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Benjamin Britten’s one and only ballet score

Benjamin Britten’s one and only ballet score

Robert Tanitch reviews Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Prince of the Pagodas at London Coliseum, WC2 The Prince of the Pagodas, with specially commissioned music by Benjamin Britten, should work well as ...
A major new musical on the London Fringe

A major new musical on the London Fringe

Robert Tanitch reviews Therese Raquin at Finborough Theatre, London SW10 Emile Zola published his story of sexual obsession and sexual depravity in 1867 when he was 27. It is one of the best psycholog ...
It’s a no from me

It’s a no from me

Robert Tanitch reviews I Can’t Sing! at London Palladium, W1 A satire at the expense of Simon Cowell and The X Factor might be good enough for an extended revue sketch; but, on the evidence of this sh ...
An unorthodox, not quite thrilling, drama

An unorthodox, not quite thrilling, drama

The low-budget British independent film, The Fold makes the most of the wild coastline of Cornwall and the fields of daffodils harvested by Bulgarian workers who live in gypsy camps on the outskirts o ...