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Album: Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex
A shimmering blend of electronica and prog inspired by a dystopian parable
tv

Origin story of the hitman's hotel makes a sluggish start

Gilded couple explore the barren lands of their blighted marriage

Ronan Bennett's Hackney crime epic reaches a fiery conclusion
film

Ryan Whitaker's film of Carolyn Weber's memoir of Christian conversion pulls its religious punches

A sheriff and his old lover spark again in a thin frontier drama
new music

A shimmering blend of electronica and prog inspired by a dystopian parable

A lengthy show served as a thrilling reminder of the Ohio band's rich catalogue
classical

LPO Principal Conductor's spiritually open, intellectually rigorous approach pays off

A born entertainer at the highest level takes on the Royal Festival Hall's refurbished giant

New life given to ancient Gaelic songs results in a less than lively performance
opera

Launching Opera North’s Green Season with a climate sceptic as villain

Stacey Alleaume has an astonishing feeling for the stage, her Violetta one in a thousand

Strong sounds, but the tension sometimes flags in this hit-and-miss revival
theatre

Ian McKellen and Roger Allam as the lonely men who bond over their dogs
Satirical comedy-drama labours its points across an uninterrupted two hours

New play about the relations between humans and other life forms has profound depths
dance

The younger sibling of the Alvin Ailey family visits for the first time in 12 years

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

New Adventures creates lovers with tender appeal for a younger generation
comedy

Nostalgia-fest delivers an emotional punch

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

Tanya Leslie gracefully translates the Nobel Prize winner’s treatise on the traumas that make us

Allongside its British re-release, the author of Motion Sickness discusses the state of fiction and her ways of writing

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

This pioneer of performance art is the first woman to show in the main galleries

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