
A genuine concern that arises over the course of the production is that Frayne simply hasn’t figured out how to translate his considerable skill and imagination to an arena environment.

The score is complex, profound, and at the same time has a mercurial quality that very few opera composers besides Mozart and Britten have ever achieved.

Dads is (mostly) an impeccably crafted and remarkably sophisticated piece of work – stylistically daring, consistently well-crafted and fundamentally relatable.

A good French farce ticks away in perfect order like a finely crafted Swiss watch… even if it may seem by the halfway mark like someone threw this watch down a flight of stars and then started to bludgeon it with a sledgehammer.

If you have not attended a Bell Shakespeare production before, or haven’t seen one in a while, this rendition of one of the Bard’s most popular plays is a good example of their bread-and-butter staples of modern popular staging.

For a comedy written mid-17th century, Tartuffe 2016 is surprisingly fresh, lively and plenty of fun.

For one night only, Manilla Street Productions has somehow managed to entice a host of musical theatre stars to create some of the magic of Maury Yeston's masterwork for a charity fundraiser.