Performing Arts
THEATRE REVIEW: Othello, RSC, Hackney Empire
It is clear that a great deal of thought and expense has gone into this production and it starts well…
It’s the Business: creativity in action
Thinking of running a creative business? Need some advice? We talk to two experts in the field.
CIRCUS REVIEW: Quidam, Cirque du Soleil, Royal Albert Hall
Cirque du Soleil presented a very surreal, intricate, professional and stunning show at the likewise stunning and perfectly transformed Royal…
OPERA REVIEW: Rigoletto, The Royal Opera
The army of flatterers, sumptuous costumes and consequence free trysts with a bevy of beauties are all very well but…
THEATRE REVIEW: Shun-kin, Complicite at Barbican
'Shun-Kin', Simon McBurney’s latest show for Complicite at the Barbican, is the Japanese story of servant Sasuke’s masochistic love for…
THEATRE REVIEW: Mrs Affleck, National Theatre
If Ibsen is for all time then it seems an odd decision to plonk him so precisely in one historical…
Who said classical music was dead?
Against all the odds, the first decade of the new millennium has seen a renaissance in the classical music world.…
THEATRE REVIEW: Tons of Money, Touring
In the hands of these skilled actors, the play succeeds in reaching a level of quality which from lesser performers…
THEATRE REVIEW: Plonter, The Pit
The play is a tangle in several senses: it is an ensemble piece performed in Arabic and Hebrew with English…
THEATRE REVIEW: Primary Voices, Quicksilver Theatre
Surreal, funny, entertaining, imaginative - Primary Voices gives its audience an exclusive look into the minds of young Londoners, and…