Reviews

BREMF – Myths & Legends of Classical Antiquity – Canzona

- 23 October 2021

This interesting programme of French Baroque Cantatas and chamber works was not well served by...

BREMF – Josquin & Fayrfax 500 – BREMF Consort of Voices (full version)

- 22 October 2021

Deborah Roberts, Artistic Director of the Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF), brought her elite choir...

I,Spie

BREMF – I, Spie – The Telling

- 21 October 2021

Soprano Clare Norburn has once again gathered The Telling, her troupe of fine musicians and...

Armistead Maupin

- 13 October 2021

The live celebrity interview is an odd thing, and often so odd that it doesn’t...

Don Pasquale

- 11 October 2021

Glyndebourne’s revival of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale is a delicious confection, from the very lush red...

Fidelio

- 11 October 2021

A new production at Glyndebourne is always an exciting proposition, always something to look forward...

Di and Viv and Rose

- 2 October 2021

Friendship, that most challenging or relationships in my view, finding the friend, balancing that relationship,...

The Dresser

- 29 September 2021

There are times when I wish I was 24 years old again, heading out to...

Young Apollo

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra – Young Apollo – Joanna MacGregor (piano-conductor), Thomas Gould (leader)

- 27 September 2021

A change of Music Director brings fresh talent, different experiences, distinct style; now add the...

The Pleasure Garden

- 24 September 2021

The way we are taught British history has always been selective. At school we are...

Frank Skinner: Showbiz

- 22 September 2021

After nearly two years starved of live entertainment Saturday night was exactly what was needed....

Hairspray

- 21 September 2021

Stemming from John Waters’ original cult movie, Hairspray has gone on to become a crowd...