- Venue: Glyndebourne Festival Theatre
- Date: 6th December 2020
A touch of normality?
This afternoon to a Christmas Concert at Glyndebourne with the Festival Choir and the Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra.
- Venue: Glyndebourne Festival Theatre (Gardens)
- Date: 12th August 2020
- Directed by: Stephen Langridge
- Staring: Danielle de Niese; Kate Lindsey
Just a wonderful garden romp!
Just back from our second musical outing at Glyndebourne, today the first night of a one hour concert followed by 70 minutes of an Offenbach one act-er.
- Venue: Glyndebourne Festival Theatre (Gardens)
- Date: 28th July 2020
- Staring: The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
First breaths of Covid-free air?
Just back from Glyndebourne (didn't think I'd be writing that this year) for one of their garden concerts, a one hour programme of Beethoven, Jonathan Dove (a piece written for this Garden) and a Mozart arrangement by Josef Triebensee.
- Venue: Gielgud Theatre
- Date: 3rd March 2020
- Directed by: Sean Foley
- Staring: David Mitchell; Gemma Whelan
The Bard Bearded
Just back from Upstart Crow at The Gielgud Theatre - Ben Elton’s comedy – following on historically from the TV series; David Mitchell’s Shakespeare is now writing for the Jacobean Theatre.
- Venue: Coliseum (ENO)
- Date: 27th February 2020
- Directed by: Calixto Bieito
- Staring: Justina Gringyte (Carmen), Nardus Williams (Micaela)
Carmen – Car men?
Just back from the last night of this year’s revival of the ENO Carmen at the Coliseum.
Translated to the end of the Franco era it is not for mid 19th century purists (first performed in 1875 it is re-set to the 1970s – save for smart phones and selfies).
- Venue: Bridge Theatre
- Date: 26th February 2020
- Directed by: Polly Findlay
- Staring: Roger Allam; Colin Morgan
The acting outweighs the plot-holes
Just back from A Number at the Bridge - a revival after 18 years of the Caryl Churchill success.