Theatre Royal, Glasgow: Music-hall variety and steampunk, industrial-revolution design drive Scottish Opera's brilliantly crowd-pleasing new Magic Flute. Director Sir Thomas Allen even has Richard Burkhard's Papageno as an emcee figure, step out onto the apron during the overture to summon Nicky Spence onto stage - his modern dress soon replaced with Tamino's princely white togs. Read the full review
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:46AM on October 18, 2012