Stephen Butchard
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Punt and Dennis, The Marlowe, Canterbury review - satire and...
Ten years after their last tour Steve Punt and High Dennis are back on the road with We Are Not a Robot. It comes after their long-...
Album: Jihye Lee Orchestra - Infinite Connections
Brooklyn-based composer and bandleader Jihye Lee’s story really does take quite some telling. Born 1999, and having been an indie pop singer in...
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review - just as mad without Max
In the way of Batman being overshadowed by his villains, in his last outing, Mad Max: Fury Road, the erstwhile hero of George Miller...
The Beach Boys, Disney+ review - heroes and villains and goo...
It was – let’s see – 63 years ago today that Brian Wilson taught the band to play. Fabled for their resplendent harmonies and ecstatic hymning of...
Album: Twenty One Pilots - Clancy
If there is one positive of the past decade, it must be the growing openness with...
Richard III, Shakespeare's Globe review - Michelle Terr...
There’s a fierce, dark energy to the Globe’s new Richard III that I don’t recall at that venue for a fair while. The drilled cast dances...
Kolesnikov, Wigmore Hall review - celestial navigation throu...
Like his baggy white suit, pitched somewhere between Liberace and Colonel Sanders, Pavel Kolesnikov’s playing was spotless at the...
Between Riverside and Crazy, Hampstead Theatre review - race...
It’s often said that contemporary American playwrights are too polite, too afraid of giving offence. But this accusation can’t be levelled at...
Album: Isobel Campbell - Bow to Love
Isobel Campbell has maintained a consistent career on the fringes of popular music for three decades. She's made a home in the area where...