Phyllida Lloyd

Intensely powerful: Herself reviewed

11 September 2021 9:00 am

Herself is an intensely powerful film about domestic violence that isn’t Nil By Mouth or The Killer Inside Me or…

Large chunks felt lifted from The Archers: Nightfall reviewed

26 May 2018 9:00 am

The Bridge’s big summer show is Nightfall by prize-winning newcomer Barney Norris. Widowed Jenny wants her grown-up kids, Lou and…

Harriet Walter as King Henry

Donmar’s Henry IV: Phyllida Lloyd has nothing but contempt for her audience

18 October 2014 9:00 am

The age of ‘ladies first’ is back. Phyllida Lloyd reserves all the roles for the weaker sex, as I imagine…

Beguiling musicality: Sébastien Guèze as Rodolfo and Gabriela Istoc as Mimì in Opera North’s ‘La Bohème’

Two Mimi-Rodolfos at Opera North who go from nought to frisky very believably

17 May 2014 9:00 am

Purists might have winced at Opera North’s advertisement for its latest revival of La Bohème. ‘If you see one musical…