Mark Ravenhill’s production of La Boheme is pared down to 90 minutes and four on-stage characters, with a piano taking the place of an orchestra. This makes it intimate and immediate.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: La Bohème at English National Opera
TThe English National Opera has revived Jonathan Miller’s production of Puccini’s opera La Bohème. Here’s what critics have had to say about it…
FROM DOWN UNDER: Opera Australia’s La Bohème in Melbourne
In its third Melbourne appearance, Opera Australia’s splendid 2011 production of La Bohème is as appealing as ever.
‘A truly immersive piece with a magnificent cast’: RENT – Apsley ★★★★
Rent is a timeless story and this Vivo D’Arte production is well worth the trip to the Frogmore Paper Mill, Apsley to see it.
The Show People Podcast: Back from Broadway, musicals leading man Alistair Brammer
It’s the hottest day of the year when this podcast is recorded – and we’ve got a leading man to match! Actor Alistair Brammer joins host and director Andrew Keates for this episode of the Show People Podcast, after playing Chris in both the Broadway and West End productions of Miss Saigon.
Debbie Gilpin on Olivier Awards: Disappointment for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie & Hamlet
So, that just happened! Despite some small disappointments in the nominations (nothing too much, just some things felt unnecessarily overlooked), I was rather looking forward to this year’s Oliviers.
‘Deserves to be a resounding popular success’: FROM DOWN UNDER: La Bohème in Sydney
Opera Australia neatly balances the spectacular with the intimate as the seventh season of firmly established opera attraction Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour turns its sights on one of the most beloved operas, La Bohème.
NEWS: King’s Head Theatre presents radically reimagined La Traviata in September
The King’s Head Theatre has announced their Autumn 2018 opera production will be a radical reimagining of Verdi’s 1853 classic La Traviata.
Never Mind The Blog, here’s January’s theatre news
Lots & lots of shows have their first performances in London and across the country this month, including new productions of Pinter’s The Birthday Party, Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan, and Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well.
NEWS: King’s Head transfers La Boheme & Strangers in Between to Trafalgar Studios
The King’s Head Theatre has announced back-to-back West End transfers of two of its sell-out productions: Puccini’s La bohème and Tommy Murphy’s Strangers in Between.
NEWS: King’s Head transfers La Boheme & Strangers in Between to Trafalgar Studios
The King’s Head Theatre has announced back-to-back West End transfers of two of its sell-out productions: Puccini’s La bohème and Tommy Murphy’s Strangers in Between.
LA BOHEME – King’s Head Theatre
This modern adaptation of Puccini’s classic operaLa Boheme offers a different perspective of the tragic love story but often feels as though it trivialises it.
Review: Silent Opera’s La Bohème (Old Vic Vaults)
If you’ve been to site-specific arts events before, like Punchdrunk orBum Bum Train or Theatre Delicatessen, you’ve probably ricocheted from one scene or event to another, feeling somewhere between a film extra and a peeping tom. Heritage Arts and the crew behind Silent Opera bring you closer to the action and whilst there’s a certain […]
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Review: La Boheme (Soho Theatre, London)
A short sprint across Leicester Square, Jonathan Miller’s new and lavish production of ‘La Boheme’ is at the Coliseum, with a cast of 40 and a magnificent two-tier revolving set. When Dr Miller himself went to see OperaUpClose’s production above a ramshackle Irish pub in Kilburn, he pronounced it a ‘revolution in opera’. Now it’s migrated […]
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