Review: HEKA, The Place
by Franco Milazzo - Feb 2, 2025
After Gandini Jugglers went all retro on us last year by bringing back their classic outing Smashed, the sine qua non of British circus return with a brand new show Heka.
Review: LAST RITES, The North Wall Arts Centre
by Niamh Jones - Jan 17, 2025
Have you ever really stopped to consider the significance of sound, of speech, on everyday life… on theatre? Many of us take these things for granted, yet Ad Infinitum’s new play throws the realities of being deaf into sharp relief.
Review: JEN®FA, Royal Ballet And Opera
by Alexander Cohen - Jan 16, 2025
It’s a mistake to dismiss Claus Guth’s production of Janacek’s Jenůfa as symbolically overwrought and interminably grey. Look closer and you’ll discover a duality to each beguiling appearance.
Review: RUINATION, Royal Ballet and Opera
by Franco Milazzo - Dec 8, 2024
In a season where theatres are filled with the usual hoary horde - here a Christmas Carol, there a Nutcracker or Messiah - the Royal Opera House deserves praise and maybe even a standing ovation for bringing back its Yuletide hit from 2022. Ben Duke’s Ruination (a co-production between the Royal Ballet and his Lost Dog company) is perfect for this time of year, being a work about reflecting on the recent past and built around the notions of love, family and children. Then again, those expecting something cheery may also want to consider that the source material is Euripides’s Medea, a Greek tragedy that makes Titus Andronicus look like an episode of Bluey.
Review: IN THE BUSHES at Grand Théâtre
by David Sousa Lopes - Nov 29, 2024
This weekend, we had the pleasure of covering In the Bushes, a dance performance directed by Léa Tirabasso, one of Luxembourg's most prominent artistic figures.
Review: AKRAM KHAN'S GISELLE, Sadler's Wells
by Franco Milazzo - Sep 21, 2024
Whatever you do, don’t ignore the signs. The posters outside the auditorium alerting audiences to the “very loud music” are not being overly cautious. Quite the opposite. With its ear-splitting drums and a rumbling bass that rolls across the room juddering through our bodies, this Giselle’s effect relies as much on sound as the dancing.
Review: BLUETS, Royal Court
by Alexander Cohen - May 27, 2024
Katie Mitchell returns to the Royal Court with a curious but dense adaption of Maggie Nelson's poetry
Review: GIANT, Royal Opera House
by Alexander Cohen - Mar 9, 2024
Where does a body start and a human being end? The story of Charles Byrne, the so-called “Irish Giant” is the diving board off of which Composer Sarah Angliss’ debut opera leaps