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Robert Tanitch reviews Ballet Nacional de Espana in Invocacion at Sadler’s...
Ballet Nacional de Espana is one of the main cultural ambassadors of Spain to the world. The Flamenco Festival showcases Spain’s rich choreographic heritage and traditions. Invocacion features four...
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WATCH FILMS AT HOME: Robert Tanitch reviews 9 films
POOR THINGS (Apple TV) should have won the Best Film Award at the Oscars. This extravagant, bizarre, outrageous science-fiction comedy shocker, directed by Yorgos Lanthimes, is quite extraordinary. A...
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Robert Tanitch reviews Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate at Barbican Theatre, London
Cole Porter’s songs were famous for their polished wit, sophistication and adult innuendo. His heyday was the 1920’s and 1930’s. He belonged to an era when songs were introduced for themselves rather...
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Jodie Cromer overcomes an underwritten role, and some scenes drag, but...
Joyce Glasser reviews The Bikeriders (June 21, 2024) Cert. 15, 116 mins in cinemas Jayne Russell and Marilyn Monroe claimed to be just two little girls from Little Rock in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,...
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Robert Tanitch reviews The Acrobatic Swan Lake at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London
The Acrobatic Swan Lake, a fusion of Western classical ballet and Chinese acrobatic arts, performed by the Xion Acrobatic troupe, is more acrobatic than balletic. The production lacks narrative drive...
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MUSIC FOR OBOE AND STRINGS – CAST, DONCASTER – June 22nd 2024
Ensemble 360 wowed the audience tonight with a magical mix of diverse works for oboe and strings, played, as ever, with thrilling brilliance and intensity. Joining regulars, oboist Adrian Wilson,...
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Robert Tanitch reviews Joe Penhall’s The Constituent at The Old Vic, London
MPs have been intimidated, abused and even murdered by volatile constituents. Their personal safety is in such danger nowadays, that they have to wear stab vests. The daily stress on them and their...
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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR – Sheffield Lyceum – June 24th 2024
In 1970, no-one would risk staging some new-fangled, rock-inspired musical drama all about Jesus Christ Superstar, based on Gospel stories of disastrous run-ins with high priests, the ruling Roman...
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Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone are back, but will this...
Joyce Glasser reviews Kinds of Kindness (June 28, 2024) Cert 18, 164 mins. In cinemas Noël Coward’s final play, Suite in Three Keys from 1966, was a trio: each play had a separate title, and the same...
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Canadian writer-director Monia Chokri captures the nature of love in this...
Joyce Glaser reviews The Nature of Love (July 5, 2024), Cert. 12A, 111 mins. In cinemas. If you read any summaries of Canadian actress and filmmaker Monia Chokri’s (Babysitter, A Brother’s Love) new...
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Robert Tanitch reviews Carlos Acosta’s Carmen at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London
1845 Prosper Merimée’s novel is published. 1875 Georges Bizet’s opera is premiered. Its clarity, vivacity, colour and melody have made it the most popular and frequently performed opera in the world....
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Robert Tanitch reviews Your Lie in April at Harold Pinter Theatre, London
Your Lie in April is a Japanese high school romantic drama manga series written and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa. It was serialised in a monthly magazine from 2011 to 2015. Aimed at young adults and...
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Federer retired at 41, a year before octogenarian tournament champion Etty...
Joyce Glasser reviews Super Seniors (AKA Silver Servers) June 17, 2024, 97 mins. On digital platforms. “Winning never gets old” is the logline of Dan Lobb’s enjoyable sports documentary that follows...
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CHARIOTS OF FIRE – The Crucible, Sheffield – July 11th 2024
Over eight vibrant years as artistic director, Robert Hastie has set many a winning wonder upon the glorious Crucible stage – the uplifting Standing At The Sky’s Edge, for example, and the ingenious...
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Robert Tanitch reviews Mnemonic conceived by Simon McBurney at National...
Theatre de Complicité, founded by Simon McBurney and Kathryn Hunter in 1983, has produced some memorable productions, including The Visit, The Street of Crocodiles and The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol,...
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Jane Squibb is superb as a nonagenarian who pursues an unlikely phone scammer.
Joyce Glasser reviews Thelma (July 19, 2024) Cert. 12A, 98 mins It was a long wait, but 94-year-old character actress June Squibb (Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Nebraska) has finally...
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Robert Tanitch reviews The Baker’s Wife at Menier Chocolate Factory, London
The Baker’s Wife is a musical adaptation of Marcel Pagnol’s 1938 film, La Femme du Boulanger, starring the great French actor, Raimu. The award-winning movie, which is well worth seeing, is based on...
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Minori director Lee Isaac Chung keeps the romance fun and the action flowing,...
Joyce Glasser reviews Twisters (July 17, 2024), Cert 12A, 122 mins. In cinemas Techno-wizard Jan de Bont’s 1996 disaster movie Twister was to storm chasing what the CSI television series was to...
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Robert Tanitch reviews Hello, Dolly! at The London Palladium
It’s so nice to see Dolly back where she belongs – on the West End stage. 60 years on, she is still looking swell. For all those who love this great Broadway musical, the present revival starring...
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If you can’t resist great cinema, compelling photographs, beautiful people...
Joyce Glasser reviews Sergio Strizzi: The Perfect Moment – Photographic Exhibition at the Estorick Collection (until 8 September 2024) There’s more than a taste of Italy, cinema history and nostalgia...
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