Theatre, opera, dance and showcase reviews from The Stage - a fresh look at entertainment 2009-07-03T16:05:00Z tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:07.03 http://www.thestage.co.uk/images/blogbuttons/reviews.gifThis feed is intended for personal, non-commercial use only. Pat Ashworth tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:07.03.24911 2009-07-03T16:05:00Z 2009-07-03T16:05:00Z

<p><strong>Nottingham Castle:</strong> Open-air venues without fixed seating have to get the orientation right. It might have been fine on the picnic chairs at the front of the long rectangle of audience at Nottingham Castle, but for those towards the back, it was a bit like looking through a telescope. That wouldn&#039;t have mattered so much for a knockabout sort of drama, but Emma needs engagement at close quarters. This isn&#039;t really an outdoor play.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24911/emma">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>Nottingham Castle:</strong> Open-air venues without fixed seating have to get the orientation right. It might have been fine on the picnic chairs at the front of the long rectangle of audience at Nottingham Castle, but for those towards the back, it was a bit like looking through a telescope. That wouldn&#039;t have mattered so much for a knockabout sort of drama, but Emma needs engagement at close quarters. This isn&#039;t really an outdoor play.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24911/emma">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yXFdvr2QGnxCttk8KpR8QWQvNSY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yXFdvr2QGnxCttk8KpR8QWQvNSY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yXFdvr2QGnxCttk8KpR8QWQvNSY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yXFdvr2QGnxCttk8KpR8QWQvNSY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=YSvdrllI2YQ:eA0BOIXHUws:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=YSvdrllI2YQ:eA0BOIXHUws:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=YSvdrllI2YQ:eA0BOIXHUws:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/YSvdrllI2YQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24911/emma Scott Matthewman tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:07.03.24905 2009-07-03T11:40:00Z 2009-07-03T11:46:37Z

<p><strong>Leicester Square Basement, London:</strong> The basement of the Leicester Square is transformed into a Victorian parlour-cum-bordello to provide the perfect setting for Linnie Reedman&#039;s retelling of Wilde&#039;s gothic fable.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24905/dorian-gray">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>Leicester Square Basement, London:</strong> The basement of the Leicester Square is transformed into a Victorian parlour-cum-bordello to provide the perfect setting for Linnie Reedman&#039;s retelling of Wilde&#039;s gothic fable.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24905/dorian-gray">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/flcisRA3Ywc9TF66Shngd2CSPDs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/flcisRA3Ywc9TF66Shngd2CSPDs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/flcisRA3Ywc9TF66Shngd2CSPDs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/flcisRA3Ywc9TF66Shngd2CSPDs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=Kq70S4LuFeE:95OQhoGhxvE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=Kq70S4LuFeE:95OQhoGhxvE:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=Kq70S4LuFeE:95OQhoGhxvE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/Kq70S4LuFeE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24905/dorian-gray Hugh Homan tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:07.03.24904 2009-07-03T11:05:01Z 2009-07-03T11:36:37Z

<p><strong>Isaac's Bar, Ipswich:</strong> Eastern Angles could never be accused of standing still. Their latest piece, written and directed by the company&#039;s artistic director Ivan Cutting, lasts seventy minutes and is a promenade performance in &#039;two rooms and a corridor&#039;. It addresses the recent appearance of Polish, Portuguese and other ethnic groups in Eastern England.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24904/getting-here">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>Isaac's Bar, Ipswich:</strong> Eastern Angles could never be accused of standing still. Their latest piece, written and directed by the company&#039;s artistic director Ivan Cutting, lasts seventy minutes and is a promenade performance in &#039;two rooms and a corridor&#039;. It addresses the recent appearance of Polish, Portuguese and other ethnic groups in Eastern England.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24904/getting-here">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-IBIKmNZkT8Pa3nzRjBRU15eX1Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-IBIKmNZkT8Pa3nzRjBRU15eX1Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-IBIKmNZkT8Pa3nzRjBRU15eX1Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-IBIKmNZkT8Pa3nzRjBRU15eX1Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=0tKpO3RAoKA:6oa9VBJ3Yw8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=0tKpO3RAoKA:6oa9VBJ3Yw8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=0tKpO3RAoKA:6oa9VBJ3Yw8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/0tKpO3RAoKA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24904/getting-here Lisa Martland tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:07.03.24903 2009-07-03T11:05:00Z 2009-07-03T11:36:45Z

