Reviews

Akram Khan in Desh, Richard Haughton

Desh

Direction, choreography & performance by Akram Khan (Akram Khan Company at Sadler’s Wells).
Reviewer: Vera Liber

Jenny Seagrove and Carolyn Backhouse in The Governess,

The Governess

Patrick Hamilton (Richmond Theatre).
Reviewer: Alex Ramon

The Pirates of Penzance from Scottish Opera and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, KK Dundas

The Pirates of Penzance

Arthur Sullivan (music) and Will Gilbert (libretto) (The Scottish Opera and D'Oyly Carte at Opera House, Manchester).
Reviewer: Martin Thomasson

Lucian Msamati - Luke, Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Margaret Alexander, Richard Hubert-Smith

The Amen Corner

James Baldwin (Olivier Theatre (National)).
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Maggie Steed as Meg, Ed Gaughin as Stanley, Keith Dunphy as McCann, Danusia Samal as Lulu and Desmond Barrit as Goldberg, Jonathan Keenan

The Birthday Party

Harold Pinter (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester).
Reviewer: David Chadderton

Joel Samuels, Steve Ullathorne

Happy New

Brendan Cowell (Inside Intelligence at Trafalgar Studios 2).
Reviewer: Anna Jones

The Perfect American,

The Perfect American

Philip Glass (Improbable, co-comissioned by ENO and Teatro Real Madrid at London Coliseum).
Reviewer: Louise Lewis