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We are bowled over! We knew that theartsdesk.com had plenty of supporters out there – we’ve always had a loyal readership of arts…
Alabaster DePlume, aka Mancunian Gus Fairbairn, has been an antically charming performer, confounding unsuspecting crowds with tenderly…
If it's possible for snippets from live theatre to play in the mind on a perpetual loop, the London theatre during 2025 offered many such…
It’s 1952 on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, seven years after the Enola Gay dropped a bomb on the Japanese empire, but one skinny New Yorker…
It was a year for outstanding individual performances, especially from relative newcomers, and at least three flawless ensembles, less so…
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My album of the year came as a real surprise to me, Arvo Pärt’s output…
What is a documentary maker supposed to do when someone as gifted and empathic as Francis Whately has already covered most of the Bowie…
SASKIA BARON1 One Battle After Another2. Sinners3 It was Just an Accident4 Palestine 365 Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight6…
For as long as I can remember – back when I was not yet a teenager, listening to Joan Baez first as a way to learn guitar – voices and…
If this time of year should prompt everyone to count their blessings, then one precious musical gift shines brightly over Smith Square Hall…