The Teenage Theatre Critic
Blog URL http://tttcritic.blogspot.com/
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags Theatre, Opera, Ballet, Dance, Critic, Review, Comedy, Drama
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.
Latest Blog Posts
- Cyrano (Birmingham Royal Ballet) on Nov 14, 2009 in James Barton Dance Birmingham Royal Ballet Kosuke Yamamoto Ambra Vallo Valentin Olovyannikov Joseph Caley Alexander Campbell Sadlers Wells
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...
- Duke Bluebeard's Castle/The Rite of Spring (English National Opera) on Nov 14, 2009 in Clive Bayley Dance Michaela Martens English National Opera Opera
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...
- Bryn Terfel - Bad Boys on Nov 11, 2009 in Music Bryn Terfel Southbank Centre Opera
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...
- This Is Us - Backstreet Boys on Nov 11, 2009 in Music O2 Arena
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...
- Royal Ballet Triple Bill (Agon/Sphinx/Limen) on Nov 10, 2009 in Rupert Pennefather Dance Royal Ballet Eric Underwood Yuhui Choe Johannes Stepanek Natalie Harrison Steven McRae Sarah Lamb Edward Watson Mara Galeazzi Bennet Gartside
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...
- Artaxerxes (Royal Opera) on Nov 7, 2009 in Royal Opera Andrew Staples Christopher Ainslie Caitin Hulcup Elizabeth Watts Rebecca Bottone Opera
As with Pinot Noir I'm still waiting for my Baroque opera epiphany. Hours of endless, to my ear hugely repetitive, music attached to narratives of epic scope but limited sense. It seems unlikely on paper but the Royal Opera's new production of "Artax...
- Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet) on Nov 7, 2009 in Sian Murphy Sarah Lamb Laura McCulloch Iohna Loots Dance Royal Ballet Ricardo Cervera Ryoichi Hirano Ivan Putrov Laura Morera Gary Avis
One of the most sumptuous stagings in the Royal Ballet repertory, "Sleeping Beauty" might not do it dramatically but it certainly makes for a delightful evening. Coming back from injury Sarah Lamb hasn't lost any of her Disney Princess attributes, fl...
