Reviews
Loki, Disney+ review - the God of Mischief gets his own TV series
Thursday, 17 June 2021
After appearing in six of Marvel’s Avengers movies, Tom Hiddleston’s Loki (the God of Mischief) gets his own TV series.
Matthews, LPO, Ticciati, Glyndebourne review - out of this world
Thursday, 17 June 2021
Why travel to Glyndebourne for a concert? Well, for a start, none of us has heard a Mahler symphony live in full orchestral garb for at least 15 months, and though the Fourth is smaller-scale than some, its innocent beginnings bely the cosmic adventures ahead.
Danielle Evans: The Office of Historical...
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
There’s something refreshing about fiction you can easily trace back to the question “what if?” What if this or that existed? What would happen...
Anna Neima: The Utopians review – after horror,...
Tuesday, 15 June 2021
Not long after the Nazis came to power, Eberhard Arnold sent a manifesto to Adolf Hitler. The Protestant preacher urged the dictator to “embrace...
Victoria Mas: The Mad Women's Ball review -...
Tuesday, 15 June 2021
To this day, if you take a stroll down Paris’ Boulevard de l’Hôpital, you’ll come across an imposing building: the Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière. It’s...
Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & Watercolours, Ashmolean Museum review - a rich array
Some of Britain's most popular artists highlight the importance and beauty of drawing |
After Life, National Theatre review - thanks for the memories
Intriguing, inventive play from Jack Thorne and Headlong |
Elinor Cleghorn: Unwell Women review – misunderstanding and misdiagnosis
Tracking the medical narratives that surround and often suppress women’s bodies |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Screamers - Demo Hollywood 1977
Important first-ever official release from the Los Angeles art-punks |
British Ballet Charity Gala, Royal Albert Hall review - a celebration of sorts
Darcey Bussell rallies all eight UK major dance companies to fete their survival |
Lupin, Part 2, Netflix review - master of disguise versus racists and lies
Second coming of crowd-pleasing French drama hits virtuoso high notes |
Album: Julian Lage – Squint
A protean talent, but a feel of work in progress |
Uchida, Philharmonia, Salonen, RFH review - Bach to the future
The conductor as beguiling composer between arrangements and a Beethoven concerto |
The Father review - gripping dementia drama
Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman star in Florian Zeller's Oscar-winning film adaptation |
Nobody review - Bob Odenkirk reinvents himself as all-action dynamo
Blood-splattered thriller keeps it taut, tense and tight |
Bostridge, CBSO, Seal, Symphony Hall Birmingham review - large and live
Malcolm Arnold's Fifth Symphony shoots for the stars in a programme of British rarities |
Shiva Baby review - sex, lies and rugelach
Trapped in a Jewish family gathering: Emma Seligman's debut feature is full of life |
The Beast Must Die, Britbox review - a crime story which plumbs psychological depths
Jared Harris seizes centre stage in Isle of Wight-based mystery |
Mark Thomas, Soho Theatre review - new state-of-the-nation show
Post-Brexit Britain under the spotlight |
Bank Job review - an inspirational look at finance
How to beat the system and laugh all the way to the bank |
Balanchine and Robbins, The Royal Ballet review - style and substance
A dazzling company tribute to America's two greatest choreographers |
Grosvenor, RSNO, Chan, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall online review - too big for the small screen
Polish modernism flanks Benjamin Grosvenor in Chopin's First Piano Concerto |
Dark Days, Luminous Nights, Manchester Collective, The White Hotel, Salford review - a sense of Hades
Musicians and artists find out where the bodies are buried |
La traviata, Opera Holland Park review – a revival in rude health
Rodula Gaitanou's production roars back with splendid singing and emotional conviction |
Time, BBC One review - grim and gritty study of life behind bars by Jimmy McGovern
Sean Bean and Stephen Graham find themselves in different kinds of prison |
Eugene Onegin, Garsington Opera review - choral and orchestral opulence for Tchaikovsky
How much we've missed in a year is exemplified in aspects of this hit-and-miss show |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Songs
Never mind the hiccups, it’s the songs that count |
The Death of a Black Man, Hampstead Theatre review - blistering theatre with an unflinching vision
Uncomfortable truths beneath the poisoned patter in revival of Alfred Fagon's 1975 play |
Bronfman, Philharmonia, Salonen, RFH review – celebration around C major
The brilliant first of a great principal conductor’s two farewell programmes |
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