I came out of the theatre thinking about Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray remaining young and beautiful all his life whilst his portrait in the attic grows old and ugly, registering his decadent life. F Scot ...
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Common Ground[s] is calm, dignified and slow. The Rite of Spring is wild, savage and fast. The double bill is a collaboration between Sadler’s Wells, Pina Bausch Foundation in Germany and École des Sa ...
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THE MILLIONAIRESS (YouTube). Bernard Shaw’s didactic farce, written in 1936 when he was 80 and seen on BBC television in 1972, is one of his poorest plays. Maggie Smith, highly mannered, very theatric ...
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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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