Richard Bratby

Gleefully silly: Scottish Opera’s Marx in London! reviewed

Plus: a baffling production of Rachmaninoff's first opera

Alasdair Elliott as Friedrich Engels and Roland Wood as Karl Marx in Scottish Opera's production of Jonathan Dove's Marx in London! Image: James Glossop
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  • Marx in London!

    Theatre Royal Glasgow

  • Cavalleria rusticana/Aleko

    Leeds Grand Theatre, then touring until 22 March

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