Glyndebourne Up Close: In Conversation with Samantha Hankey
As Glyndebourne’s sun-scorched lawns brace for a new production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos,…
Browsing: The Culturist
Springwood
It’s become customary that a trip to the theatre these days should involve something grandiose…
Zurbarán: The Art of Divine Light
Rosalind Ormiston visits Zurbarán at the National Gallery: a near-fifty-painting retrospective that reveals the full…
Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait
Few people have remained almost as famous in death as they were in life, but…
The Marquise at Theatre Royal Bath
Despite The Marquise (1927) approaching one-hundred years since it was first performed at London’s Criterion…
An Arty Afternoon at Rosewood London
When I heard that there was a new Artist Residency at Rosewood London, a hotel…
Palace of Dragons Banquet at the Royal Pavilion
As a restaurant reviewer who can put a decent meal on the table and has…
High Society
Most fans of the 1956 film High Society – a who’s who of Hollywood, from…
360 ALLSTARS at The Peacock Theatre
“Press it! Press it! Press it! Press it!” The audience chants, the noise and excitement…
If Opera 30th Anniversary Festival
Attending If Opera is always a highlight of my summer and, celebrating their 30th anniversary…
Black Comedy at The Orange Tree
“It is a very odd room, isn’t it? It’s like a magic dark room where…
Care at the Young Vic
Alexander Zeldin doesn’t mind making his audience uncomfortable. An earlier play, Faith, Hope and Charity…