Too many Tchaikovskys: The Queen of Spades at the Royal Opera House leaves you cold
It is inconceivable that anyone unfamiliar with the work could have the slightest idea what is going on.
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The best of 2019 on the stage
From endless Arthur Miller to the National’s sell-out Cate Blanchett vehicle, the forthcoming year in theatre.
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The night that changed my life: Josie Rourke on an all-male As You Like It in Manchester
Watching Adrian Lester on stage, I realised that there was such a thing as transcendent performance.
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The night that changed my life: Simon Callow on his first opera
It was 1965; I was a 16-year-old schoolboy besotted by classical music but only, so far, on record.
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The night that changed my life: Olivia Laing on the New York cabaret that helped her discover her queer identity
“I’m trans,” I told a friend on the steps outside, after one of those dazzling nights.
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The night that changed my life: Kate Mosse on her first trip to the theatre
I still remember it, aged six, right down to the green carpet and purple seats.
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The National Theatre’s Hadestown is a rare, assured play
Hadestown turns the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice into a folk-opera with New Orleans jazz influences.
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Alan Bennett’s play The Madness of George III has new relevance in 2018
Like Bennett as a playwright, the play has deepened with time.
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