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
Cinderella pantomime at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls
16/12/2019
United Kingdom Cinderella (pantomime written for the stage by Will Brenton and directed by George Wood): Phoenix Concert Hall, Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 14.12.2019. (JB)
Andrew Scott’s Garry liberates Coward’s Present Laughter in a gender-swapping production
30/11/2019
United Kingdom National Theatre Live – Noël Coward’s Present Laughter: Directed for the screen by Marcus Viner and captured live at London’s The Old Vic and broadcast to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 28.11.2019. (JPr)
Andrew Scott and Indira Varma in Present Laughter (c) Manuel Harlan
Doran’s dark and decadent Measure for Measure at the Barbican Theatre
29/11/2019
United Kingdom Shakespeare, Measure for Measure: Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, London, 27.11.2019. (CS)
Measure for Measure, RSC company (c) Helen Maybanks/RSC
Making The Lady Vanishes at the Ashcroft Playhouse
26/11/2019
United Kingdom The Classic Thriller Theatre Company’s The Lady Vanishes (adapted by Antony Lampard and based on the film written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder and directed by Alfred Hitchcock): Ashcroft Playhouse at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 25.11.2019. (JB)
The Classic Thriller Theatre Company’s The Lady Vanishes
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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. 
Composed in 1803, at a time when Beethoven was also writing his second symphony and his third piano 
This production has worked hard to cut the story's racist stereotypes 
Byzantine, Aramaic, and Coptic Christian traditions are melded along with songs and chants – some of 
While other venues closed up shop for the festive season, Wigmore Hall has flown the flag for top-qu 
