New Zealand Women vs England Women – Scorecard & Stats – England Women in New Zealand

England Women 1st innings Total 160 for –4, from 20 overs. Batting Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Beaumont c Rowe b Jonas; 15 runs, 14 balls, 3 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 107.14 Dunkley c Gaze b Tahuhu; 32 runs, 24 balls, 6 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 133.33 … Read more

Madama Butterfly review – The Royal Opera’s Butterfly soars to new heights | Theatre | Entertainment

A stunning performance from Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian in the title role made an outstanding impression at the opening night of Madama Butterfly at the Royal Opera House. I have lost count of the number of times I have seen this tale of a young Japanese girl and the callous American naval lieutenant who weds … Read more

Jenůfa opera review: Intense and brilliant Janáček at the ENO | Theatre | Entertainment

Thanks to three outstanding performances, two onstage and one in the orchestra pit, this production of Jenůfa gloriously demonstrates the heights the ENO can reach as well as the magnificence of Janáček’s music. Let’s start with the music because the Czech composer Leos Janáček had a unique style, with the orchestra and the singers often seeming detached from each … Read more

Harry Clarke review: Billy Crudup is mesmerisingly magnificent in riotously rude romp | Theatre | Entertainment

“Who am I?” screams the sobbing man, desperately alone on stage, apart from a deck chair and side table. It’s a gut-punchingly powerful moment, beautifully delivered, in a show that is primarily a light-hearted, frequently hilarious, romp through some disturbingly dark themes. The paradox lies at the heart of what works and doesn’t work in … Read more

Giant review – Modern opera about grave-robbing and medicine grips powerfully | Theatre | Entertainment

The British composer and sound designer Sarah Angliss received her inspiration for this new opera from a visit to the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons where she saw the huge skeleton of the man known as The Irish Giant. The museum started as a private collection of the esteemed anatomist and surgeon … Read more

The Flying Dutchman Review – Powerful Wagnerian drama at the Royal Opera House | Theatre | Entertainment

Richard Wagner was still in his late-20s when he achieved his first great operatic hit with The Flying Dutchman, but both the plot and the music already showed the grandeur, the ambition and the power he was to achieve in his later highly-acclaimed works. The opera is based on a legend of a ghost ship, … Read more

The Magic Flute Review – Truly magical Mozart at the English National Opera | Theatre | Entertainment

There are essentially three types of opera director: those who stick as faithfully as possible to the original composer’s and librettist’s intentions; those who add a few touches of their own to enhance or modernise the original; and those who try to adapt the original into a vehicle for their own ideas.  Simon McBurney is … Read more

Standing at the Sky’s Edge review: Achingly beautiful show breaks my heart & fills my soul | Theatre | Entertainment

I’ve said it before, this is the greatest new British musical for years. Transferring from the National Theatre to the West End’s Gillian Lynne after bagging Best New Musical and Best Original Score at the 2023 Olivier Awards, Britpop legend Richard Hawley’s back catalogue soundtracks a gut-punchingly charged tale of three sets of inhabitants of … Read more

The Human Body review: Keeley Hawes does her best in muddled mess about NHS | Theatre | Entertainment

“Now, what seems to be the problem?” chirps Keeley Hawes’ indefatigable 1940s GP and aspiring politician Iris to us at the end of the play. Errm, the play, obviously. Hours of soporifically muddled plotting, creaking dialogue, clunky exposition, extraordinarily wandering accents, pretentious staging, jarring projections and one cringingly am-dram marital tussle make the diagnosis simple. … Read more

We Tried Beyoncé’s New Hair-Care Line, Cécred, on 3 Different Hair Types — Review

If suds are your thing, you’ll still get a nice lather out of this product, even without the sulfates, an ingredient you won’t find in any of the Cécred formulas, in addition to artificial dyes, BPA, BHA, BHT, DEA, formaldehyde, microbeads, mineral oil, phthalates, PEGs, and silicones. Cruel: The hydrating shampoo really lathers. While I … Read more