Reviews

Doric String Quartet

- 27 May 2017

Haydn, Brahms and John Adams make a wonderful Festival programme. Adams’ oddball ‘Alleged Dances’, two...

Pelléas Ensemble

- 26 May 2017

This interesting combination of flute, viola and harp was always going to attract attention. However,...

This Bright Field

- 26 May 2017

The world premiere of Theo Clinkard’s This Bright Field got off to a good start,...

Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet

- 25 May 2017

Kaleidoscope chose their music carefully, starting with reassuringly familiar tunes from Grieg’s melodic Holberg Suite....

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Siblings

- 25 May 2017

Real-life sisters Maddie and Marina Bye are full of energy, vitality and talent. Performance is...

It’s okay, I’m dealing with it

- 25 May 2017

Comedy dance? It’s a hard sell. Combining things with comedy so rarely works well; take...

Monteverdi: Combattimento – Les Talens Lyriques

- 24 May 2017

In celebration of Monteverdi’s major anniversary the Festival has staged a few concerts, this one...

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Alfie Ordinary: Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous

- 24 May 2017

Alfie is far from ordinary, Alfie is clearly fabulous, the product of a time when...

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Benny Hill’s

- 24 May 2017

It’s camp and funny, it rings so true to a seasoned gay traveller and it...

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This Boy Tom

- 23 May 2017

A polished performance from a professional troupe of talented young actors, directed by Natalie Sexton....

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Nick Revell

- 23 May 2017

Nick didn’t have time to write a new show and appeared tonight to explain why....

An Evening With Picador Poetry

- 23 May 2017

Picador Poetry celebrated its twenty year anniversary with a stunning evening of performances from Hollie...