<p><strong>Menier Chocolate Factory, London:</strong> Unlike the big budget West End shows this legendary satirical musical revue so cleverly lampoons, the formula behind Forbidden Broadway is four performers and a piano, a great conveyor belt of inspired props and costumes and, last but not least, some very witty writing. Nothing could be more refreshing.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24903/forbidden-broadway">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>Menier Chocolate Factory, London:</strong> Unlike the big budget West End shows this legendary satirical musical revue so cleverly lampoons, the formula behind Forbidden Broadway is four performers and a piano, a great conveyor belt of inspired props and costumes and, last but not least, some very witty writing. Nothing could be more refreshing.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24903/forbidden-broadway">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9J5f-i6mwZdEiRqUOcChndws26E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9J5f-i6mwZdEiRqUOcChndws26E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9J5f-i6mwZdEiRqUOcChndws26E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9J5f-i6mwZdEiRqUOcChndws26E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=xgxPjfDMjwo:v1hbhRLbjAo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=xgxPjfDMjwo:v1hbhRLbjAo:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=xgxPjfDMjwo:v1hbhRLbjAo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/xgxPjfDMjwo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24903/forbidden-broadway Susan Elkin tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:07.02.24898 2009-07-02T11:20:00Z 2009-07-02T11:20:00Z

<p><strong>02 Arena, London:</strong> It&#039;s quite something to see 4,700 children in ten different coloured T shirts seated in colour blocks, especially in the vastness of the 02 Arena, when they all open and twirl umbrellas or brandish torches. The massed singing of 32 Beatles numbers was, perhaps, more exuberant than musical at times but, as usual on an occasion like this, exhilaration won the day.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24898/the-long-and-winding-road">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>02 Arena, London:</strong> It&#039;s quite something to see 4,700 children in ten different coloured T shirts seated in colour blocks, especially in the vastness of the 02 Arena, when they all open and twirl umbrellas or brandish torches. The massed singing of 32 Beatles numbers was, perhaps, more exuberant than musical at times but, as usual on an occasion like this, exhilaration won the day.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24898/the-long-and-winding-road">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7NN0mL6kxA-QtDP36TMXtQnQ5iE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7NN0mL6kxA-QtDP36TMXtQnQ5iE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7NN0mL6kxA-QtDP36TMXtQnQ5iE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7NN0mL6kxA-QtDP36TMXtQnQ5iE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=AQDEWpmepq4:oEFn8ExE88Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=AQDEWpmepq4:oEFn8ExE88Q:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=AQDEWpmepq4:oEFn8ExE88Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/AQDEWpmepq4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24898/the-long-and-winding-road Lisa Childs tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:07.01.24890 2009-07-01T12:15:00Z 2009-07-01T12:15:00Z

<p><strong>Leeds Castle, Maidstone:</strong> The airy canvas tent, wandering players and the strumming of a ukulele gives the dreamy opulence of a twenties summer garden party.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24890/a-midsummer-nights-dream">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>Leeds Castle, Maidstone:</strong> The airy canvas tent, wandering players and the strumming of a ukulele gives the dreamy opulence of a twenties summer garden party.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24890/a-midsummer-nights-dream">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B4v6_-iwtnFi5iB5SPaJsWRzWQQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B4v6_-iwtnFi5iB5SPaJsWRzWQQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B4v6_-iwtnFi5iB5SPaJsWRzWQQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B4v6_-iwtnFi5iB5SPaJsWRzWQQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=XPkJAvAz1eo:As8ujzUsWes:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=XPkJAvAz1eo:As8ujzUsWes:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=XPkJAvAz1eo:As8ujzUsWes:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/XPkJAvAz1eo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24890/a-midsummer-nights-dream Mike Sell tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:07.01.24888 2009-07-01T11:45:01Z 2009-07-03T11:39:17Z

