● AS WE ALL KNOW, OPERA IS THE ...

Ah, the glory and glamour of being an operatic superstar! The Met one week, La Scala the next; a quick trip to Hong Kong for a recital before flying back to Covent Garden for a run of Toscas. As opera

THIS WEEK’S COLUMNIST Actor and former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan

This month’s story, by O Henry, is a tale of a love triangle re-imagined by the narrator for the stage. The title, ‘The Thing’s The Play’, is a subversion of the Shakespearean quotation ‘The Play’s Th

Music is a serious business. Whether it’s love, death, heartbreak, loneliness, power, conflict, destruction, sin, faith, hope, despair… you name it, every weighty subject and state of mind has been ta

VERONICA had only recently moved to the town, so she was surprised to recognise the woman walking towards her. Yet, when their eyes met, 30 years rolled away. “Helen?” Veronica said. “It is you, isn’t