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Reviews
Aurora Orchestra. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 25 November 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“Aurora’s playing from memory adds a new dimension to the music.”
Photo Credit: Kaupo Kikkas.
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens adapted by Abigail Pickard Price. Jermyn Street Theatre, 16b Jermyn Street, London until 20 December 2025. 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“A copper-bottomed sure-fire hit.”
Photo Credit: Steve Gregson.
George Frideric Handel’s Partenope until 06 December, English National Opera; The Coliseum, London WC2,5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Clare Colvin.
“Putting on the Style with Handel.”
Photo Credit: Lloyds Winters.
Centre Stage: Baroque Ensemble: 1725 Music in Naples, CBSO, CBSO Centre, Birmingham 24 November 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A fascinating concert focusing on a musically significant time and place.”
Susanna (Opera North). Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 21 November 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“Opera North triumphantly liberates Handel’s Susanna from the cultural museum.”
Photo Credit: Richard H Smith.
The Red Shoes, Theatre Royal Plymouth, until 22 November 2025 and touring, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“Dance barely gets better than this.”
Photo Credit: Dave Morgan.
Big Cranberry - by Joe Edgar, presented by Sosij Productions, Jack Studio Theatre, 18 to 29 November, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Indigo Cleverley.
“…fascinating character dynamics.”
Keeper (2025), Dir Osgood Perkins, NEON, 3☆☆☆. Review: Matthew Alicoon.
“A rich exploration of manipulation and never entrapment, never staying in focus”
La Bohème (Opera North). Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 19 November 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“A revival of an evergreen hit, still pulsing with life.”
Photo Credit: Richard H Smith.
Shostakovich’s Last Symphony, CBSO, Symphony Hall, Birmingham Wednesday 19th November 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. David Gray & Paul Gray.
“Characterful and charismatic singing and a fine performance of a perplexing symphony.”
Ride the Cyclone. Book, music & lyrics by Jacob Richmond & Brooke Maxwell. Southwark Playhouse, the Elephant, London until 10 January 2026, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“A whirlwind of a show.”
Photo Credit: Danny Kaan.
Drifting by Andrew Muir in collaboration with Ardent8 ensemble. Southwark Playhouse, the Little, 77 Newington Causeway, London until 22 November 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Finely acted by promising young cast.”
Photo Credit: Mark Douet.
Ariel Lanyi (piano). Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 16 November 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“A recital of intimacy, wit, brilliance and mystery from Ariel Lanyi.”
Photo Credit: Royal Concert Hall.
Eugene Tzikindelean plays Mozart, Town Hall, Birmingham, 16 November 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“Nothing but exquisitely joyful Mozart”
Andrey Gugnin (piano). Lakeside, Nottingham, 13 November 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“Andrey Gugnin: not just a virtuoso, but also a poet and dramatist of the keyboard.”
Photo Credit: Lakeside.
In Conversation with Graham Norton - Waterloo East Theatre, 11-15 November, 4☆☆☆☆. Review Indigo Cleverly.
“Poignant, raw and honest.”
Photo Credit: Robert Piwko.
Nuremberg (2025), Dir James Vanderblit, Sony Pictures Classics, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Matthew Alicoon
“This is cinema of rare conviction.”
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Tuesday 11 November 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A warm welcome back to Birmingham for a great conductor with a brilliant orchestra.”
Photo Credit: Astrid Ackermann.
BBC Concert Orchestra. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 10 November 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“A concert that was about so much more than the music.”
Photo Credit: Johanna Berghorn.