The latest outing from writer Torben Betts is a gleefully farcical affair that never once pretends to be believable. From…
If the rest of my theatrical year measures up to this stunning start, then I am in for a vintage…
Unfortunate splashes back onto the stage with all the camp, chaos and deliciously wicked sparkle you could hope for. Directed…
Matthew Bourne’s production of The Red shoes is a true masterclass in storytelling. Directed and choreographed by Bourne, it enchants…
Phyllida Lord’s classic production, designed by Anthony Ward, is one of the longest running at Opera North having been in…
English National Opera’s first official foray North sees director and designer Antony McDonald delightfully serve up Britten’s 1947 witty comic…
Set with the backdrop of the Black British civil rights movement in the 1970s, Urielle Klein-Mekongo’s original musical Black Power…
When you think about a rock band to soundtrack a ballet it's probable rock gods Black Sabbath wouldn’t be the…
At the start of the performance Chisato Minamimura introduces herself as a deaf Japanese woman. She is also a beautiful…
Ken Ludwig’s stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile, directed by Lucy Bailey at The Lowry, is a…