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Album: Devendra Banhart - Flying Wig
Offbeat singer-songwriter's latest is an electronically adventurous misfire
tv

Gilded couple explore the barren lands of their blighted marriage

Ronan Bennett's Hackney crime epic reaches a fiery conclusion

Anglo-Spanish thriller is daft but addictive
film

Cristian Mungiu's tale from Transylvania has bite but may not be his best

Filmmaker Christopher Morris keeps vigil near Land's End as the planet goes to hell

The festival shows war-torn Ukraine in turmoil but unbowed
new music

Offbeat singer-songwriter's latest is an electronically adventurous misfire

The indie immortals generate optimism from melancholy
classical

Munich's mountaineers scale the heights

Reflections as the Bavarians give two Barbican concerts under Vladimir Jurowski

The young composer's epic-lyric genius revealed and clarified
opera

New opera re-works classic short story with committed performances and striking staging

Barrie Kosky and Antonio Pappano work superbly with a true team of singer-actors

On class, identity and the joy of true collaboration
theatre

Dazzling Russian production finds fresh relevance in the Lodz ghetto massacre

Patsy Ferran's vibrant Eliza Doolittle sparks Bertie Carvel's Henry Higgins into human life
Lauren Gunderson’s new play is timely, tantalising but doesn’t quite hit its mark
dance

From stately to sexy, these fabulously physical dancers engage every emotion

New Adventures creates lovers with tender appeal for a younger generation

David Hallberg's Australians are pitch perfect in Balanchine's masterpiece
comedy

Nostalgia-fest delivers an emotional punch

US comic brings her off-Broadway hit to the UK
Books

Daunt Books continues its mission to bring Dale’s witty amorality to modern light

A seminal work of German verse translated into radiant English for the first time

In her first foray into historical fiction, Smith pens a prescient and well-researched retelling
visual arts

A retrospective of the Brazilian artist's career transports us to Rio de Janeiro
Richly engaging exhibition by artists who have experienced brain injuries

Germany's greatest living artist draws from Joyce
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