What’s in your bucket?
For the last twenty years, I have had a note stuck on my fridge door: Things to do before I die. I was advised a couple of years ago, that this is known as a Bucket List and is very popular with thos ...
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Madam Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed by the Welsh National Opera (WNO)
Director Joachim Herz’s Madam Butterfly has been a firm favourite with audiences for nearly 30 years and with good reason. This production is a classic, faithful to the traditional staging of this muc ...
Marivaux’s Game of Love and Chance
Robert Tanitch reviews The Lottery of Love at Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, Surrey. Pierre Carlet de Chamberlain de Marivaux (1688-1763) is one of France’s greatest playwrights and his plays are too ...
David Oyelowo, Helmut Berger, Eddie Redmayne and Brad Pitt
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs A United Kingdom (Pathe). A prince marrying a commoner used to be the stuff of fairy tales. In 1948 it caused a major diplomatic crisis. Prince Seretse Kharma ma ...