by Web Editor | Jun 23, 2016 | Music
Fox pops Robert Thicknesse This was a bit of a memory-lane excursion for anyone who remembers the ’80s, a jaunty pop-video aesthetic created by designer Dinah Collin channelling Cyndi Lauper, Adam Ant and Dexys (I think I even caught a whiff of Alexei Sayle) in the... 
by Web Editor | Jun 19, 2016 | Drama
Darker and Sylvestre retire William Russell For twenty years Cecilia Darker and the actress and singer Cleo Sylvestre have run the theatre in the Rosemary Branch pub in Sheperton Road, Islington. But they are standing down, although Darker still owns the pub, which... 
by Web Editor | Jun 17, 2016 | Drama
After 21 years of musical delights William Russell After 21 years the Landor, home to many a musical new or hold, is closing down and director Robert McWhir, who has presided there for the last 19 years, 15 as director of the company, is leaving hopefully for pastures... 
by Web Editor | Jun 17, 2016 | Music
On the rocks Owen Mortimer Swimming in a sea of troubles, and threatened with further funding cuts, ENO desperately needed a gold-plated success with this Tristan. In the event, the evening is moving and memorable, with proper attention given to every element of... by Web Editor | Jun 15, 2016 | Music
Persecution complex Lucien Jenkins Having Plácido Domingo reprise the role of Verdi’s eponymous King of Babylon creates instant celebrity-anxiety: would the evening be a triumph or an embarrassment? In the event, triumph – though only just. Domingo’s Nebuchadnezzar... 