Skulduggery and laughs. Ingenious
Category: Midlands
Doorbells and telephones sufficient to drive a murderer to murder. Great fun!
Youthful talent and energy in a big, bold, extrovert programme
Nottingham's Classic Thriller Season gets underway with a classic classic
True to the original book, well performed but needs some big musical numbers.
A Festival of discovery and high-octane emotion – with something for everyone
A glowingly passionate opening to Nottingham’s Chamber Music Festival
The Nottingham Classics season ends with a Mahlerian showpiece spectacular
Life under the microscope, forensic laughter.
Nottingham Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment May 16 2019 Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham 5***** Review: William Ruff @ReviewsGate Brightly gleaming Bach infused with grandeur and gaiety It was quite hard to sit still during the OAE’s performance on Thursday of Bach’s four Orchestral Suites. Feet were itching to get onto the dance floor as if an 18th century version of Strictly was in full swing. If you ever think of Bach as …
Sonic thrills abound in Verdi’s Technicolor opera
Heart-wrenching tragedy and blackest of black humour
Nottingham City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra May 3 2019 Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham 5***** Review: William Ruff @ReviewsGate Magical worlds made real with probing intelligence and acute sensitivity Just imagine: a horrible, dragon-clawed monster has pinned you against a tree and is about to turn you to stone. But then you remember you’ve been given a magic feather, so you wave it in the air and a dazzlingly beautiful bird swoops down to …
The stuff of musical legends as youth and deep experience combine
Half ghost story, half psychological thriller
Mullova’s masterful Sibelius and some Technicolor French showpieces
