Rachel Halliburton

Articles By Rachel Halliburton

Clueless: The Musical, Trafalgar Studios review - a perfectly manicured update Friday, 14 March 2025 Read more...	Mahan Esfahani, Wigmore Hall review - shimmering poise and radical brilliance Saturday, 01 March 2025 Read more...
The Score, Theatre Royal Haymarket review - curious beast of a play fails to engage Friday, 28 February 2025 Read more...	Argerich, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Papadopoulos, Barbican review - the great pianist as life and soul Tuesday, 25 February 2025 Read more...
Interview: Polar photographer Sebastian Copeland talks about the dramatic changes in the Arctic Tuesday, 25 February 2025 Read more...	Otherland, Almeida Theatre review - a vivid, beautifully written take on the trans experience Friday, 21 February 2025 Read more...
Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Drury Lane review - this shamelessly hedonistic production is a triumph Thursday, 20 February 2025 Read more...	Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Fernandes, Gent, 229 review - a beguiling trip around the world Monday, 10 February 2025 Read more...
Kyoto, Soho Place Theatre - blistering, darkly witty play raises more questions than it answers Monday, 20 January 2025 Read more...	Sun Rings, Sacconi Quartet, Festival Voices, Kings Place review - lift-off for an exhilarating voyage into the unknown Saturday, 18 January 2025 Read more...
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Dudamel, Barbican review - an epic journey from gossamer-like intimacy to apocalyptic rage Thursday, 16 January 2025 Read more...	You Me Bum Bum Train, secret location review - a joyful multiverse of anarchic creativity Friday, 20 December 2024 Read more...
Messiah, Wild Arts, Chichester Cathedral review - a dynamic battle between revelatory light and Stygian gloom Wednesday, 18 December 2024 Read more...	A Midsummer Night's Dream, RSC, Barbican review - visually ravishing with an undercurrent of violence Wednesday, 11 December 2024 Read more...
The Importance of Being Earnest, National Theatre review - no shortage of acid-tipped delight Saturday, 30 November 2024 Read more...	Rajakesar, Selaocoe, The Hermes Experiment, Wigmore Hall review - a joyful, fascinating laboratory of noise Monday, 25 November 2024 Read more...

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