16 January 2015 London Two new movies – Into The Woods and Birdman – send me from ass-numbing boredom to comedy … More
Category: Music
I Dreamed of Kate
25 September 2014 London Legendary singer Kate Bush made the Mother of All Comebacks with her live show Before the … More
Once When We Were In Love
26 June 2014 London In which I see the charming and quietly heartbreaking Once: the Musical and weep like a child for … More
Parsifal-icious
17 March 2013 London A screening of the Met Opera’s wonderful production of Parsifal leaves me pondering whether too much … More
When Sopranos Go Bad
23 July 2012 London What happens when a soprano has a vocal meltdown in the middle of a sold out performance? We found … More
Götterdämmerung (God Damn, It’s Done)
9 July 2012 London My review of Götterdämmerung – the final part of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, as staged for the New York Metropolitan … More
To Thine Own Self
10 April 2012 London An exciting young British vocal talent, Rebecca Ferguson, brings Motown cool and impressive courage to perform … More
Carry On, Siegfried
5 November 2011 London Hearts were inspired and buttocks were numbed through a marathon screening of Siegfried, Part 3 of … More
It’s The End of the World As We Know It
22 September 2011 London Farewell R.E.M., perhaps the definitive indie pop band of the 1990s. My generation had something akin … More
Fade to Black
23 July 2011 London Memories of the brief career and tragic life of British chanteuse Amy Winehouse, who died this … More
From the Choirboy Motel 