Year: 2010

London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall A couple of weeks ago I was bemoaning the fact that Prokofiev’s The Gambler was based on a novel by Dostoevsky rather than Gogol. Now, hot on […]

After transforming Wuthering Heights into a Bollywood-style musical last year (See News::E8831236987989, 19 Feb 2009), British Asian theatre company Tamasha will stage a Pakistan-set interpretation of Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba at Hampstead T… […]

Phil Willmott’s award-winning musical Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi, written for and premiered as part of Liverpool’s reign as European City of Culture in 2008 (See News::E8821197313298, 12 Dec 2007), will receive its […]

After its inaugural London season last summer, Edinburgh Fringe staple the E4 Udderbelly will return to the South Bank this year for an extended ten weeks (See Photos::E8831243508522, 28 May 2009), previewing work ahead of […]

Ibsen's Ghosts is no longer shocking, just very depressing, which is what I most take from Frank McGuinness' new “version” (who did the translation, then, eh?) directed by Iain Glen with wonderful Lesley Sharp as […]

West London’s Finborough Theatre continues to mark its 30th anniversary this year with an ambitious spring season featuring 37 productions in three months, including a festival that will showcase 30 new works by 30 different […]

The National Theatre’s multi award-winning production of War Horse::E8821192697717 has extended booking at the New London theatre to 12 February 2011 and confirmed plans for a Broadway transfer. The production will play in New York […]

After winning an Olivier last year for her debut Gone Too Far!, in the Royal Court Upstairs (See News::E8831256128903, 21 Oct 2009), Bola Agbaje returned to Sloane Square last week, premiering her latest play Off […]