Purists may sniff at an opera company turning its hand to the work of Rodgers & Hammerstein but, in Opera North’s sublime revival of Carousel, it is the audience who end up sniffing away tears. Of all the Rodgers & Hammerstein canon, Carousel is perhaps the closest the pair came to writing an opera and…
Can you separate a single performance from the theatrical whole? It’s a quandary posed by Sydney Theatre Company’s Gross und Klein (Big and Small) being performed at the Barbican Theatre as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Much attention has been given to the piece, often around the appearance of the one of the…
Awards can be a double-edged sword for productions. While the acclaim can boost box office sales, it does also set expectations high. New York’s Lincoln Centre revival of Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific swept the board at the Tony Awards and sold out in New York for over two years. Its transfer to the UK…
There are several things that strike you when revisiting Les Miserables as part of its 25th Anniversary production but the overriding thought is how this show has not only finally come of age but is also intrinsically linked to age and ageing. How many of those who saw the original production in those early days…