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Robert Tanitch reviews London City Ballet in Firebird and Ghost Light at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
Christopher Marney, artistic director of London City Ballet, is committed, “to reviving less familiar but important work, shining a new light on those choreographies and providing access through extensive touring.” The present double-bill, which was choreography by Glen Tetley…
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Pawel Pawlowski explores war and homeland in an emotionally charged historic road trip
Joyce Glasser reviews Fatherland (October 23, 2026) cert 12A, 82 mins. Fatherland is the third film from Polish-British filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski that is under 90-minutes; that is shot in monochrome by cinematographer Lukasz Zal (Zone of Interest, Loving Vincent); and that is…
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TWELFTH NIGHT – Sheffield Crucible – Oct 16th 2026
Hot on the heels of The Crucible’s triumphant, smouldering tragedy, King Lear, comes a triumphant Twelfth Night, many of the same cast now taking very different roles to deliver a romping rom-com, tinged with pathos and choc-a-bloc with mistaken identities, deceptions and…
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Robert Tanitch reviews ENO’s Angel’s Bone at London Coliseum.
A married couple, in financial and marital difficulties, discover two battered angels in their garden and bring them into their home. They clip their wings. The angels are humiliated and raped. English National Opera announces it is in search of a different audience. The subject…
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A great director and an international superstar dig themselves into a filmic disaster
Joyce Glasser reviews Digger (October 2, 2026) Cert. 15, 129 minutes When you put Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu – the third director in the history of the Oscars to win back-to-back (Birdman/The Revenant) Academy Awards – with all American international superstar…
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R&BEATLES with DENNIS ROLLINS and the STRAIGHT 8’s BIG BAND
Doncaster CAST Theatre – Oct 8th 2026 Whether Dennis Rollins MBE is strutting his stuff with outfits like his vertiginous Velocity Trio or his funky, award-winning Badbone & Co, at venues like Ronnie Scott’s, with grand stars like Maceo Parker or, as tonight, back on home turf…
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Robert Tanitch reviews Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods at Noel Coward Theatre, London.
How do you like your fairy tales? Whose versions do you prefer? Is it those by Charles Perrault or those by the Brothers Grimm? James Lapine’s book for Stephen Sondheim’s musical cleverly interweaves four classic fairy tales: Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding…
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ACID WEHN – Sheffield Lyceum – Oct 5th 2026
Slowly but surely, since moving to the UK in 2002 and stumbling a year later from marketing into the more sensible world of comedy, Henning Wehn has captivated more and more Brits with his quirky Teutonic ways and infinite sneers, insults and truths about the British. There’s…
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Robert Tanitch reviews Noel Coward’s Hay Fever at Wyndham’s Theatre, London
HAY FEVER, written in three days and premiered in 1924, is one of the best English comedies and has always been popular with professional and amateur actors alike. Noel Coward admitted it was far and away one of the most difficult plays to perform that he had ever encountered.…
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AMERICANA: GERSHWIN AND BERNSTEIN FOR TRUMPET
Matilda Lloyd with Ensemble 360 Upper Chapel, Sheffield – Oct 3rd 2026 Top of the bill for this intriguing concert was Matilda Lloyd, delighting everyone both with her highly polished skills as award-winning “trumpeter extraordinaire” and her highly polished presenting skills in…