Kylie Sturgess
Brilliant stuff - this is how great writers get started.
If all the London theatre critics are dead white men then I hope I offer a slightly different perspective. You'll find; Ballet, Opera, Musicals, Comedies, Tragedies, Mime, If someone's doing it, I'll review it.
Recent PostsSix Hours of adapted Shakespeare, entirely in Dutch with the added kicker of running effectively continuously without intervals. Quite remarkably this was one of the most stunning pieces I've seen in a good long while. It wasn't just wholly involving...
Daniel Kramer's "Duke Bluebeard's Castle" is a magnificent creation; Michael Keegan-Dolan's "Rite of Spring" is nothing but a mess. Both give bold interpretations but whilst Kramer stamps something new and original onto the text, Keegan-Dolan goes fo...
The Birmingham Royal Ballet's "Cyrano" had a particularly hard job impressing me. Having turned up in a pretty miserable mood, thirty minutes on the street after a fire alarm went off didn't help matters and when the curtain finally went up forty min...
From Backstreet to Bad Boys but sadly without losing the commercial edge. Bryn Terfel's latest tour, largely to promote his new album, has a distinctly iffy whiff of money about it. It's lucky then that Terfel is both highly charismatic and the posse...
Yes, you read the title correctly. Despite my love of all things high brow and arty, there's a comfortable place in my heart for trashy, entirely lovable pop music. I like most of the various boy/girl bands on some level but The Backstreet Boys have ...
If there was a particular theme to this bill it eludes me. As it happens Wayne McGregor's new work "Limen" matched rather well with Balanchine's magnificent "Agon". "Sphinx" matches with nothing and they shouldn't have tried. It's a stodgy work, lots...
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Kylie SturgessBrilliant stuff - this is how great writers get started.
Covering all things musical theatre and film related. Features a blog, as well a…
Theatre reviews and news about one of the greatest theatre cities in America - C…
This is basically where I post cast lists from theatre performances I've seen.
I like the author's enthusiasm but when it comes to the nitty gritty of analysis, I'm afraid the lack of experience shows. Still, got to start somewhere I suppose.
Posted: June 15th, 2009 | Report This Comment