<p><strong>Minerva, Chichester:</strong> This world premiere of Heidi Thomas&#039; new play about the last days of the Romanov Family in captivity in Ekaterinburg appears to be accessible at a number of different levels - as a drama documentary, as an analogy to the more modern Stockholm syndrome, even as a love story - but it makes for extremely good theatre. However, much conjecture is necessary to identify its rationale. Above all this is definitely a meeting of two worlds in one small space, with great tensions both within individuals and groups.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24888/the-house-of-special-purpose">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>Minerva, Chichester:</strong> This world premiere of Heidi Thomas&#039; new play about the last days of the Romanov Family in captivity in Ekaterinburg appears to be accessible at a number of different levels - as a drama documentary, as an analogy to the more modern Stockholm syndrome, even as a love story - but it makes for extremely good theatre. However, much conjecture is necessary to identify its rationale. Above all this is definitely a meeting of two worlds in one small space, with great tensions both within individuals and groups.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24888/the-house-of-special-purpose">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r4BaWG2G5RkiGAKtonkpZuluPQ8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r4BaWG2G5RkiGAKtonkpZuluPQ8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r4BaWG2G5RkiGAKtonkpZuluPQ8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r4BaWG2G5RkiGAKtonkpZuluPQ8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=mSAeoVAfvBs:N_e4VhaMTyc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=mSAeoVAfvBs:N_e4VhaMTyc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=mSAeoVAfvBs:N_e4VhaMTyc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/mSAeoVAfvBs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24888/the-house-of-special-purpose George Hall tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:07.01.24887 2009-07-01T11:35:00Z 2009-07-03T11:39:28Z

<p><strong>Holland Park, London:</strong> Offenbach&#039;s classic operetta joins the Holland Park repertory in its compact 1858 version, wittily translated by Jeremy Sams.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24887/orpheus-in-the-underworld">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>Holland Park, London:</strong> Offenbach&#039;s classic operetta joins the Holland Park repertory in its compact 1858 version, wittily translated by Jeremy Sams.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24887/orpheus-in-the-underworld">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eF1MXCpvPO4ju8GMI0trbzADI9Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eF1MXCpvPO4ju8GMI0trbzADI9Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eF1MXCpvPO4ju8GMI0trbzADI9Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eF1MXCpvPO4ju8GMI0trbzADI9Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=H7vRsoLagzo:56jGlvZMl-w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=H7vRsoLagzo:56jGlvZMl-w:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=H7vRsoLagzo:56jGlvZMl-w:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/H7vRsoLagzo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24887/orpheus-in-the-underworld David Gutman tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:06.30.24876 2009-06-30T12:20:01Z 2009-06-30T14:48:54Z

<p><strong>Holland Park, London:</strong> With John Copley&#039;s traditional staging still revived regularly at Covent Garden, Elaine Kidd and her team plainly felt they could afford to radicalise Puccini&#039;s sure-fire hit. Dispensing with any specific sense of period, let alone the confined artists&#039; garret in which Mimi and Rodolfo traditionally fall in love, the wide but shallow performing space at Holland Park is dominated by a huge piece of Marcello&#039;s artwork, blood red and indicative of passions to come. The Cafe Momus is evoked in ingenious fashion with Marcello&#039;s canvas pulled off its scaffolding to reveal, mounted beneath, the cafe&#039;s illuminated sign. While the stage looks over-stuffed in Act II and the scaled-down orchestra is over-driven and over-loud much of the time, the essential dramatic ground is covered effectively and economically.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24876/la-boheme">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>Holland Park, London:</strong> With John Copley&#039;s traditional staging still revived regularly at Covent Garden, Elaine Kidd and her team plainly felt they could afford to radicalise Puccini&#039;s sure-fire hit. Dispensing with any specific sense of period, let alone the confined artists&#039; garret in which Mimi and Rodolfo traditionally fall in love, the wide but shallow performing space at Holland Park is dominated by a huge piece of Marcello&#039;s artwork, blood red and indicative of passions to come. The Cafe Momus is evoked in ingenious fashion with Marcello&#039;s canvas pulled off its scaffolding to reveal, mounted beneath, the cafe&#039;s illuminated sign. While the stage looks over-stuffed in Act II and the scaled-down orchestra is over-driven and over-loud much of the time, the essential dramatic ground is covered effectively and economically.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24876/la-boheme">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P17NaC8kxLR8oGUcWTxweJbG7ZA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P17NaC8kxLR8oGUcWTxweJbG7ZA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P17NaC8kxLR8oGUcWTxweJbG7ZA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P17NaC8kxLR8oGUcWTxweJbG7ZA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=tkGopB5dqig:grAAVqbibp4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=tkGopB5dqig:grAAVqbibp4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=tkGopB5dqig:grAAVqbibp4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/tkGopB5dqig" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24876/la-boheme George Hall tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:06.29.24866 2009-06-29T17:55:00Z 2009-06-30T14:48:06Z

