Kilburn’s Tricycle Theatre, now Kiln Theatre, has been lovingly refurbished to incorporate beautiful original tiles, stone and woodwork uncovered during the works, sensitively harmonising with new artwork and décor. A more spacious auditorium with…
Elephant Steps ★★★
Little Shop of Horrors ★★★★
Greek ★★★★
Love Chapter Two ★★★★
Exit the King ★★★★
Me and My Girl ★★★★
Barry Humphries’ Weimar Cabaret ★★★★★
Kiss Me Kate ★★★★
Finishing the Picture ★★★★
Into the Woods ★★★
Shirleymander ★★★★
The Chess Player ★★★★
Interview: Na’ama Zisser
Israeli composer Na’ama Zisser tells us about writing her Jewish opera Mamzer Bastard. Imagine you’re in New York in the 1970s. Jimmy Carter is either in office or about to be, bands like the Bee Gees and Elton John are vying for top spot in the charts, and one very apprehensive groom named Yoel is dreading his impending wedding…
Effigies of Wickedness ★★★★
A riot of colour, challenging ideas and songs with bite that the Nazis tried to ban. When the Nazis branded music by Jewish composers and ‘negro music’, the so-called ‘degenerate’ music of the Weimar cabaret, an ‘effigy of wickedness’ – they banned it too. But not before staging a Degenerate Music Exhibition…