You are in great Company with this hit from Steven Sondheim – 47 years after the first production. Spoiler alert – Bobbie is no longer a guy! A cramped start gives way to clever staging, bright lights and soaring music. It’s such a great production with a huge sound that you only wish they’d gone for […]
Top Three London Plays
July 29, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Showbiz insider, Sabine Koch takes her pick of three shows this summer… After a long absence from London I had an insatiable appetite for the current theatre offerings. I managed to squeeze in a lot and these 3 are my favorites: The Lieutenant of Inishmore Being an ardent fan of Martin McDonagh’s film work, I […]
REVIEW: Barbican’s Sound Unbound 2017
May 31, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Here’s Sabine Koch’s take on Sound Unbound… When I asked, back in 2015, if this was supposed to be a recurring event, staff from the Barbican said “maybe, hopefully.” Well, two years later and the Barbican did it again. After the smashing success of the first instalment, the organisers have put together another world class […]
Review: Hamlet – to be or not to be?
March 27, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Review by Sabine Koch – aka the bee Andrew Scott has been a champion of contemporary theatre for all of his career. I have been fortunate enough to have seen him in three productions and there was no way that I would miss out on him finally tackling the Bard. Contrary to other plays, I […]
Movie Review: Berlinale 2016
March 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment
In February there is one unmissable thing in Berlin – the Berlinale. As usual, this film festival is about being eclectic and not all about ‘the competition.’ So the 16 films our reviewer, Sabine ‘Bee’ Koch, got to see, ranged from Japanese thrillers, Iranian ghost stories and the very first queer movie – 1919’s silent […]
Dazzled by The Dazzle
December 27, 2015 by Leave a Comment
I really admire Andrew Scott for being such a champion of contemporary theatre. You can only see a certain amount of Shakespeare before craving something fresh. Sabine Koch reviews… Richard Greenberg’s play, The Dazzle, offers that in a real-life story with characters that are funny, irritating and heartbreaking. This is the UK premiere of the […]
REVIEW: Sound Unbound Festival at the Barbican
November 19, 2015 by 1 Comment
The ever busy Barbican Centre introduced a new event – Sound Unbound, The Barbican Classical Weekender. Over the course of two days there were more than 80 concerts, musical vignettes, debates, films and anything else you can think of, all related to classical music – but in its different forms and incarnations from ancient to contemporary, […]
THEATRE: By The End Of Us ‘Live Video Game’
October 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By The End Of Us is a ‘Live Video Game’: performed by actors, live-streamed to theatres in real-time. With new player interactions every night, no two productions will ever be the same. It’s a new strand in immersive and digital arts. The show follows assassin Mia Culper (geddit?) fitted with a camera and microphone live-streaming a […]
FESTIVAL: Starmus III with Stephen Hawking in Tenerife
May 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Starmus, a highlight on the calendar of the brightest minds in science and space, will take place from June 27th – 2nd July 2016 in Tenerife under the theme Beyond the Horizon – Tribute to Stephen Hawking. At a launch event in the Royal Astronomical Society in Piccadilly there was an expectant hush as Prof. Stephen Hawking came into the […]
