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The acting is first-rate, but it has no satisfying dramatic goal
film
Joaquin Phoenix’s clown crim faces a too-long stretch in the slammer
Tensions run high between white farmers and the indigenous people
Film meets radio in an experimental agro-drama
new music
K-Music special: The founder of Korea’s finest quartet discusses their intense and otherworldly music
Almost a quarter century in, the psychedelic indie-dance individualist still setting off fireworks
classical
I Fagiolini join with two other choirs for a spectacular in St Martin-in-the-Fields
An uplifting centenary party for the great choral survivors
Total mastery of epic adventures composed in the face of mortality
opera
Shakespeare from Fiona Shaw ballasts superbly performed Berlioz
Cast changes but no drop in quality
Human warmth, and musical wealth, in Rimsky-Korsakov's fairy-tale
theatre
Changgeuk Company bring an epic poem quality to the familiar tale
Tanika Gupta’s new play is a beautifully heartfelt mix of comedy and tragedy
Pinero's play emerges fresh-minted in an exquisite production
dance
Michael Keegan-Dolan’s genius guides us through death, separation and loss
It may be box-office gold, but Christopher Wheeldon's adaptation fails to find a beating heart down the rabbit hole
A new 14-strong company reviving a much-loved name is taking ballet to smaller theatres
comedy
Nothing edgy about this hour
Australian comic's autobiographical show
The comic and director Josh Sadie have fun with the form
Books
This slim and stylish new edition can't quite dispel some lurking doubts
A violent history finds a home in this impressionistic blend of literary criticism and memoir
A brutally honest and epic narrative follows a family doomed to wander the earth
visual arts
Never has pollution looked so compellingly beautiful
A career in art that starts high and ends low
Turmoil made manifest
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