Paul Simmonds

Articles By Paul Simmonds

Wednesday, 17 September 2014 Read more...

It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.

It followed some...

Russia.

It’s impossible to be ambivalent towards that word, that country, indeed that idea, one so very similar to...

After more than ten years away, Rizzle Kicks are finally back, and it feels long overdue. Their music was a huge part of my childhood -...

Ridley Scott’s 2001 film Black Hawk Down was a technically superb blockbuster bristling with thunderous action sequences and famous...

Playwrights who work for decades often acquire a moniker. In the case of Howard Brenton, who began his career as a left-winger in the turbulent...

Bridget Jones has grown up: v.v.g. Our heroine is still prone to daft pratfalls and gaffes and bursts of sensational idiot dancing....

This album is SHORT. At 27 minutes and just five tracks, one might wonder why Julienne Dessagne (this is a solo act) didn’t call it an EP. But...

So the Royal Opera had assembled a dream cast, conductor (Edward Gardner) and director (Richard Jones). The only question until last night was...

The exhortations don’t seem necessary as the audience is already letting off the steam which has built up in anticipation of a full-bore show....

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is now an...