United Kingdom The Tempest: at The Vache, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, 6.9.2026. (CC)
The Tempest from Vache Baroque and Out of Chaos was a true company effort
Theatre, Musicals, Broadcasts & Films
Reviews and articles of some events that are not Concerts, Opera, or Dance, and others that have been streamed, shown in the cinema or on TV
Holy Fool at the Park Theatre about Shostakovich is a ‘must see’ for music and theatre-lovers alike
United Kingdom Holy Fool (a play by Rosalind Adler and Lea Sellers): Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, 3.9.2026. (JR)
Mesmerising Budapest rendering of the Závada-Mohácsi collaboration on Egy piaci nap
Hungary Závada-Mohácsi: Egy piaci nap (One Day in the Market): Komáromi Jókai Színház, Városmajor Theatre, Budapest, 25.8.2026. (AK)
Abigail’s Party at the Harold Pinter Theatre is acute, convincing and cruel, but was it funny?
United Kingdom Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party (directed by Nadia Fall for Theatre Royal Stratford East): Harold Pinter Theatre, 19.8.2026 (BF) ***
Currentzis, Grigorian and Tetelman overcome Carrizo’s choreographic oddities in Salzburg’s Carmen
Austria Salzburg Festival 2026 [1] – Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Utopia Choir (chorus master: Vitaly Polonsky), Salzburg Bach Choir (chorus master: Michael Schneider), Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor (chorus masters: Wolfgang Götz, Regina Sgier), Utopia Orchestra / Teodor Currentzis (conductor). Filmed (directed by Michael Beyer) at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, on 8.8.2026 and streamed on STAGE+ on 9.8.2026. (JPr)
A fun Summer Holiday The Musical in Blackpool has a timeless, feelgood story and captivating characters
United Kingdom Summer Holiday The Musical: Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 29.7.2026. (MC)
The 2026 High Society musical revival has highs (the Cole Porter songs) but is low on story and emotion
United Kingdom Cole Porter’s High Society: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-On- Sea, Essex, 28.7.2026. (JPr) ***
Rienzi marches up Bayreuth’s Green Hill: political corruption and a hidden family secret blights lives
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2026 [3] – Wagner, Rienzi: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra od the Bayreuth Festival / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Livestreamed on STAGE+ (directed by Michael Beyer) from the Bayreuth Fespielehaus, 26.7.2026. (JPr)
