The ENO’s Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni has always been a problematic character. Is he a vile seducer and a…
Author Anna Selby
Spa of the Month: Balneario de Lanjaron
I am sitting in the warm spring sunshine overlooking snow-topped mountains and listening to birdsong…
Shanghai Ballet: Echoes of Eternity
There are moments in Shanghai Ballet’s Echoes of Eternity which offer great visual drama. One…
Spa of the Month: Grand Hotel Tremezzo’s ‘T Spa’
OK, we’re in Italy overlooking Lake Como, so not much can really go wrong. Right?…
Yerma
“Yerma” means “barren” – and the agony of childlessness is given shocking and disturbing power…
The Queen of Spades
Opera Holland Park is London’s Glyndebourne and after 21 years of support from Kensington and…
Spa of the Month: SEAcotherapy
Everyone loves the sea. Being by water seems to make us more relaxed and no…
Spa of the Month: Ama Resort, Andalusia
There is a particular part of Andalusia on the eastern coastline of Spain, a stone’s…
The McOnie Company’s Jekyll & Hyde
When Daniel Collins appears on stage in his flower shop, he is gawky, bespectacled, the…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Play for the Nation
In this quattro-centenary year, there have been plenty of celebrations of Shakespeare with the much-vaunted…
Spa of the Month: Terma Smarjeske Toplice, Slovenia
There is a definite trend currently to pursue relentlessly the authentic health systems of the…
Doctor Faustus
“Doctor Faustus” declare the billboards “by Christopher Marlowe and – Colin Teevan.” You can take…