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Reviews
Orsino Ensemble. Lakeside, Nottingham. 27 February 2025, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“Individual virtuosity and perfectly blended ensemble.”
Photo Credit: Matthew Johnson.
Argos Archives by Sabrina Mahfouz. Omnibus Theatre, Clapham Common North Side, London SW4 until 15 March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Stimulating, liberating.”
Photo Credit: Lidia Crisafulli.
Discovering Bliss. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 26 February 2025. 4✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“An expedition to discover Bliss – but it was easy to get lost on the way.”
Photo of Sit Arthur Bliss by Frank Woods.
W.A Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Charles Court Opera; Wilton’s Music Hall, Graces Alley, London E1, 25th February - 8th March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review Clare Colvin.
“It’s a magic jungle out there.”
Photo Credit: Bill Knight.
A Knock on the Roof byKhawla Ibraheem. Royal Court Theatre, Jerwood Downstairs, Sloane Square, London until 08 March, 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Powerful, disturbing story.”
Photo Credit: piece by piece productions
It Runs In The Family by Ray Cooney. The Mill at Sonning, Reading RG4 until 12 April 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Gales of laughter.”
Photo Credit: Carla Joy Evans.
Bellini’s The Capulets and The Montagues; English Touring Opera, Spring Tour 2025, Sat 22 Feb – Sat 26 Apr, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Clare Colvin.
“New York Mafia twist to Bellini’s tragic love opera.”
Photo Credit: Richard Hubert Smith.
Trestle by Stewart Pringle. The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, London SE4 until 08 March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Delightful table talk.”
Photo Credit: Ross Kernahan.
Cinderella, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Royal Ballet Symphonia, Birmingham Hippodrome, 19 February 2025. Then on tour, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A triumphant revival of a lavish production.”
Photo Credit: Roy Smiljanic.
Gang Bang by Hughie Shepherd-Cross. Seven Dials Playhouse, 1a Tower Street, London WC2 until 01 March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Goes with a bang!”
Photo Credit: Louis Patten.
East is South by Beau Williamson, Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London NW3 until 15 March 2025, 2☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Interesting but confused drama.”
Photo Credit: Manuel Harlan.
Stalled. Book by Liesl Wilke, Music by Andy Marsh, King's Head Theatre, 116 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 until 23 March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Ladies in the loo. See it for Ward.”
Photo Credit: Johan Persson.
Mary, Queen of Scots by Thea Musgrave, English National Opera, The Coliseum, London WC2, 4☆☆☆☆. Review Clare Colvin.
“Tragedy of Mary, Queen of Scots.”
Photo Credit: Ellie Kurttz.
Count Dykula. Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1D until 01 March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Vampires, lesbians, goths.”
Photo Credit: Cam Herle.
Chansons d’amour, Ex Cathedra Scholars Ensemble, Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Wednesday 12 Feb, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A varied selection of music drawn from the renaissance through to the modern day.”
Ordinary Madness – inspired by the works of Charles Bukowski. Riverside Studios,101 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 until 08 March 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Bukowski's world.”
Photo Credit: Marusia Makhmutova.
Prague Symphony Orchestra. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 11 February 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“Vivid orchestral story-telling and astonishing piano fireworks.”
Photo Credit: Anders Brogaard.
Outlying Islands by David Greig. Jermyn Street Theatre, 16B Jermyn Street, London SW1 until 15 March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Stunning, stimulating revival.”
Photo Credit: Alex Brenner.
Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner Parts One and Two: Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, Regents Opera, York Hall, Bethnal Green, London E2. 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Clare Colvin.
“A marathon of intensity.”
Photo Credit: Matthew Coughlan.