The ENO’s Otello
Adapting Shakespeare into different media is an artistic strategy that is nearly as old as…
Browsing: The Culturist
In the Footsteps of Fermor
Many who have read Patrick Leigh Fermor’s seminal travelogue have dreamed of retracing his walk…
The Henley Literary Festival 2014
Now in its sixth year, the Henley Literary Festival opens this week, with attendance records…
The Play That Goes Wrong
The art of doing things badly is a fiendishly difficult one. If you want to…
Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House
For the first time since its world premier in Covent Garden in 2011, Mark-Anthony Turnage‘s…
Xerxes at the ENO
There’s a moment in Nicholas Hytner’s production of Xerxes when, at the end of the…
My Perfect Mind
My perfect Mind, first produced at The Theatre Royal Plymouth in 2013, is now playing…
Little Missenden Festival
Nestled in the heart of the Chilterns (just 45 minutes from London Marylebone), the annual…
Access All Arias: Opera Holland Park
Despite being located in Kensington and Chelsea, one of the wealthiest boroughs in London, Opera…
Simon Callow in Juvenalia
Simon Callow peeks his head around the side of the stage, whisky glass in hand…
The Planetary Prom 56: Holst
The queues around the Royal Albert Hall illustrated how popular BBC Prom 56 was and…
An Interview with Conductor Michael Hofstetter
German Conductor Michael Hofstetter makes his return to English National Opera this autumn in Nicholas…