... La Boheme Glyndebourne/Touring Glyndebourne Touring Opera launches its season with a new production by David McVicar of Puccini's classic of young people dealing with love, life and death in 19th cent ...

... A smart slice of la dolce vita London Coliseum The Turk in Italy ENO's enterprising Italian season continues with one of Rossini's sharpest and wittiest operas. The delectably orchestrated score cushi ...

... Encores for French legend Barbican Hall Juliette Greco France's great icon Juliette Greco walked on stage still pale as snow, a fairy tale queen clad in black velvet with shiny black hair and her famo ...

... Palladium Nights Blackpool Who better to reopen a long lost summer season venue than Danny La Rue? He may have a bus pass in his clutchbag, but La Rue is one of the last of his generation of performer ...

... Bobby Roberts Circus Ayr Judging from this Bobby Roberts summer extravaganza, containing some magnificent examples of the sort of speciality act once so popular in theatres, traditional circus seems t ...

... Unspoken Glasgow The power of dance to weave new worlds has been harnessed beautifully by The X Factor's new work at the Tron. And it is a drowned world, full of liquid movement and cold regret. Chore ...

... Turnage proves his true mettle London Coliseum The Silver Tassie Taking Sean O'Casey's play, neatly filleted by Amanda Holden, as his theme, Mark-Anthony Tumage has come up with an opera which, if not ...

... Lee Hurst Leicester A capacity audience greeted Lee Hurst at the De Montfort Hall when he appeared as part of this year's Leicester Comedy Festival, beaming his trademark grin. The Londoner quickly go ...

... Days when 208 was truly great By JOHN MARTLAND We are constantly being told that nostalgia is not what it used to be, but there is still an awful lot of it around, especially on radio. Why, only just ...

... Back at the Chicken Shack Hen and Chickens This sextet of young male comedians coped with some poor sketch-based material in the first half--as well as some diabolical lighting--to leave a goodish imp ...

... An Evening of Dorothy Squires Her Majesty's Mike Terry, the late Dorothy Squires' pianist, hired this theatre at his own expense to present what was purported to be a tribute to the legendary singer o ...

... John Surman Queen Elizabeth Hall Long renowned as one of Britain's most innovative and imaginative jazz musicians, John Surman's mesmerising performance provided further evidence, if any were needed, ...