Articles by Lise Smith
By Lise Smith

Review: Tosca @ The Royal Opera House

Powerful Puccini with a visceral narrative punch.
By Lise Smith

Dance Review: Vollmond @ Sadler’s Wells

It's raining, it's pouring, Pina Bausch's beautifully damp piece is anything but boring.
By Lise Smith

Preview: Live @ Old School Indie, O2 Islington

Live bands and classic tunes to have you pogoing at North London's premier indie nostalgia night.
By Lise Smith

Dance Preview: Resolution! 2013 @ The Place

The 24th edition of The Place's annual new dance showcase.
By Lise Smith

Review: Royal Ballet Mixed Bill @ Royal Opera House

A beautifully-performed mixed bill paying tribute to the life and work of Kenneth MacMillan.
By Lise Smith

Dance Review: Itamar Serussi, MONO @ The Place

A highly kinetic show about doubling up from a fascinating new voice in choreography.
By Lise Smith

Theatre Preview: Ten Out Of Ten @ Ovalhouse Theatre, Kennington

Life's failures, and how they're not all bad.
By Lise Smith

Dance Review: Sasha Waltz And Guests, Continu @ Sadler's Wells

Striking, sculptural Tanztheater from German choreographer Sasha Waltz.
By Lise Smith

Dance Preview: Story Of A Night Pianist @ Trinity Buoy Wharf

A delicate, affecting promenade dance show based on a true story.
By Lise Smith

Old School Indie @ O2 Islington

A new club night with regular live sets at the O2 Islington for fans of all things indie.
By Lise Smith

Preview: Unlimited Dance Festival @ Southbank Centre

A new season of extraordinary work by deaf and disabled artists coinciding with the London Paralympic Games.
By Lise Smith

Preview: Dancing City @ Canary Wharf

Dance transforms parks, piazzas and waterfronts.

By Lise Smith

Preview: Postcards Festival @ Jackson's Lane, Highgate

Sometimes sweet. sometimes saucy and always surprising.
By Lise Smith

Dance Review: Danza Contemporánea de Cuba, Mixed Bill @ Sadler’s Wells

DCC celebrates both modern dance technique and Cuban flavours, with mixed results
By Lise Smith

Review: Rambert Dance Company, Mixed Bill @ Sadler's Wells

A horny goatboy, neon vests, flashing forms and men in kilts.
By Lise Smith

FESTIVAL:Live! at Monto Water Rats, King's Cross this Saturday

Islington trio The Red Queens kick off a London mini-festival of live music, all in the nearby comfort of a King's Cross venue.
By Lise Smith

Cosi Fan Tutte, Upstairs at The Gatehouse, Highgate

A bitter battle of the sexes sounds as sweet as chocolate rations in Hampstead Garden Opera's 1940s update of Mozart's classic.
By Lise Smith

Preview: Backgammon For Beginners @ Jackson's Lane, Highgate

So and So Circus tell us more about their new show, a tale of love, loss and backgammon inspired by a true story.