Review: Mamzer Bastard, Hackney Empire
Mamzer Bastard is a new opera about family identity and long-buried secrets, set in New York during a city-wide blackout in 1977. It borrows heavily from film n...
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Review: Tosca, Hackney Empire
The visceral austerity of the English Touring Opera’s (ETO) set, with its sharp lines, captures the murky undertones of a Rome in 1800 at the centre of a Europe...
Review: Xerxes, Hackney Empire
Sometimes it’s best to keep things simple. Xerxes, an opera by Handel no less, has enjoyed some notable stagings in the past thirty years or so, not least Nick ...
Review: Taylor Mac, Hackney Empire
Wow! It’s really hard to find the words to describe this show. First of all, because it is not exactly a show, nor is it a concert. It is a beautiful sharing of...
Review: Jack and the Beanstalk, Hackney Empire
Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the makings of some festive fun. Flamboyant dames, an abundance of innuendos and a generous sprinkling of magic have taken over theatres ...
Review: Godspell in Concert, Hackney Empire
On the same weekend that both Easter and Passover happen to fall this year, it only seems fitting to spend Easter Sunday watching Godspell in Concert. The story...