by Guy Rickards | Sep 29, 2025 | Drama, Music
Love at first song: Deepa Johnny, Aaron Godfrey Mayes, ENO’s Cinderella (La Cenerentola) 2025 © Mark Douet-X4 ENO / Yi-Chen Lin The Coliseum, London, September 27, 2025 Despite its faults, La Cenerentola does make an enjoyable evening in the theatre. Opera and... 
by Claudia Pritchard | Sep 27, 2025 | Dance, Music
The cat’s cradle that is Palermo’s history is knottier still in Stefan Herheim’s production of Verdi’s The Sicilian Vespers at the Royal Opera House. The ballet that was necessarily inserted into the opera’s Paris premiere in 1855 is exploded like Cornelia Parker’s... 
by Claudia Pritchard | Sep 26, 2025 | Drama, Music
More than 80 leading figures from across Britain’s musical landscape came together at the sparkling Critics’ Circle Music Awards, held at the London Coliseum, a ceremony that honoured musicians who made an outstanding contribution in 2024. The judges wished to... 
by Neil Young | Sep 15, 2025 | Film
During the final ballot, Lawrence’s searching glance finds the Sistine’s shattered windows, through which external sounds are audible – most prominently, birdsong. Several previous scenes had taken place in a drab office featuring caged, chirping birds, suggesting... 
by Claudia Pritchard | Sep 14, 2025 | Drama, Music
Those who love Puccini’s Tosca regard its dismissal as ‘a shabby little shocker’ as a badge of honour: they revel in the opera’s plot and passion. At the Royal Opera House, a new production directed by Oliver Mears replaces Jonathan...