- 25 June 2025
This could have been something of a dangerous liaison for me. Having seen Christopher Hampton’s...
- 22 June 2025
This midsummer maestro brilliantly exceeded my already very high expectations. I thought I knew the...
- 30 May 2025
It was so wise to start with the Mozart, Beth Levin presenting her credentials –...
- 26 May 2025
I’ve done a fair amount of prattling on of late about festivals and fringe festivals,...
- 24 May 2025
Fringe festivals are extraordinary events in the variety of entertainments on offer, from the silly,...
Reviews
Romeo & Juliet
- 24 September 2012
And so the scene was set in ‘fair Verona’ for Icarus Theatre’s take on Shakespeare’s...
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Rory Macdonald (conductor)
- 24 September 2012
We warmed to Rory Macdonald instantly when he introduced Dvořák’s ‘Noonday Witch’, a gruesome story....
Rival Sons
- 24 September 2012
The band took to the stage with maximum strutting and preening from front man Jay Buchanan...






