When Verdi was asked which of his operas was his favourite he replied Rigoletto. The premiere in 1851 was a huge success with the public and has remained so ever since. Whenever ENO was strapped for c ...
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Kenrex is a startlingly brilliant piece of theatre that sets superlatives flying on all fronts. The riveting acting, the structure of the writing, the stagecraft and unique staging are exceptionally e ...
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Stanley Kubrick’s classic black comedy and political satire, Dr Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, premiered in 1964 at the height of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile C ...
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La Fille mal gardée sounds like the title of a naughty French boulevard farce, but Frederick Ashton’s ballet, designed by Osbert Lancaster, could not be more English. Pastorally pure and innocent, it ...
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