Berlin is a very lucky city for its vast, colourful and accessible cultural landscape. One pillar of this is the Staatsballett Berlin. New artistic director Christian Spuck started the season 2023/2024 with his work, the fabulous BOVARY, based on Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. With his prima ballerina Weronika Frodyma as his muse and collaborateur […]
Review Food and Drink: Dining Out in Montreal Canada
November 1, 2024 by
You’ll be spoilt for choice in Montreal if you love French-inspired bistro-resto / brasserie style food. Plus you’ll love the people – being a restaurant host here is a thing of pride. You’ll get great staff at both these restaurants reviewed, all the way through from a glad-handing maître d’ to the junior who recites […]
Bee’s Pick of the Top 3 from Tanz im August Contemporary Dance Festival
October 6, 2022 by
The numbers are impressive: 87 performances, 21 productions, 200 performing artists from 25 countries in seven venues all over Berlin – that’s Tanz im August, one of the most important European festivals for contemporary dance. 2022’s festival saw director Virve Sutinen go out with a bang after nine years and Ricardo Camona, the new director starting […]
Leo Green The Master of Sax at The Green Room QT at Middle Eight Hotel
August 22, 2022 by
Bang on time and bursting onto the stage with a boom, the party started within seconds with the force that is Leo Green with his saxophone and band. Forget tortured solos this is an ensemble that rocks and sways every weekend in Covent Garden, London and we are promised no two nights are ever the […]
Review: 2.22 A Ghost Story
August 20, 2021 by
222s is a brand of northern American pain killers and you might need to take a couple to calm you down after this tense, tight, thrilling play. Piercing screams, a pulsating red neon frame to the stage, spooky garden mist and an unrelenting countdown clock – you’re already on edge of your seat and the […]
Theatre in the Time of Covid-19 Review: The Plague
June 19, 2020 by
With open-air events and meetings permitted for up to 200 people in Berlin from 2 June 2020, intrepid reviewer Sabine Koch sees ‘The Plague’ performed in the open air on the forecourt of the Deutsches Theater. My theatre feast was the open air performance of “Die Pest / The Plague” based on the novel by Albert Camus. The […]
Nutri Ninja Blender with FreshVac Puts The Freshness Back!
November 6, 2018 by
Super sexy, smart and powerful – yes, you guessed it – my new bit of essential kitchen gadgetry. Already a fan of Ninja – I just don’t see myself as bullet-type person, I’m very impressed with this new bit of kit. Imagine the brightest berries, non-browning fruit and crystal clear juice guaranteed. The new one-touch Ninja […]
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 […]
#Restaurant #Review NOPI – Five Years On
March 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Front of house can make or break a restaurant. A cheery welcome wins hearts, but not this time on going into NOPI. Much lauded for its food and founders’ back story, the Soho outpost is a busy, shiny shrine five years on – and you still need to make a reservation. So we did. Tellingly their website reports “salads […]
