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The Rake’s Progress

Wilton’s Music Hall, London ***

© Catherine Ashmore, Jonathan Lemalu as Nick Shadow and Robert Murray as Tom Rakewell - on the way down but saved by a queen of hearts...

© Catherine Ashmore, Jonathan Lemalu as Nick Shadow and Robert Murray as Tom Rakewell – on the way down but saved by a queen of hearts…

This is a labour of love, Selina Cadell and Eliza Thompson’s inaugural production for their newly formed OperaGlass Works for which they raised all the funds, a cool £145,000. Continue reading

I Am Thomas

Wilton’s Music Hall, London (****)

© Manuel Harlan, Iain Johnston (performier & musical director)

© Manuel Harlan,
Iain Johnston (performier & musical director)

Two facts coincide in Told by an Idiot’s I am Thomas. In 1697 Thomas Aikenhead, a young Edinburgh student was hanged, the last man in Britain to be executed for blasphemy. And in January last year, the slogan `je suis Charlie’ appeared on Twitter after the killing of twelve journalists at the office of the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. `Je suis Charlie’ became the rallying cry for freedom of speech. Continue reading