Tag Archives: Grimeborn

Surveillance programme

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Once you enter the opera house or concert hall, what’s the first thing you do? Collect your ticket from the box office? Deposit your coat into the cloakroom? I wouldn’t mind betting that you then dutifully queue to purchase a … Continue reading →

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Paper lanterns and origami wings: a ghostly Madama Butterfly at Grimeborn

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Puccini: Madama Butterfly **** Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre, 26th August 2015 It’s dangerous when a production is touted as “revelatory”. We were promised a “haunting psychological rendering” of Madama Butterfly by director Julia Burbach, “radically reframed” and inspired by Japanese … Continue reading →

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Modified Turkish delight: Tchouhadjian’s Gariné unveiled at Grimeborn

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Tchouhadjian: Gariné *** Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre, 14th August 2015 Last night, Glyndebourne presented Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serailat the Proms, a tale of intrigue in a Turkish harem. At Grimeborn Festival, a grungy, hip East End alternative, we … Continue reading →

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