<p><strong>Royal Opera House, London:</strong> First seen in 2005, Mario Martone&#039;s production plays Verdi&#039;s opera in the so-called Boston setting imposed on him by censors in Rome in 1859, as opposed to the Swedish original he had in mind at the start - the ultimate source for the plot was the real assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden at a masked ball in 1792. Then it muddies the waters further by moving the situation to the aftermath of the American Civil War. Sweden certainly makes better sense.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24866/un-ballo-in-maschera">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>Royal Opera House, London:</strong> First seen in 2005, Mario Martone&#039;s production plays Verdi&#039;s opera in the so-called Boston setting imposed on him by censors in Rome in 1859, as opposed to the Swedish original he had in mind at the start - the ultimate source for the plot was the real assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden at a masked ball in 1792. Then it muddies the waters further by moving the situation to the aftermath of the American Civil War. Sweden certainly makes better sense.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24866/un-ballo-in-maschera">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GwB7S9twoRoDRKEdPmH4NchTR6U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GwB7S9twoRoDRKEdPmH4NchTR6U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GwB7S9twoRoDRKEdPmH4NchTR6U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GwB7S9twoRoDRKEdPmH4NchTR6U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=RSFT7-zd1SU:nOHgZ8JiTEA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=RSFT7-zd1SU:nOHgZ8JiTEA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=RSFT7-zd1SU:nOHgZ8JiTEA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/RSFT7-zd1SU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24866/un-ballo-in-maschera Peta David tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:06.29.24850 2009-06-29T11:40:00Z 2009-06-30T14:48:42Z

<p><strong>Warwick Preparatory School, Warwick:</strong> The story of Ratty, Toad, Mole and Badger is brought to life by Heartbreak Productions and includes a fine display of dysfunctional machines.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24850/the-wind-in-the-willows">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>Warwick Preparatory School, Warwick:</strong> The story of Ratty, Toad, Mole and Badger is brought to life by Heartbreak Productions and includes a fine display of dysfunctional machines.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24850/the-wind-in-the-willows">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hq_U5x8Z14lLTmU-nuTnZe4q7bU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hq_U5x8Z14lLTmU-nuTnZe4q7bU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hq_U5x8Z14lLTmU-nuTnZe4q7bU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hq_U5x8Z14lLTmU-nuTnZe4q7bU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=A1OC5Fn8xFk:7fAOfERxHWU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=A1OC5Fn8xFk:7fAOfERxHWU:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=A1OC5Fn8xFk:7fAOfERxHWU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/A1OC5Fn8xFk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24850/the-wind-in-the-willows Peta David tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:06.29.24848 2009-06-29T10:30:01Z 2009-06-30T14:48:17Z

<p><strong>Birmingham Hippodrome:</strong> David Bintley&#039;s Galanteries is the first piece of this triple bill, originally performed in 1986 - long before BRB was established. A piece for 12 dancers, it is a joyful and light expression of courtship and etiquette inspired by the origins of ballet in the French court of Versailles. </p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24848/love-and-loss">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>Birmingham Hippodrome:</strong> David Bintley&#039;s Galanteries is the first piece of this triple bill, originally performed in 1986 - long before BRB was established. A piece for 12 dancers, it is a joyful and light expression of courtship and etiquette inspired by the origins of ballet in the French court of Versailles. </p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24848/love-and-loss">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IGzVAoYDgXZ4GATcwasaiuK_2i0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IGzVAoYDgXZ4GATcwasaiuK_2i0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IGzVAoYDgXZ4GATcwasaiuK_2i0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IGzVAoYDgXZ4GATcwasaiuK_2i0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=GhLBFskLoMM:JsRDiAHCyWI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=GhLBFskLoMM:JsRDiAHCyWI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=GhLBFskLoMM:JsRDiAHCyWI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/GhLBFskLoMM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24848/love-and-loss Jonathan Lovett tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:06.26.24843 2009-06-26T12:55:00Z 2009-06-26T12:55:00Z

