Review: Noel and Gertie
When I told a friend that I was going to see Noel and Gertie, he seemed surprised that it was being revived as it was very much aimed at audience members of a certain age when he saw it in t…
When I told a friend that I was going to see Noel and Gertie, he seemed surprised that it was being revived as it was very much aimed at audience members of a certain age when he saw it in t…
The Belle's Stratagem is a play that even the most notoriously cross-referential critic would have trouble comparing to another version, as 'lady playwright' Hannah Cowley's 1780 play hasn't…
William Kerley's staging of Mozart's 1786 opera Le nozze di Figaro is the fifth time that British You Opera have produced this much-loved piece since their second summer season in 1988. One …
The neighbour who encourages the eponymous Pandora's husband to open the mysterious box remarks, "Without curiosity, where would we be?" As an inquisitive person, a life without curiosity wo…
Dames at Sea is an affectionate homage to frothy 'a star is born' 1930s musicals, a cross between 42nd Street, Anything Goes and On The Town. It premiered off-Broadway in 1966 starring a …
Life upon the wicked stage ain't ever what a girl supposes. There was certainly very little glamour to be found amongst the minor ranks of the Edwardian repertory system. The protagonist of …
I always mean to see more theatre outside London, but find myself deterred by astronomical train fares, so I was delighted to be notified of Southern Rail's 90% off sale. How fortunate, as S…
Into Thy Hands begins with a speech about theatre and decay " very apt, considering that the future of the enchantingly distressed Wilton's Music Hall is on shaky grounds after a major Natio…
All things Scandinavian seem to be quite ‘in’ at the moment: Swedish crime drama is all the rage and there was a Woman's Hour feature last week about how Nordic cuisine is curren…
One of the many provocative points raised by James Fritz's faux-verbatim drama Lines (which premiered at the Rosemary Branch's new writing festival last autumn) is what it means to 'enjoy' a…