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Helen Hawkins
The baldness of the titles the writer-director Stefan Golaszewski gives his TV series — Him & Her, Mum, Marriage and now Babies — is a misleading…
Adam Sweeting
The title doesn’t refer to a void into which detectives disappear, but to Harry Hole, the fictional Norwegian sleuth created by novelist Jo Nesbø.…
Thomas H. Green
VINYL OF THE MONTHBorokov Borokov World War Too (Rotkat)
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Belgian duo Borokov Borokov are…
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Robert Beale
Different works call for different gifts in skills and sense of musical coherence
Nick Hasted
Russia's Tarantino's Hollywood debut is derivative but delirious
Helen Hawkins
Jocelyn Bioh's Tony-nominated play about the lot of modern-day Black women is a treat
Thomas H. Green
With a line-up that includes Exodus and Carcass, a top-notch night of the heaviest metal
Helen Hawkins
Rodney Ackland's 1935 play about loneliness deserves a higher-tech treatment
Mark Kidel
Leading Kurdish vocalist takes tradition on an adventure
Nick Hasted
A lawyer sinks into a bureaucratic quagmire in a darkly humane Stalinist parable
Boyd Tonkin
Waterworks fail to douse the power of Britten's sinister masterpiece
David Nice
This year’s chorus of soloists has yet more revelations, but the overall vision’s the thing
Body & Soul, English National Ballet, Sadler's Wells review - a surefire hit and an absolute plonker
Jenny Gilbert
Getting it very right and very wrong in this contemporary double bill
Ibi Keita
A well-crafted sound that plays it a little too safe
Jonathan Geddes
Damon Albarn's animated outfit featured dazzling visuals and constant guests
Rachel Halliburton
Orpha Phelan's multi-layered production looks at tyranny over the centuries
aleks.sierz
Electric live music enlivens revival of David Hare’s elegiac gig theatre show
Helen Hawkins
Mark Burt's script takes a measured approach to its potentially incendiary material
David Nice
Some abstraction in the sets is fine, but several underpar performances mar the flow
Veronica Lee
Taskmaster star makes fun of 'loser' tag
Bernard Hughes
Story of the rise and fall of Sir Roger Casement works on the small and large scale
Sebastian Scotney
Raye’s moment has definitely arrived, and this is an inspirational album
David Nice
Perfectly proportioned 'Eroica' sets the seal of distinction on these visitors' tour
Robert Beale
Janáček's protagonist is a pure soul, a socialist and a survivor
David Nice
Jennifer Davis is a dream nymph, not best served by Netia Jones' production
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