Famously encored in its entirety by the Emperor of Austria, Domenico Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto dates from 1792 – the year of Rossini’s birth...

Kenneth Grahame’s beloved literary classic began life as a series of bedtime stories the author told to his young son. Though the book’s episodic...

Internationaal Theater Amsterdam – formerly Toneelgroep Amsterdam – has been a regular fixture at the Barbican in recent years. Ivo van Hove's Dutch ensemble...

This year's Royal Variety Performance was held in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Members of the Invictus Choir led the...

Lisa Carroll’s play Cuckoo is a witty study of the mess and complexity of adolescent friendship. When word gets out that a couple of morbidly...

In the film that opens John Terry’s production of Aladdin, a camel is wandering the streets of Chipping Norton. The villainous Abanazar asks at...

The Big House is gaining a solid reputation for making raw, powerful work with at-risk young people, and Bullet Tongue is no exception, a...

Miriam Sherwood’s late grandfather Laco Kalina lived a life large enough to fill five volumes of autobiography. Born in 1913, under the pseudonym Jan Kalina,...

In 1962 the new Coventry Cathedral was consecrated, just yards away from the ruins of its medieval predecessor, which was destroyed in a bombing...

It’s 1956 and a prodigal daughter returns to the Potteries after 13 years of mysterious exile in Deborah McAndrew’s latest work for Claybody Theatre....

Casey Nicholaw is currently Broadway's most prolific director/choreographer. He adds a fourth title to his portfolio with this joyously affectionate musical. Like his most recent...

First seen in 1991, Elijah Moshinsky’s production of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra has helped cement a once neglected masterpiece in the Royal Opera’s repertoire, even...