Based on a play by Victor Hugo, Verdi’s fifth opera (1844) was a significant success in his day, but has more recently become quite a rarity. To make it work, what are needed are a top-notch ...

With superb performances and a timeless score, this musical about 1930s burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee is a quality piece on all counts ...

Elephants never forget, we are told, and certainly Janu (later Jenny), the Asian elephant at the heart of this exciting show at Buxton Opera House, always remembers Opu, the orphan Bengali boy who ...

This is the view outside the Buxton Opera House. The building was refurbished in 2001 and features gold leaf on many of the walls and the ceiling. The theatre dates from Edwardian times and sits ...

Ruby, who is also a rising star of the stage, comes to Buxton Opera House this year in her first leading pantomime role. Mikey added: “This year’s production will include autism-friendly, ...

Ian and Neil Smith, founders of the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival that graced the stage of Buxton Opera House for 20 years, will be glad that their company’s return to its stage ...

After the romp that is Lortzing's The Poacher – the rarity with which Buxton Festival opened its 30th anniversary celebrations – Handel's biblical oratorio Samson could scarcely be in greater ...

The Grand Duke, Buxton Opera House, review. Rupert Christiansen finds the plot needlessly complicated, yet the cast willing and able in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Grand Duke at Buxton Opera House.

Albert Lortzing (1801-1851) remains one of the most popular composers for the stage in his native Germany, though performances of his 13 comic… ...

This is the inside of the magnificent Buxton Opera House. The building was refurbished in 2001 and features gold leaf on many of the walls and the ceiling. The theatre dates from Edwardian times ...

A LOT can happen in three hours, at least as Shakespeare imagines it - storm, shipwreck, vendettas, forgiveness, romance. And all on an island supposedly alive with spirits, strange characters and ...

Buxton Festival, Opera House, Buxton. Roderic Dunnett. Thursday 07 July 2005 12:25 BST. Comments. Your support helps us to tell the story. Read more. Support Now.