We are bowled over! We knew that theartsdesk.com had plenty of supporters out there – we’ve always had a loyal readership of arts…

It feels fitting that this latest revival of Copenhagen should open so soon after Arcadia at the Old Vic. These masterworks by,…

James McAvoy’s directing debut has a plot that’s so implausible, it would probably be laughed out of pitch meetings. But the story is…

It is always fascinating recognising influences in a band or artists style, but noting how they have been adapted, morphed into something…

Good Friday and the days before it are times to contemplate Bach's great passions - the St Matthew was performed at the Baden-Baden Easter…

It was something of a miracle how long They Might Be Giants managed to preserve their trademark madcap optimism intact. It lasted right…

It’s not often I feel guilty about making an assessment of a set almost instantly after making it. The support act for the first full-band…

François Ozon has typically filtered his version of Albert Camus's existential novella The Stranger through his cool, ironic sensibility,…

Stories about slavery tend to be simplistic: white perpetrators are bad, black victims good. One of the more striking features of Winsome…

David Mackenzie’s second superbly marshalled thriller in a year makes an unexploded bomb the backdrop for a London heist and its chaotic…