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Blackheath Count Ory gets 4 stars from What’s On Stage
That’s a headline a girl like to write. read the whole thing here, but a little taster – …proves once again that the words Blackheath Halls and triumph are synonymous. …easy as it would be to dwell on the delights of the principals, it’s the magnificent chorus that deserves most attention… Opera up close has…
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New Review of Mosaic of Air
An absolutely lovely review from Sabotage! High points ‘Mosaic of Air’ is an interesting parable featuring a proto-post-feminist lead, a computer programmer whose programme becomes sentient which surprisingly encases an abortion debate. If you read nothing else in this book you must read ‘Arachne’s Daughters’; this takes apart a myth about Arachne (a human) challenging…
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More Macbeth Reviews and more unsung heroes
The Independent have reviewed Macbeth as have Classical Source they both really liked it, and the chorus get special mention. I would just like to mention another set of unsung heroes – the stage managers. Managing sixty amateur chorus members thirty children and all the principles, to say nothing of guns, knives, glasses, trays, beer…
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Unsung heroes
We’ve got a very good review for Macbeth in Opera Today, but I do have to take issue with one thing: While I’m sure the opera wouldn’t happen without Keith Murray’s support, the true heart, soul and backbone of the community opera projects reside in the main in one person: key go-to person and community…
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Review, and a reading Today!
My story, Mirror, got a very nice mention in the Sabotage review of Lovers’ Lies. Co-editor Cherry Potts provides a story with overtones of Tennyson and epic loves played out across a lifetime in the surprisingly small and closed world of neighbouring farming estates. ‘Mirror’ takes place with the First World War in the distance,…
Cherry Potts, Writer 