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Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Brighton Festival Chorus

Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Brighton Festival Chorus

- 23 May 2016

Conductor Edward Gardner at the helm of this superbly drilled orchestra drove the work forward...

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour

- 19 May 2016

Take six girls, full of anger and energy and adventure as they erupt into womanhood...

Louise Reay: Que Sera

Louise Reay: Que Sera

- 17 May 2016

It’s quite hard to explain Que Sera, as the bravely bonkers Reay performs almost the...

Police Cops

Police Cops

- 17 May 2016

This Hi-NRG camp recreation of a ’70s cop buddy movie sees little Jimmy Johnson growing...

John Robertson’s The Dark Room

John Robertson’s The Dark Room

- 17 May 2016

With The Crystal Maze’s recent live comeback and a new version of the Knightmare touring...

Takács Quartet

Takács Quartet

- 17 May 2016

The annual trip to Glyndebourne for Brighton Festival is always a highlight and this year...

Nederlands Dans Theater 2

- 17 May 2016

How does one start to write about an evening of dance that was, to the...

The Complete Deaths: Spymonkey

The Complete Deaths: Spymonkey

- 17 May 2016

75 Deaths, a monumental number that perhaps only Spymonkey could tackle and succeed in doing...

Christopher Maltman with Malcolm Martineau: From Severn to Somme

Christopher Maltman with Malcolm Martineau: From Severn to Somme

- 14 May 2016

What a privilege to experience this sublime pairing of voice and piano in a programme...

Operation Black Antler: Hydrocracker & Blast Theory

Operation Black Antler: Hydrocracker & Blast Theory

- 11 May 2016

I hate reviews that tell me too much in advance of seeing, and to talk...

Hella Granger: Superstar

Hella Granger: Superstar

- 10 May 2016

This special one woman show was a darkly comic exploration of one woman’s brush with...

Smoke and Mirrors

Smoke and Mirrors

- 10 May 2016

Only a year ago I decided that, despite the skills shown and the thrills experienced,...