John Copley’s production of this knockabout comedy works like a charm

Comedy is slapstick

A silly posh panto

As always with a Copley production, the focus is on the singers and the interactions between them

Harem capers: Copley directs a knockabout Seraglio at Grange Festival

Those for whom opera is primarily a matter of fine singing will have had a treat in this Entführung

John Copley has done what he does best, which is to try to get close to honouring the composer’s intentions