Chris Packham: The Walk That Made Me BBC2, Wednesday Rating: Ted Lasso Apple TV+, Friday Rating: As you will know if you are a regular reader of this column, and as you will now learn if you are an irregular reader of this column – I love my regular readers best but welcome, irregular … Read more
South Pacific, starring Julian Ovenden at the Chichester Festival Theatre, deserves to be seen, especially if it transfers to the West End By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 BST, 17 July 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 17 July 2021 South Pacific Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex … Read more
Celeste Union Chapel, London Rating: The Union Chapel in Islington is a nonconformist church and shows it by doubling as a gig venue. Some people are surprised to find a sacred space hosting rock stars, who tend to be unholier than thou. In fact it makes perfect sense, and not just because Christianity welcomes a … Read more
There are some meaty parts in Le Comte Ory at Garsington Festival Opera, all really well taken by a strong cast… what’s not to like? By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 BST, 10 July 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 10 July 2021 Le Comte Ory Garsington Festival Opera, Buckinghamshire … Read more
Zoë Wanamaker is warm and witty and Peter Capaldi is physically very funny but Constellations is better staged with Sheila Atim and Ivanno Jeremiah By Robert Gore-Langton for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 3 July 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 3 July 2021 Constellations Vaudeville Theatre, London … Read more
Rimsky-Korsakov’s Ivan The Terrible may be justly neglected but Grange Park Opera’s spirited production proves there is still much to enjoy By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:00 BST, 26 June 2021 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 26 June 2021 Ivan The Terrible Grange Park Opera, Surrey … Read more
A Very Nice Rejection Letter Chris Paling Constable £16.99 Rating: Everyone has … Read more
You may not be leaving your own postcode this summer, but Jack Savoretti’s Europiana will make you feel as if you’ve got away from it all By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 19 June 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 19 June 2021 Jack Savoretti … Read more
Heart & Hereafter by Elizabeth Llewellyn is an album all lovers of English music, or of unjustly neglected curiosities, will want to have By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:00 BST, 19 June 2021 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 19 June 2021 Elizabeth Llewellyn Heart & Hereafter: The Collected Songs Of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Orchid Classics, out … Read more
Hats off, a triumph: Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier at Garsington Opera is a joy to the ears and a feast for the eyes By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 BST, 5 June 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 5 June 2021 Der Rosenkavalier Garsington Opera, Bucks … Read more