With the untimely death of Christopher Lee and the persistent rise of vampires in popular culture, the Sherman Theatre’s newly…
Burt Bacharach, Wales Millennium Centre
July 6, 2015In his surprisingly frank autobiography, Bacharach tells of how, after the release of the Austin Powers films (in which he and his…
Sam Pryce review Pelléas et Mélisande, WNO
May 30, 2015Based on Maeterlinck’s now-obscure Symbolist play of the same name, Debussy’s only full-length opera Pelléas et Mélisande is a sensuously…
The Magic Flute, Welsh National Opera
May 23, 2015Bright bowler hats, magical instruments and a gigantic, temperamental lobster abound this exuberant production of Mozart’s wonderfully silly Singspiel, ‘The…
An uplifting, charmingly offbeat horrorshow
March 10, 2015Cabaret double acts seem a recurring trend on the modern arts scene. We’ve had the pop-parody pair Frisky & Mannish;…
Dark Vanilla Jungle, uncompromising tone with an innovative hand
March 5, 2015Prior to this, my only experience of Philip Ridley’s writing was through his rather generic and transparent plays for young…