Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites
A fascinating exhibition with some notable omissions.
Criticks – BSECS online reviews
The eighteenth century was the first great age of criticism. In this spirit, the Criticks website provides entertaining, informative and provocative reviews of events and media that are of interest to scholars of the eighteenth century. These complement the reviews of books that are published in the journal of the Society, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
Plays, concerts, operas, exhibitions, films, broadcasts and online resources are here considered in depth by experts in the field. If there is an event that you would like to see reviewed in these pages, or if you would like to review for us, please contact one of the editors below:
Criticks Editor
Criticks Subject Editors
Fine Art: Miriam Al Jamil
Media: Daniel Cook and Adam James Smith
Music: Hannah Templeton
Theatre: Katie Aske
Collecting Johnson
A broad yet intimate collection of Johnsoniana from across the centuries and the world.
La Clemenza di Tito at Glyndebourne
Superb singing lifts a problem-beset production.
Enlightened Princesses
Rich, thought-provoking, and not to be missed.
Mozart’s Lucio Silla at the Buxton Festival
An opera worth reviving.
Garsington Opera’s Semele
Handel's brilliance wins out despite some missteps.
Hags, Whores, and Heroines: Popular Feminocentric Narratives, 1750-1765
A useful, high-quality digital resource.
Amphitryon
A clever, beautiful, modern production.
Canaletto and the Art of Venice
An impressive exhibition that reveals as much about the business of art collection as the talent of the artist.
Common at the National Theatre
A stylistically adventurous play that stumbles in its journey to the stage.