Panaretos Kyriatzidis

Review: MR PUNCH AT THE OPERA, Arcola Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - Aug 22, 2024

It’s not every show that hands out party poppers as you go in. Aimed at young audiences, Mr Punch At The Opera whips together the iconic hand-puppets with a musical amuse-bouche.

MR. PUNCH AT THE OPERA Comes to the Arcola Theatre in August
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2024

This August will see the premiere of Mr Punch at The Opera at the Arcola Theatre. From The Opera Makers, this delightful and preposterous show is an interactive, pantomime-style adaptation of Pergolesi’s Renaissance opera La Serva Padrona, and is a fun (and short) way for children and families to access classical opera this summer.  

All-Asian Cast Set for TURANDOT at Grimeborn Opera Festival
by Stephi Wild - Aug 1, 2023

An all East and South East Asian (ESEA) cast has been announced for Turandot at Grimeborn Opera Festival this August.  This marks the first time in the UK that a professional production of Puccini’s final opera, which is set in China and has its roots in Central and East Asian literature, has a full cast from the Asian diaspora.

The Opera Makers Will Present HOPES & FEARS at The Arcola Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 6, 2021

Created with Shine Cancer Support UK, this compelling new opera includes an original libretto based on a collection of stories of people living with cancer, by Olivier Award nominee and Off West End Award winner Becca Marriott, set to the beautiful and haunting music of Claude Debussy.

BWW Review: VERDI'S LA TRAVIATA, King's Head Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Oct 3, 2018

Another scaled down opera, retaining full force singing and emotional clout, from the King's Head, Violetta now a pole dancer in a sleazy Bristol nightclub.

King's Head Theatre to Stage Brand New Version of Puccini's TOSCA
by BWW News Desk - Sep 28, 2017

The King's Head Theatre has just announced they will be staging a radical reimagining of the classic opera Tosca from 27 September 28 October.

King's Head Theatre to Stage Brand New Version of Puccini's TOSCA
by Julie Musbach - Jul 5, 2017

The King's Head Theatre is thrilled to announce they will be staging a radical reimagining of the classic opera Tosca from 27 September - 28 October.

BWW Review: LA BOHÈME, King's Head Theatre, 5 September 2016
by Gary Naylor - Sep 6, 2016

Gary Naylor sees another triumphant boutique opera at the genre's spiritual home with all the thrills of operatic voices at close quarters and plenty of laughter and tears too.