Sending up classical literature is nothing new but there’s still nothing quite like the sight of one of its most…
I think I’m in love with a pantomime villain. We’ll come to the snake-hipped Von Vippemall in a moment. Firstly,…
Panto is a tricky beast to get right. Audiences come armed with expectations of organized chaos, cheesy jokes and lots…
Two composers, two very different backgrounds, yet both with stories swirling with intrigue and rumour. As the Glyndebourne returns to…
On a grey, drizzly day in the city, a packed Philharmonic Hall is ready to escape the gloom outside for…
Halloween may have passed, with thoughts turning towards mince pies and Maria Carey, but our ensemble tonight is not quite…
The souvenir programme should have been the first clue of how tonight’s proceedings were going to go. Stretched headshot pictures…
Daniel Sloss is a man on a mission. Dubbing himself the ‘Steve Irwin of comedy’ he’s on the lookout for…
The dulcet tones of Michael Parkinson wouldn’t normally invoke a collective eye roll. But when it’s delivering the familiar lines…
War. Corruption and power plays. Women fighting for autonomy. All very Shakespearean themes but all still very much identifiable in…