Zátopek!

Epstein Theatre, Liverpool and Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London

June and July 2012

a tremendous opera – The Review Show, BBC2

4* – The Guardian

unreservedly entertaining – 8/10 The Liverpool Echo

The Knife’s Tears

Reduta, Brno and Divadlo DISK, Prague (CZ) October 2010

superb – Josef Herman, Divadlní Noviny

lively and imaginative – Boris Klepal, Zápisník Zmizelého

The performance of the British guests was excellent – Helena Havlíková, Opera Plus

Scenes from The Three Wishes (or the Inconstancy of Life)     

Riverside Studios, July 2010

The brilliant Second Movement – Warwick Thompson, Metro (preview)

I can’t wait to see more – David Nice, The Arts Desk

I look forward to a full production of this opera, a highlight of Second Movement’s future plans – Nicola Benson, Opera Now

American Triple Bill: A Hand of Bridge/Fade/Trouble in Tahiti

Hoxton Hall October 2008

I sometimes think of opera in London as a huge ocean liner: the Royal Opera House is like the first-class dining room, luxurious and solid: English National Opera houses the servants quarters, sometimes a fun place to be but more often disagreeable; and Second Movement is the engine room, the place which constantly generates excitement, heat and the roar of creation. – Warwick Thompson, Metro

the DNA of something special in the making – Michael White, Opera Now

An Opera Triple Bill: Rothschild’s Violin/The Knifes Tears/ The Two Blind Men

Covent Garden Film Studios May 2007

stunning – Michael Tanner, The Spectator

stunning… ingenious programming – Anna Picard, The Independent on Sunday

all glory to Second Movement for their thrust and ambition – Geoff Brown, The Times

this is the sort of semi-guerilla ad-hocism that London opera needs – Nick Kimberley, Evening Standard

An Opera Double Bill: The Medium / The Impresario

Covent Garden Film Studios January 2006

A cracking show… plucky Second Movement deserve a loud bravo – Warwick Thompson, Metro

Second Movement prove that some of the most interesting opera can be found on the fringe – Anna Picard, The Independent on Sunday

excellent – Michael Tanner, The Spectator

Trouble in Tahiti

Hoxton Hall June 2005

Second Movement is a group to watch – Anthony Holden, The Observer

an accomplished, dazzlingly well-sung production – Peter Reed, The Sunday Telegraph