Richard Bratby

Shiny, raunchy, heartless spectacular: Platée, at Garsington, reviewed

Plus: at the Royal Opera House's production of Andrea Chénier, the audience went wild, repeatedly

Samuel Boden is both endearingly goofy and insufferably smug as the aspirational bog-nymph Platée. Image: Clive Barda 
issue 08 June 2024

Fast times on Mount Olympus. Jupiter has been shagging around again and now his wife Juno has bailed on their hit reality show Jupiter & Juno, storming off set in a thundercloud of gold lamé and wheeled luggage. The producers are freaking out. Production runners scamper in all directions until Bacchus sends out to Starbucks and they all sit down to brainstorm a route out of ratings Hades.

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