<p><strong>St Stephen's, London:</strong> Do not be fooled by claims you&#039;ll be thrust into the champagne-sodden world of liberated, post-war France. Apart from a little bunting and a few cafe-style tables, the directors seem less inspired by Jacques Tati and more by Branagh&#039;s 1993 film, with lots of singing and dancing and little attempt at invention.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24843/much-ado-about-nothing">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>St Stephen's, London:</strong> Do not be fooled by claims you&#039;ll be thrust into the champagne-sodden world of liberated, post-war France. Apart from a little bunting and a few cafe-style tables, the directors seem less inspired by Jacques Tati and more by Branagh&#039;s 1993 film, with lots of singing and dancing and little attempt at invention.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24843/much-ado-about-nothing">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2kiozKFD7S2Shi7q7-GIiZuuCD0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2kiozKFD7S2Shi7q7-GIiZuuCD0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2kiozKFD7S2Shi7q7-GIiZuuCD0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2kiozKFD7S2Shi7q7-GIiZuuCD0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=MkXlliThxD8:l2ASVi1Q1MY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=MkXlliThxD8:l2ASVi1Q1MY:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=MkXlliThxD8:l2ASVi1Q1MY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/MkXlliThxD8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24843/much-ado-about-nothing Mark Shenton tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:06.25.24838 2009-06-25T15:55:00Z 2009-06-25T15:55:00Z

<p><strong>Festival, Chichester:</strong> Rodgers and Hammerstein&#039;s Oklahoma!, premiered on Broadway in 1943, not only marked the start of their fabled collaboration but is also widely credited with revolutionising the musical form itself, re-writing the template of their construction and execution.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24838/oklahoma-">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>Festival, Chichester:</strong> Rodgers and Hammerstein&#039;s Oklahoma!, premiered on Broadway in 1943, not only marked the start of their fabled collaboration but is also widely credited with revolutionising the musical form itself, re-writing the template of their construction and execution.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24838/oklahoma-">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9d8Vp68e-7BzAeHUtN2-IbUMnl0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9d8Vp68e-7BzAeHUtN2-IbUMnl0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9d8Vp68e-7BzAeHUtN2-IbUMnl0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9d8Vp68e-7BzAeHUtN2-IbUMnl0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=Bi_9pDT5Ae4:9g5m6pP6J2Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=Bi_9pDT5Ae4:9g5m6pP6J2Q:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=Bi_9pDT5Ae4:9g5m6pP6J2Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/Bi_9pDT5Ae4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24838/oklahoma- Heather Neill tag:www.thestage.co.uk,2009:06.25.24834 2009-06-25T12:05:00Z 2009-06-25T12:05:00Z

<p><strong>Apollo, London:</strong> Nina Bawden&#039;s novel about 12-year-old Carrie and her younger brother, evacuees in war-time Wales, was one of the outstanding children&#039;s books of the 20th century. It has all the strength and charm of a rite of passage piece with historical and regional particularities, moral and comic elements and a helping of mystical horror. </p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24834/carries-war">Read the full review</a></p>

<p><strong>Apollo, London:</strong> Nina Bawden&#039;s novel about 12-year-old Carrie and her younger brother, evacuees in war-time Wales, was one of the outstanding children&#039;s books of the 20th century. It has all the strength and charm of a rite of passage piece with historical and regional particularities, moral and comic elements and a helping of mystical horror. </p> <p><a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24834/carries-war">Read the full review</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gbi5kqPtsMh2mCfYaCdCIVtQMpc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gbi5kqPtsMh2mCfYaCdCIVtQMpc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gbi5kqPtsMh2mCfYaCdCIVtQMpc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gbi5kqPtsMh2mCfYaCdCIVtQMpc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=guFLlhCSLlI:xNadxYGJRUU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=guFLlhCSLlI:xNadxYGJRUU:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?a=guFLlhCSLlI:xNadxYGJRUU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheStageReviews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStageReviews/~4/guFLlhCSLlI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24834/carries-war