An English country garden
Sam Smith
Articles by Sam Smith
17 December 2011
Reviews • Dance
Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!
Sadler's Wells ⋄ 6th December 2011 – 22nd January 2012
By Sam Smith
Sugar and spice.
14 October 2011
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Office Party
Pleasance Theatre ⋄ 7 October 2011 – 21 January 2012
By Sam Smith
Corporate cringe.
10 October 2011
Reviews • Dance
Limen/Marguerite and Armand/Requiem
Royal Opera House ⋄ 8, 12, 14, 17, 20 October 2011
By Sam Smith
The Royal Ballet presents a varied triple bill.
6 October 2011
Reviews • Opera
The Marriage of Figaro
London Coliseum ⋄ 5, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 29 October, 3, 5, 10 November 2011
By Sam Smith
Fiona Shaw directs a classic.
21 September 2011
Reviews • Dance
Jewels
Royal Opera House ⋄ 20th September – 5th October 2011
By Sam Smith
George Balanchine’s glittering trinity.
1 August 2011
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Dames at Sea
Union Theatre ⋄ 27th July – 20th August 2011
By Sam Smith
Fun, frothy parody of the 1930s Hollywood musical.
4 June 2011
Reviews • Dance
Dave St-Pierre Company
Sadler's Wells ⋄ 2nd -4th June 2011
By Sam Smith
The Canadian company let it all hang out.
29 May 2011
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Haunting Julia
Riverside Studios ⋄ 25th May – 3rd July 2011
By Sam Smith
Alan Ayckbourn’s chilling play.
26 May 2011
Reviews • Opera
Macbeth
Royal Opera House ⋄ 24, 27, 30 May, 3, 6, 10, 13, 15, 18 June 2011
By Sam Smith
Simon Keenlyside stars in Verdi’s opera.
19 May 2011
Reviews • Dance
Cleopatra
Sadler's Wells ⋄ 17th – 21st May 2011
By Sam Smith
Northern Ballet stages the life of the Egyptian queen.
23 April 2011
Reviews • Dance
Manon
Royal Opera House ⋄ 21, 28, 30 April, 4, 7, 9, 10, 26, 31 May, 1, 4 June 2011
By Sam Smith
The Royal Ballet performs Kenneth MacMillan’s masterwork
24 March 2011
Reviews • Dance
Swan Lake
London Coliseum ⋄ 22nd – 26th March 2011
By Sam Smith
English National Ballet stages a classic.
19 March 2011
Reviews • Dance
Black and White
London Coliseum ⋄ 16th – 19th March 2011
By Sam Smith
A mixed bill from the English National Ballet.
14 February 2011
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Ivo van Hove
By Sam Smith
On Toneelgroep Amsterdam and “bad-boy avant-gardism”.