Franco Milazzo

3 days ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

Opera Holland Park has never shied away from audacious programming, and with Jonathan Dove’s Itch, it plunges boldly into radioactive territory—literally. Originally seen here in 2023 and based on Simon Mayo’s YA novel about a teenage element hunter who stumbles upon a potentially world-altering discovery, this opera bubbling with energy, invention and musical firepower. Visually dazzling and musically engaged, it’s a thrilling experiment.

3 days ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

The finest immersive experiences ask much of their audience. Titled “The Burning Blimp Festival”, Phantom Peak’s latest season makes demands on your detective skills, your physical stamina and - at one point - your immortal soul. Gulp. Even if I still had my soul (which, if I remember rightly, I sold in the upper-sixth in exchange for university grades and Amanda Gresham’s phone number), this wouldn’t particularly put me off.

1 week ago | theatre-news.com | Franco Milazzo

As a spectacular homage to the Thin White Duke, The Rock ‘n’ Roll Alien - The Bowie Show will take some beating. Originally seen this year at the Golders Green Hippodrome, it culminates its tour with a triumphant show in the West End’s Adelphi Theatre. The Adelphi’s resident show Back To The Future would have been a handy title for this extravaganza directed by Simon Gwilliam with its blend of old songs and modern imagery.

1 week ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

As Forrest Gump wisely said "Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get." House of Life takes that idea and runs away with it to flamboyant effect. It has a late-night vibe of its own and asks much of audiences - at times literally. At one point, the effervescent and righteous RaveRend (Ben Welch) questions a young woman on the front row about what she hates.

1 week ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

Whether you want to relive the second summer of love and the late-Eighties acid house rave scene or just want to feel what it might be like to fly through the cosmos, the updated “Virtual Reality adventure” In Pursuit Of Repetitive Beats is a compelling experience. As a cultural phenomenon, acid house was a strange blip on the British musical landscape.