education
School of Rock: The Musical, New London TheatreWednesday, 16 November 2016
When's the last time you heard an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical described as a gas, a hoot, an unpretentious delight? All those qualities, and more, are there for the savouring in School of Rock, which has reached the West End a year on from its... Read more... |
Ed Vaizey: 'We must invest more in the arts'Monday, 26 September 2016
A couple of weeks ago, I held a debate in Parliament in which I called for the government to increase funding for the arts, museums and heritage. The Chancellor’s autumn statement, less than two months away, will be when I will know if my campaign... Read more... |
First Person: Steven Isserlis on Schumann's advice to the youngSunday, 25 September 2016
All musicians have particular musical passions, composers, styles or genres to which they are irresistibly drawn. I have many – almost too many at times; but among the most enduring is my love for the music, writing and personality of Robert... Read more... |
The Brink, Orange Tree TheatreTuesday, 12 April 2016
Generation Y are worriers. There’s certainly plenty to fuel that angst, from mounting debts, employment uncertainty and the ever-worsening housing crisis to international conflict and terrorism – as explored by a slew of recent articles (and the... Read more... |
Opinion: The new London hall - 10 Questions we need to askWednesday, 06 January 2016
So the feasibility study for the new concert hall – The Centre for Music – has finally surfaced, a little later than planned. It’s being greeted, generally speaking, as if it’s to be the next London Olympics. “A global beacon,” declares the Evening... Read more... |
'We have a duty to all children to share our rich artistic history'Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Two hundred and 74 years ago today, on 14 September 1741, Georg Friedrich Handel completed the first edition of his legendary oratorio, Messiah. It is a work associated with children’s charity, and thanks to a royal charter granted to philanthropist... Read more... |
Future Conditional, Old VicFriday, 11 September 2015
Can we – should we – control the future? That’s the dilemma faced by anxious parents attempting to steer their offspring through a labyrinthine school system, educational think-tanks, and the teachers shaping young lives. Tamsin Oglesby’s play is an... Read more... |
First Person: Learning the lessonsTuesday, 14 April 2015
A Level Playing Field is the first play in my trilogy Education Education Education. The trilogy is my response to the black cloud of exams which has arrived in our household every spring for the last nine years – just as the sun was beginning to... Read more... |
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Dudamel, RFHFriday, 09 January 2015
Youth may have vanished from the title, and its first flush is gone from the cheeks of most of the young persons. Now they’re in their prime, a magnificent sight – and the sound, too, is that of a world-class orchestra with a voice. Which we heard... Read more... |
School of BabelTuesday, 02 December 2014
“God isn’t in this class, we’ll leave God outside.” Although teacher Brigitte Cervoni declares that matters of religion are not appropriate for her class of non-French children learning the language of their new country, a lengthy section of School... Read more... |
Bad Education, BBC ThreeTuesday, 07 October 2014
Two moments of physical comedy from British sitcoms regularly fill the polls of viewers’ favourites: Basil Fawlty thrashing his broken-down car with a branch, and Del Boy falling sideways through a just-opened pub bar. So what are the chances that... Read more... |
Benedetti, Manchester Camerata, Takács-Nagy, Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterSunday, 21 September 2014
Having been put to the fiddle at the age of five, Nicola Benedetti appreciates the value of making music at an early age. She is fiercely committed to music education and developing new talent. So it was a joy to see her playing enthusiastically... Read more... |
