United Kingdom Cinderella: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 16.12.2025. (JPr)
Cinderella at the Cliffs Pavilion is as ‘traditional’ as you’ll see these days and all the better for it
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
Andris Nelsons’s direction of Shostakovich Ten is a masterly finale to this magnificent concert in Berlin
Germany Dupré, Dvořák, Shostakovich: Benjamin Beilman (violin), Jan Liebermann (organ), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). A Digital Concert Hall broadcast from the Philharmonie Berlin, 13.12.2025. (GT)
The Met’s Andrea Chénier has impressive singing from Beczała and Yoncheva and Rustioni’s sure hand
United States The Met: Live in HD – Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Daniele Rustioni (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 13.12.2025. (JPr)
The Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker, though venerable, is still a showcase for the company and attracts new audiences
United Kingdom Sir Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Students of The Royal Ballet School, The Schola Cantorum of The London Oratory School, London Oratory Junior Choir (director: Charles Cole), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Charlotte Politi (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Peter Jones) for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 10.12.2025. (JPr)
Tetelman and Miknevičiūtė are outstanding in the return of Fedora to Berlin after 95 years
Germany Giordano, Fedora: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / John Fiore (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Nele Mϋnchmeyer) from the Deutsche Oper Berlin on medici.tv, 2.12.2025. (JPr)
The immense promise of Grigoryan and De Tommaso radiates out of Zeffirelli’s vintage Met La bohème
United States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Keri Lynn-Wilson (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Gary Halvorson) at the Met on 8.11.2025 and seen at the Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex. (JPr)
Laughter and song, and not a little dancing, from John Barrowman’s joyously Camp as Christmas show
United Kingdom John Barrowman – Camp as Christmas: Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex, 9.11.2025. (JPr)
Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé are delightful in Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée ‘for 2025’
United Kingdom Sir Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Jonathan Lo (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 5.11.2025. (JPr)
