Reviews

Willy Mason and Matthew & The Atlas

Willy Mason and Matthew & The Atlas

- 9 August 2012

Support artist Matthew and The Atlas was a fitting warm-up act in this intimate environment,...

L’heure Espagnole and L’Enfant et les sortilèges

L’heure Espagnole and L’Enfant et les sortilèges

- 9 August 2012

Once again Glyndebourne delivered an evening of pure delight, this time in two halves. First...

Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance

Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance

- 9 August 2012

This was a whirlwind tour of musicals past and present from a team of just...

Savages and Palma Violets

Savages and Palma Violets

- 8 August 2012

The promoters pulled off a real coup with these two hotly-tipped bands. While Palma Violets...

Summer Schubertiade – Heath Quartet with Philip Higham (cello)

Summer Schubertiade – Heath Quartet with Philip Higham (cello)

- 6 August 2012

Brighton Festival’s Summer Schubertiade reached a magnificent climax in Alfriston’s ‘Cathedral of the South Downs’....

Swingalicious

Swingalicious

- 6 August 2012

Imagine coming home from a hard day’s work feeling blue and wanting to do something...

Charlotte Church

Charlotte Church

- 3 August 2012

Clever PR trick or genuine attempt to ‘be real’ after a somewhat unreal childhood? My...

Ondatropica

Ondatropica

- 3 August 2012

After a slow start, Ondatropica—the multi-generational Columbian version of the Buena Vista Social Club—got into...

Laura Vane & The Vipertones

Laura Vane & The Vipertones

- 2 August 2012

This Anglo/Dutch combo, playing only their second UK show, started with a frantic wah-wah guitar...

Comic Boom

Comic Boom

- 1 August 2012

‘Comic Boom is the best night in the country for comedy newcomers’ claimed the charming...

Camp Bestival

Camp Bestival

- 31 July 2012

What T in the Park, Isle of Wight and Latitude had in bucketloads, Camp Bestival,...

The Fairy Queen

The Fairy Queen

- 30 July 2012

Anyone who uses the cliche ‘less is more’ has quite clearly never seen the Glyndebourne...