United Kingdom Cole Porter’s High Society: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-On- Sea, Essex, 28.7.2026. (JPr) ***
The 2026 High Society musical revival has highs (the Cole Porter songs) but is low on story and emotion
Jim Pritchard
This Fliegende Holländer revival proves quite a tonic after the anti-human beginning to the ‘AI’-Ring
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2026 [4] – Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Oksana Lyniv (conductor). Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 29.7.2026. (MB)
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)
In Burn the Floor’s Supernova Nikita, Nadiya and a talented ensemble display a love and passion for dance
United Kingdom Burn the Floor presents Supernova Nikita Zuzmin: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 21.7.2026. (JP) ****
Clay Hilley’s singing and acting was the highlight of Pappano’s excellent Tristan und Isolde with his LSO
United Kingdom Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, London Symphony Chorus (director: Mariana Rosas), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 12.7.2026. (JPr)
Lee Mead comes home to Southend in Barnum, now a barnstorming music, song, dance and circus extravaganza
United Kingdom Barnum – The Circus Musical (book by Mark Bramble, lyrics by Michael Stewart and music by Cy Coleman): Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 30.6.2026. (JPr)
A review of NT’s compelling, if thought-provoking, Les Liaisons Dangereuses in cinemas from 25 June
United Kingdom NTLive’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses (by Christopher Hampton based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos): Filmed (directed by Ollie Gardner) during its run at the Lyttelton Theatre at London’s Royal National Theatre and now in cinemas from 25 June. (JPr) ****
Jukebox IDOLS with The Overtones is an upbeat and uplifting song and dance spectacular
United Kingdom The Overtones’s Jukebox IDOLS: The Overtones with dancers Nadiya Bychkova, Louis Smith, Mia Bowers, Kiera Brunton, James Cutler and India Taylor. Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 13.6.2026. (JPr)
