English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire: ‘Puccini is still master of the miserable’ Nestled semi-ironically amongst the red velvet and golden
Barbican: ‘A musical funhouse’ A vague haze fills the Barbican as if someone had a furtive ciggy right before everyone
Barbican: ‘Expansive talent’ Barbara Hannigan. Photograph: Marco Borggreve / courtesy Barbican Surrounded by the masked, pointed bows of the London
The Yard On a red-carpeted platform, a circular plunge pool quietly ripples. But what follows is a far cry from
Sadlers Wells What comes to mind when you think of the Netherlands? Soaring handsome blondes? Fields of variegated tulips? Or
The Almeida What can be said of Eugene Ionesco’s subline surrealist play The Chairs? A little like dropping acid at a
Park Theatre American playwright Carey Crim’s gutsy emotional drama takes its first faltering steps in the UK. The play attempts
Sadler’s Wells ‘Deeply funny and moving’ With the shadow of Pina Bausch less looming large and more guiding their actions,
Deep beneath the Ham Yard Hotel, Cyrano de Bergerac is brought once again vividly onto the silver screen. Sadly, this
Shoreditch Town Hall Surrounded by the golden stuccoed and sweeping grandeur of the Shoreditch Town Hall the evening of uplifting