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Album: Def Leppard - Diamond Star Halos
Sheffield's glam-metal master craftsmen can still deliver... mostly
tv

Technology brings dinosaurs to life in microscopic detail

Look out U-boats, Commander Swinburne is coming for you

The battle of ideas comes to the East Coast in exquisitely shot treatment of Sarah Perry's novel
film

A brave exploration of forgotten Nazi victims

Terence Davies leavens his sombre biopic of Siegfried Sassoon with Wildean badinage
new music

Sheffield's glam-metal master craftsmen can still deliver... mostly

Lots of big-sounding sonic detail but a lack of great songs on the latest from Liam
classical

A new group starting to make its stylish and confident mark

The Saxon city’s world-famous orchestras front and centre in a full programme of events

Sparkling symphony makes up for a slightly lacklustre concerto
opera

Superb music making against the backdrop of a sumptuous Sevillian set

Blowsy, intriguing grand opera by Ethel Smyth has full theatrical impact

The great bass remembers the composer who wrote two roles with his voice in mind
theatre

Lucy Moss puts the 'camp' into campus with her riotous, inclusive revival

Fraser Grace adapts a Russian story of love and survival in a world turned upside-down

Tamasha play about a Punjabi family-run salon could do with a makeover
dance

Classical piano music, French symphonies and a big box of ballets

Swiftly-assembled charity effort demonstrates dancers' engagement with the world

Strong one-act works by Kyle Abraham and Crystal Pite show the dancers at their adaptive best
comedy

Setting the world to rights, one joke at a time

Steve Coogan's creation doesn't quite hit the spot
Books

Alyn Shipton is a meticulous historian

Into the glitchy, liminal space of the woman-cum-girl

A portrait of Lesbos and its ‘lost’ philosopher
visual arts

Previously unseen "overpainted photographs" take pride of place
latest comments
What a sad old man. Sure the music is great, but...
He does want us to take it THAT seriously, and...
I came from Vancouver, BC, Canada to see this...
Errr ...... There's quite a lot of humour...
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Rather a harsh review. I attended the first night...
What's happened to him? He's exercising his...
Yes, but not this one. Not by a long shot. Sad.