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April 2025

Manic Street Preachers, Barrowland, Glasgow review - elder statesmen deliver melody and sing-a-longs

The Forsythe Programme, English National Ballet review - brains, beauty and bravura

Album: Mark Morton - Without the Pain

London Choral Sinfonia, Waldron, Smith Square Hall review - contemporary choral classics alongside an ambitious premiere

All the Happy Things, Soho Theatre review - deep feelings, but little drama

Album: Gigspanner Big Band - Turnstone

Donohoe, RPO, Brabbins, Cadogan Hall review - rarely heard British piano concerto

Album: Ronny Graupe's Szelest - Newfoundland Tristesse

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story - compelling portrait of the ground-breaking Irish writer

Ghosts, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre - turns out, they do fuck you up

The Penguin Lessons review - Steve Coogan and his flippered friend

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