The Adventures of Mr Broucek

Opera Britannia“An exciting, innovative, beautiful and well sung production...” Ultimately John Fulljames is to be applauded not only for making such an attempt, but also for pulling it off so well and making a compelling case for a tricky piece...

Whatsonstage.com“A stunningly intelligent and imaginative production... ” Not only is the subject different, but the style of libretto and music changes between acts. The Moon episodes are expressionist, absurd and loosely satirical, not wholly coherent. The 15th century scenes have a strong story-line, with real drama...

The Times“A subtly brilliant performance...” If it’s laughs you want, you have them with John Graham-Hall’s Basil Fawlty of a Broucek. It’s a subtly brilliant performance: disgust, scorn, cowardice, all eked out of a horribly ungrateful libretto...

The Stage“Intelligent and unfailingly skilful direction from John Fulljames...” The show also benefits from clever and stylish designs by Alex Lowde, who conjures up a particularly witty moon scene - the production links the period of the Apollo missions with the crushing of the Prague Spring by Soviet forces in 1968...

The Independent“This gentle satire is a delight...” The place is the Vikarka Inn, where Broucek, the beer-addled, sausage-fancying everyman of Svatopluk Cech's satirical novels, is dreaming of the moon and the Hussite uprising of 1420...

Guardian“A bold venture and, largely, a highly successful one...” The updating is nicely judged, giving a wry humour to the lunar excursion and a real poignancy to the historical one, as well as injecting a touch more humanity into the comedy in the process...

The Telegraph“All praise to an excellent cast...” The conductor Martin André did an equally good job keeping Janacek's often heavy-handed score buoyant, but this valiant performance left me certain that I never want to endure this tedious opera again...

MusicOMH“Not yet reviewed”

this is london“Not yet reviewed”

Time Out“Not yet reviewed”