by Secretary CC Theatre | May 26, 2026 | Diary, Drama
Broadway World’s Gary Naylor travels to Romania for this year’s IATC World Congress and shares his diary of the experience. May 20, 3am, Luton Airport I sit in Pret a Manger, reflecting, as I always do in terminals, on JG Ballard’s observation that...
by Claudia Pritchard | May 26, 2026 | Drama, Music, Reviews
Caitlin Gottimer as Tosca and Matteo Lippi as Cavaradossi in Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s Tosca, directed by Ted Huffman. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith Puccini Tosca Glyndebourne / Robin Ticciati The banality of evil is the vile seam that threads through Ted...
by Sebastian Scotney | May 24, 2026 | Drama, Music, Reviews
Members of the Glyndebourne Chorus, Prosdocimo (Matteo Mancini), Girlfriend (Anna-Marie Sullivan) and Donna Fiorilla (Elena Villalón). Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: ASH Rossini Il Turco in Italia Glyndebourne / Bertie Baigent Glyndebourne’s joyous production of...
by Guy Rickards | May 22, 2026 | Music, Reviews
Peter Mycroft, LSO, Sir Simon Rattle performing Gerhard’s Collages Photo (c) Mark Allan Lucy Crowe, soprano; Peter Mycroft, tape electronics; London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle Barbican Concert Hall, London, May 21, 2026 “A gamble, a real adventure...
by Secretary CC Theatre | May 19, 2026 | Drama, Reviews
Flush, by April Hope Miller at the Arcola Theatre (photo by Marc Brenner) Women’s stories are taking over the UK, one Flush at a time, writes Critics’ Circle Drama Section mentee Weronika Rysinska. Title: Flush Venue: Arcola Theatre Dates: 6 May-6 June 2026...