United Kingdom The Return of the Legends: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 24.9.2025. (JPr)
The Return of the Legends to the Cliffs Pavilion is a sheer delight
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
Sondheim’s Follies is another triumph for Northern Ireland Opera
United Kingdom Sondheim, Follies: Company of Follies and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Greg Arrowsmith (conductor), Grand Opera House, Belfast, 13.9.2025. (RB)
Fiddler on the Roof proves as poignant as ever in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Joseph Stein and Jerry Bock, Fiddler on the Roof: Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 9.9.2025. (SRT)
Vienna State Opera’s past, present and future as Garanča, Kaufmann and Bernheim star in the open air
Austria Vienna State Opera’s Opern Air: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from the Burggarten, Vienna, 7.12.2025 and available from 18 September on ARTE.tv. (JPr)
The impressive Rosamund Pike carries the emotional heart of NT Live’s Inter Alia by Suzie Miller
United Kingdom National Theatre Live’s Inter Alia – a new play by Suzie Miller: Broadcast live (directed for the screen by Matthew Amos) from the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 4.9.2025. (JPr)
Jochebel Ohene MacCarthy brings the ‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ back to life in Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
United Kingdom Tina – The Tina Turner Musical: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 27.8.2025. (JPr)
Rekindling memories of the real Cooper, Morecambe and Monkhouse in The Last Laugh
United Kingdom The Last Laugh: Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 19.8.2025. (JPr)
Sofia Opera’s open air Les Misérables is a spectacular triumph of wonderful singing and acting
Bulgaria Opera on the Square Summer Festival – Boublil and Schönberg, Les Misérables: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of Sofia Opera and Ballet / Constantin Trinks (conductor). Alexander Nevsky Square, Sofia, 2.8.2025. (GT)
