Reviews
Is God Is, Royal Court review – blister, flare and burn, baby, burn
Thursday, 16 September 2021
God is a tricky one. Or should that be One? And definitely not a He. So when she says take revenge, then vengeance is definitely not only hers, but ours too.
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain review - visually arresting biopic
Thursday, 16 September 2021
On its surface, a biopic of a late-Victorian artist starring big British talents including Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrea Riseborough and Claire Foy, sounds like typical awards fare for this time of year.
Duran Duran, O2 Institute, Birmingham review – an...
Thursday, 16 September 2021
Incredibly it’s now 40 years since the release of Duran Duran’s debut album. To mark this event, the remaining members of the band’s classic line-up...
Our Future in Your Hands, Peckham School Choirs,...
Thursday, 16 September 2021
What a way for the Multi-Story Orchestra, conductor Christopher Stark and composer Kate Whitley to celebrate 10 years of pioneering activity in...
Album: The Eivind Aarset 4-Tet - Phantasmagoria,...
Thursday, 16 September 2021
Phantasmagoria, or A Different Kind of Journey instantly sets its controls for an excursion into the interstellar void between gaseous and solid...
Michael Janisch Band, Ronnie Scott's review - jazz's ace of bass makes a welcome return
The American bassist was joined onstage by some of the finest talents in British jazz |
Rigoletto, Royal Opera review - routine clouds the best in this season opener
Orchestra and chorus pass with flying colours, but tradition weighs heavy elsewhere |
The Lost Leonardo review - an incredible tale as gripping as any thriller
The machinations of the art market laid bare |
Last Night of the Proms, BBC review - a feast of unusual morsels in a traditional wrapper
15 composers and more in the latest take on a worldwide phenomenon |
Olga Koch, Soho Theatre review - personal, political and playful
What nationality and belonging mean |
Schumacher, Netflix review - authorised version of the life of an F1 legend
Portrait of German race ace doesn't dig deep enough |
Devieilhe, Tharaud, Wigmore Hall review - French soprano attracts young audience
Debussy brings joy...and disappointment |
The Memory of Water, Hampstead Theatre review – uneasy tragi-comedy
Sombre revival of Shelagh Stephenson’s 1996 classic about three sisters |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Goldie & the Gingerbreads - Thinking About The Good Times
How a New York band became an essential part of the British Sixties pop boom |
The North Water, BBC Two review - a terrible voyage into the great beyond
Director Andrew Haigh brings cinematic heft to this bloody whaling odyssey |
Shorta review - Danish police drama
First-time film-makers' ambitious tale of police trapped in the ghetto |
St Matthew Passion, Arcangelo, Cohen, BBC Proms review – journey to the end of night
Bach's great Gospel tragedy crowns a Proms season of hope and healing |
The Barber of Seville, Welsh National Opera review - back to work in an old banger
Some excellent singing struggling with a weary production and an unhelpful translation |
Proms Festival Orchestra, Wigglesworth, BBC Proms review - brilliant work in progress, perfect Adagietto
Freelance musicians prove an army of generals, marshalled by a great British conductor |
Frozen, Theatre Royal Drury Lane review - twinkling spectacle with a sincere drama at its heart
The stage version of the beloved animation looks set to become a West End staple |
The Collini Case review - it might be legal, but that doesn't mean it's justice
Tense courtroom drama probes Germany's Nazi legacy |
Leopards, Rose Theatre, Kingston review - a no-thrill thriller about sex and power
When the trousers come off and the handcuffs go on, the climax is the sexual politics lecture |
Blade Runner, Avex Ensemble, Symphony Hall, Birmingham review - synths synced to screen
Ridley Scott's masterpiece screened with a live performance of Vangelis's score |
The Champion of Auschwitz review - Polish movie based on a boxer's memoir
Classically filmed feature focuses on the experience of non-Jewish prisoners |
Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, Orange Tree Theatre review - a blast from the past with lessons for today
Forty-nine years on, Fugard's anger has lost none of its ferocity |
Nadine Shah, Winterstoke Sun Shelter, Ramsgate review - a thrilling return in a stunning venue
The sultry South Tyneside siren dazzles above the waves |
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, RLPO, Hindoyan, BBC Proms review - wood magic and swashbuckling show-offs
The cellist meditates, the Liverpudlian orchestra lets rip with its lively new chief conductor |
Claire-Louise Bennett: Checkout 19 review - coming to life
A genre-bending novel about reading, living, writing and returning |
Second Spring review - intriguing film about a woman with an unusual form of dementia
Andy Kelleher's luminous debut feature is shot on the last of Fuji film stock |
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Is God Is, Royal Court review – blister, flare and burn, bab...
God is a tricky one. Or should that be One? And definitely not a He. So when she says take revenge, then vengeance is definitely not only hers,...
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain review - visually arrestin...
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Duran Duran, O2 Institute, Birmingham review – an intimate g...
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