Review: Coraline, Barbican
Coraline fast became a cult classic when Neil Gaiman’s children’s novella was first published in 2002. There has since been the award-winning stop-motion film a...
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Review: Macbeth, Royal Opera House
According to Operabase, Verdi’s Macbeth is the 29th most performed opera, ranking higher than Cavalleria Rusticana and Salome. Perhaps with the intention of hel...
Review: La Traviata, ENO
There are many things that dazzle in Daniel Kramer’s new production of La Traviata: shiny excess, costumes from many different eras and cultures, even a ball pi...
Review: Face In / Let’s Talk About Dis, Sadler’s Wells
This March, acclaimed contemporary dance company Candoco return to Sadler’s Wells with a double bill: Face In and Let’s Talk About Dis. Founded in 1991 by Celes...
Review: From The House Of The Dead, Royal Opera House
Leoš Janáček’s final opera never promised to be easy listening; based on Dostoevsky’s novel set in a Siberian gulag, the piece might be difficult to digest at f...
Review: Ballet British Columbia, Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Interrogating the nature of ballet itself, this boldly experimental performance goes far beyond the bounds of expectation. Made up of three distinctive pieces w...