Richard Bratby

A thoroughly enjoyable grand old heap of nothing: The Excursions of Mr Broucek reviewed

Plus: Nevill Holt Opera brings La bohème to life as never before

Surreal delight: Leslie Travers’s multicoloured toyshop of a set for The Excursions of Mr Broucek. Credit: Marc Brenner 
issue 25 June 2022
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  • The Excursions of Mr Broucek

    Grange Park Opera, in rep until 7 July

  • La bohème

    Nevill Holt Opera

Sir David Pountney, it appears, has been to Prague. He’s booked himself a mini-break, he’s EasyJetted out, and after (one assumes) necking a couple of pints of unfiltered Pilsner, he’s splurged the entire design budget for Janacek’s The Excursions of Mr Broucek on the loudest tourist tat that the Mala Strana has to offer.

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