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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...
Album: Rats on Rafts - Deep Below
Deep Below’s first track is titled “Hibernation.” “A winter breeze blows through my mind,” intones a colourless, dispirited male voice....
First Person: writer Lauren Mooney on bringing bodies togeth...
It started with a Guardian long-read. I’m ashamed to admit it since so many shows could say the same, but that was the beginning.
It was the...
The Marriage of Figaro, English National Opera review - long...
Who’s in and who’s not – on the secret, the joke, the relationship, the family, the club? That’s the fulcrum of Joe Hill-Gibbins’ ingeniously...
September 5 review - gripping real-life thriller
There’s a common understanding about journalists, especially ones at the top of their game, that they’re flying by the seat of their pants –...
Oedipus, Old Vic review - disappointing leads in a productio...
The opening scene of the Old Vic’s Oedipus is dominated by a giant backdrop of a skull-like face, eyes shut and rock-like. It...
Album: Hifi Sean & David McAlmont - Twilight
It was only six months ago that Hifi Sean and David McAlmont released their Daylight album. A fine disc of summery dance pop that was...
Second Best, Riverside Studios review - Asa Butterfield brin...
Your response to Barney Norris’s one-...
theartsdesk Radio Show 36 - legendary producer Joe Boyd disc...
The latest in Peter Culshaw’s peripatetic radio...
Mrs President, Charing Cross Theatre review - Mary Todd Linc...
The phenomenal global success of Six began when two young writers decided to give voices to the wives of a...