyric Theatre, Belfast, 5.2.2020. (RB)
Norman Bowman, Melle Stewart, Jayne Wisener, Jack McCann (c) Johnny Frazer
Watermill Theatre’s Midsummer Night’s mischief at Wilton’s Music Hall
30/01/2020
United Kingdom Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (from the Watermill Theatre and directed by Paul Hart): Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 29.1.2020. (JB)
Watermill Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Colin McPherson and Ian Rickson present an Uncle Vanya for our times at the Harold Pinter Theatre
24/01/2020
United Kingdom Chekhov, Uncle Vanya: Harold Pinter Theatre, London, 23.1.2020. (CS)
Uncle Vanya (c) Johan Persson
The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel at Wilton’s Music Hall
16/01/2020
United Kingdom The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel (created by Told by an idiot with Theatre Royal Plymouth, from an idea by Irene Cotton and written and directed by Paul Hunter): Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 15.1.2020. (JB)
Jerone Marsh-Reid & Amalia Vitale in The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel
(c) Manuel Harlan
Circus 1903 at the Royal Festival Hall has magic and awe-inspiring, death-defying, feats
23/12/2019
United Kingdom Circus 1903 – The Golden Age of Circus: Royal Festival Hall, London. 19.12.2019. (JPr)
Circus 1903‘s ‘African Elephants’ (c) Dan Tsantilis
In Chicago, Renée Fleming shines in The Light in the Piazza
20/12/2019
United States Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas, The Light in the Piazza: Soloists, Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago / Kimberly Grigsby (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 14.12.2019. (JLZ)
Renée Fleming in The Light in the Piazza (c) Liz Lauren
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This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best. 
In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater. 
This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation. 
The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances. 
A deeply affecting experience that ought to win the opera many new admirers. 
