Performing Arts
OPERA REVIEW: Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Time has withered neither the opera nor this version of it. The props, costumes and sets are fantastic$$s$$ sitting in…
THEATRE REVIEW: The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes
The eponymous hero of the RSC’s The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes by Adriano Shaplin at Wilton’s Music Hall in London…
Career Profile: Lucy Gough, playwright
Lucy has written for theatre and radio for over 15 years, writing for Hollyoaks for 10 years alongside this.
THEATRE REVIEW: Firsts 2008
Programme including Hambre (Compañia LA), The Canon for Duet (Chisato Minamimura Dance Company), Beautiful Dance (Albert Quesada and Vera Tussing),…
Theatre Cuts
If the Council decides to make dramatic cuts, projects and shows put on by institutes such as the Bristol Old…
THEATRE REVIEW: Drifting and Tilting
Scott Walker's Drifting and Tilting at the Barbican Theatre last week was a consummate performance art miracle.
THEATRE REVIEW: Delirium, Theatre O at the Barbican Pit
I do not know whether Enda Walsh is a dab hand in the kitchen but he’s introduced more than a…
Musical theatre and the credit crunch
Much has been reported recently of the terrible news that shows are closing at breakneck speed both here and on…
OPERA REVIEW: A Secret Marriage, Scottish Opera
I like Mozart and, as Cimarosa’s music has what Scottish Opera call a familiar Mozartian feel, I assumed that it…
Starting late but going great: how to get a new career in the arts
So you want to break into the creative arts? Maybe you’ve been working in another field, in another job, or…