- Venue: Glyndebourne Festival Theatre
- Date: 27th October 2021
- Directed by: Director: John Cox; Designer: David Hockney
- Staring: Nardus Williams (Anne Trulove); Frederick Jones (Tom Rakewell)
…and what Progress!!
Just back from Glyndebourne to see the Festival Tour production of The Rakes Progress – the one with the Hockney sets and costumes.
- Venue: British Museum
- Date: 19th October 2021
Unique Exhibition
Just back from the Great Picture Book of Everything (Hokusai) at the BM.
Click to continue reading: Hokusai's 'Great Picture Book of Everything'
- Venue: Glyndebourne Festival Theatre
- Date: 14th October 2021
- Directed by: Frederic Wake-Walker
- Staring: Dorothea Herbert (Leonore); Adam Smith (Florestan)
Mad production, beautifully sung…
Just back from Fidelio at Glyndebourne – officially part of the Glyndebourne Festival Tour although I believe it’s going nowhere else, and actually one of the productions lost to Covid in the 2020 season.
- Venue: The Menier Chocolate Factory
- Date: 15th September 2021
- Directed by: Rebecca Taichman
- Staring: Alexandra Silber
An eye-opener – who knew?
Just back from Indecent at the Menier Chocolate Factory. This play by Paula Vogel examines the history of the Polish Yiddish writer Sholem Asch and his seminal play God of Vengeance.
- Venue: Crystal Palace Bowl (South Facing Festival)
- Date: 28th August 2021
- Staring: Natalya Romaniw (Tosca); Junghoon Kim (Cavaradossi); Roland Wood (Scarpia)
Magical occasion
On Friday to Crystal Palace Bowl (South Facing Festival) for the ENO’s Tosca; a semi-staged production in the open air.
- Venue: Bridge Theatre
- Date: 16th August 2021
- Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
- Staring: Simon Russell Beale
Coping with genius (and not your own)
Just back from Bach and Sons at The Bridge, which very much does what it says on the tin.