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Chris Harvey

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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...

Light of Passage, Royal Ballet review - Crystal Pite’s cosmi...

“Cry sorrow, sorrow, but let the good prevail”. The refrain of Aeschylus’s chorus near the start of the Oresteia is alive and honoured in...

Otherland, Almeida Theatre review - a vivid, beautifully wri...

“Who’d be a woman?... Who in their right mind would choose all that?” The question comes towards the end of a conversation where two former lovers...

I'm Still Here review - powerful tale of repression and...

Just like Britain’s ‘stiff upper lip’, that indominable spirit in the face of adversity,...

Album: Panda Bear - Sinister Grift

Sinister Grift is Panda Bear’s first album since his 2022 Reset collaboration with Spacemen 3’s Sonic Boom. Anyone anticipating...

Zero Day, Netflix review - can ex-President Robert De Niro s...

It seems that esteemed former US President George Mullen is...

Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Drury Lane review - th...

Over the last few months, celebrity-driven West End productions have suffered some inglorious crashes. So there was a certain degree of...

Noah Davis, Barbican review - the ordinary made strangely co...

In 2013 the American artist, Noah Davis used a legacy left him by his father to create a museum of contemporary art in Arlington Heights, an area...

Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Theatre - Luke Thallon triumphs as...

The date, projected behind the stage before a word is spoken, is a clue - 14th April 1912. “Why so specific?” was my first thought...

Album: Sam Fender - People Watching

While discourse on many topics grows toxic and polarised, it’s the voices who speak plainly about the reality of everyday lives that provide some...