Is European unity a myth?
Robert Tanitch reviews Europe at Donmar Warehouse, London WC2. Michael Longhurst is the new artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse and his inaugural production is a revival of David Greig’s Europe ...
THEATRE REVIEWS
Barrie Kosky takes a stairway to Carmen
Robert Tanitch reviews Carmen at Royal Opera House, London EC2 At its Paris premiere in 1875 the French critics thought the opera, an adaptation of Prosper Mérimée’s novella, scandalous and obscene. T ...
A brilliant production by Ivo van Hove
Robert Tanitch reviews The Damned (Les Damnés) at the Barbican Theatre, London EC2 Ivo van Hove was invited by the Comédie-Française to direct them in a play of his own choice. He decided to stage Luc ...
Full of song, movement, instruments and activities
Eileen Caiger Gray reviews Opera North’s Little Big Sing: The Mad Hatter’s Tea-Party at Doncaster Cast (June 21st 2019) They can be a tough crowd to please, it must be said, those under-5 ...