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Despite moments of great psychological and erotic urgency, this production sags

TOLSTOY’S classic novel Anna Karenina is no stranger to the world’s stages.

The National (Scotland) · May 21, 2023

For elephants, "family is everything"

Salon spoke with Dr Paula Kahumbu, star of Disney+'s "Secrets of the Elephants," about her close encounters

Salon · Apr 23, 2023

OPINION - Harry and Meghan learn the hard way that grace and favour means just that

Marie Antoinette had the “Petit Trianon” at Versailles as her go-to escape, Tolstoy had Yasnaya Polyana in the Russian countryside and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had the 10-bedroom Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor Estate. At least they did have it. The couple, who fled the courtly environment for…

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2023

Movie review: 'Cyrano' an intertwined love story both on screen, behind camera

Director Joe Wright has tackled many of the great literary love stories on screen, the ones that we return to again and again for their beauty and their pain, from Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” to Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina.” His latest romantic literary screen adaptation is “Cyrano,” another tale of…

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022

Anna Karenina review: Tolstoy’s heroine is brought to magnetic, maddening life by Adelle Leonce

Anthony Lau delivers a stylish production at the Sheffield Crucible, set in a glittering, heightened contemporary world of neon outfits and disco balls. Yet while the first half flies by, something goes awry after the interval

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2022

Anna Karenina review – Tolstoy meets Baz Luhrmann in a magnificent spectacle

With hula hoops and giant birthday cake, this show bashes the narrative with disco glitz, but keeps Anna’s tragic journey right at its centre

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2022