Edward Seckerson
Bio
Edward is a writer and broadcaster. A one-time actor and musician, he is currently Chief Classical Music Critic for the Independent. He wrote and presented the long-running BBC Radio 3 series Stage and Screen and has been on Gramophone magazine's reviewing panel for many years.
Articles By Edward Seckerson
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The Phlebotomist, Hampstead Theatre review - thought-provoki...
Contemporary British theatre loves time travel — and not just to the past. It also enjoys imagining the future, especially the bad stuff ahead. So...
Elizabeth I/Macbeth, English Touring Opera review - elegance...
A crash, a scurry, a long, lilting serenade – the overture to Rossini’s Elizabeth I sounds oddly familiar. Not to worry....
Mary's Babies, Jermyn Street Theatre review - rollercoa...
Obstetrician Dr Mary Barton had the best of intentions. As a missionary in India she had observed the poor treatment of childless women and, back...
Biss, Philharmonia, Boyd, RFH review – compulsive life-force
Mozart in E flat (the Overture to The Marriage of Figaro...
Soltani, LPO, Gardner, RFH review – disciplined and dynamic...
No successor has yet been named to Vladimir Jurowski as Principal Conductor of the...
World Metal Congress, Rich Mix, London review - celebration...
The stereotypical image of heavy metal music suggests...
The Life I Lead, Park Theatre review - pleasant enough but l...
I am deeply jealous of Miles Jupp's dressing gown in The Life I Lead,...
Victoria, Series 3, ITV review - can Her Maj cope with the A...
ITV has an enviable knack for creating populist historical...
My Baby, Castle & Falcon, Birmingham review – the Dutch/...
Balsall Heath’s Castle & Falcon is one of the newer live music venues in...
