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It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.
It followed some...
All the Happy Things, Soho Theatre review - deep feelings, b...
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. Or words to that effect. This quote from Milton’s ...
The Forsythe Programme, English National Ballet review - bra...
It’s hard to think of anyone even half as persistent as William Forsythe in changing the conversation around ballet. The American...
Manic Street Preachers, Barrowland, Glasgow review - elder s...
As you might expect from a Manic Street Preachers gig, literary influences were never far away. A DH Lawrence quote was prominently displayed on...
DVD/Blu-ray: In a Year of 13 Moons
A longshot of transgender Elvira (Volker Spengler) circled by gay men, assignation turning to assault as dawn mist rises from Frankfurt’s Main...
Your Friends & Neighbors, Apple TV+ review - in every dr...
It had begun to seem that Jon Hamm, whatever other roles he might appear in, was destined to be forever remembered exclusively as Mad Men...
Goldberg Variations, Ólafsson, Wigmore Hall review - Bach in...
Víkingur Ólafsson had something to prove at the Wigmore Hall. And prove it he did, even if, this time, his Goldberg Variations left a few features...
Shanghai Dolls, Kiln Theatre review - fascinating slice of h...
The writer Amy Ng has made a sterling effort in digging up the true story behind her new play at the Kiln, Shanghai Dolls, but...
Mahler's Ninth, BBC Philharmonic, Gamzou, Bridgewater H...
There was a change of conductor from the one advertised for this BBC Philharmonic performance at the Bridgewater Hall – but the one who we heard...
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Listed: The Very Best of 2015Thursday, 01 January 2015Don't on any account miss the events in the selection you're about to read. Our rival outlets are... Read more... |
Listed: The Facts about Factual TV in 2014Saturday, 27 December 2014It is a truism that the great tradition of documentary filmmaking has long since migrated to the... Read more... |
Listed: Science Fiction in VideogamesTuesday, 25 November 2014By far the majority of interactive art, entertainment and fiction – videogames for want of a better... Read more... |
Listed: The World and Beyond - London Jazz Festival 2014Tuesday, 11 November 2014Jazz. Is there any other term in contemporary culture so widely recognised, yet so difficult to... Read more... |
Listed: Wall Flowers - The Best of BerlinSaturday, 08 November 2014It has long since become a cliché that the news of John F Kennedy’s assassination is implanted on... Read more... |
Listed: theartsdesk's Greatest HitsTuesday, 09 September 2014To celebrate our fifth birthday, we offer you an insight into what you, the readers, have devoured... Read more... |
Listed: The laughter and tears of Robin WilliamsTuesday, 12 August 2014Robin Williams, who has died at the age of 63, was a very American comedian. The flow of invention... Read more... |
Listed: 10 Mozart Operas You've Never Heard (of)Saturday, 28 June 2014Mozart operas – we’ve all been there, whistled the arias, untangled the love triangles (quadrants/... Read more... |
Listed: The Best UK Summer Music Festivals For FamiliesSaturday, 14 June 2014While you give your tent an airing in anticipation of festival season, think about the imaginative... Read more... |
Listed: The World Cup's Most Beautiful GoalsSaturday, 07 June 2014Is football a thing of beauty? It depends who you ask. If you’re that way inclined, it is possible... Read more... |
Listed: 10 Great Trouser RolesThursday, 08 May 2014It's the genre of gender-bending and cross-dressing, where women play warriors and men sing like... Read more... |
Listed: Unmissable BBC PromsSunday, 27 April 2014The first bit of the annual Proms ritual is now out of the way, with the publication of the... Read more... |
Listed: Top 10 Children's Theatre ShowsSaturday, 12 April 2014If you are seeking to keep small children entertained this Easter, there's no need to sit around... Read more... |
Listed: Hauschka's Abandoned CitiesMonday, 07 April 2014Hauschka is a musician and composer from Düsseldorf, performing in what has been dubbed a "post-... Read more... |
Listed: Celebrating Dylan ThomasSunday, 30 March 2014It won’t have escaped the attention of anyone with an ear for poetry that Dylan Thomas turns 100... Read more... |
Listed: The Vikings - Life and LegendTuesday, 04 March 2014The British Museum's exhibition The Vikings: Life and Legend promises to redefine the Viking age... Read more... |
Listed: 10 American paintings before PollockSunday, 16 February 2014The National Gallery recently embarked on a first: they acquired their first American painting. Men... Read more... |
Listed: The Best Uncredited CameosSaturday, 18 January 2014There are no awards, nor nominations. On the plus side there are no publicity chores either. And... Read more... |
Listed: The 12 Derangements of ChristmasSunday, 22 December 2013We at The Arts Desk are as fond as the next person of swans-a-swimming, partridges and pear-trees,... Read more... |