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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...
First Person: Alec Frank-Gemmill on reasons for another reco...
One former teacher of mine said of their recording of the...
Natalie Palamides: Weer, Soho Theatre review - a romcom of t...
Natalie Palamides doesn't do things by halves. Actually, the Los Angeles-based clown does just that in her inventive new show Weer ...
Amyl and the Sniffers, O2 Academy, Birmingham review - rowdy...
Amy Taylor and the rest of the Sniffers ambled onto the stage of Birmingham’s O2 Academy to a huge roar of approval from a packed and diverse...
Blu-ray: The Oblong Box
The Oblong Box is a phantom 1969 follow-up to Michael Reeves’ Witchfinder General, sharing star Vincent Price and much cast and...
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, BBC One review - handso...
“Previously on Wolf Hall…” It’s been nine years since Claire Foy memorably trembled her way to the block as Anne Boleyn,...
Andrej Power, LSO, Mäkelä, Barbican review - singing, shriek...
Out of innumerable Rite of Springs in half a century of concert-going, I’ll stick my neck out and say this was the most ferocious in...
Burnt Up Love, Finborough Theatre review - scorching new pla...
Mac is in prison for a long stretch. He is calm, contemplative almost...
Album: Tomorrow X Together - The Star Chapter: Sanctuary
South Korean quintet TXT's latest mini-album delivers six meticulously crafted tracks that showcase the group's evolving artistry through...
Bird review - travails of an unseen English tween
There’s a jolt or a surprise in almost every shot in Andrea Arnold’s Bird – her most impacted and energised depiction of underclass life...