David Kettle
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Juno and the Paycock, Gielgud Theatre review - a shockingly...
"Captain" Jack Boyle is a fantasist, a mythmaker, a storyteller. He relishes an audience – usually his sidekick, Joxer. There is a theatricality...
Hardenberger, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall,...
Two splendid pieces of orchestral virtuosity began and finished the second Saturday concert by the BBC Philharmonic under John Storgårds at the...
Angry and Young, Almeida Theatre review - vigorous and illum...
Why should we not look back in anger? With the Oasis reunion tour in the news recently, the title of John Osborne’s seminal kitchen-sink drama –...
Blond Eckbert, English Touring Opera review - dark deeds afo...
Judith Weir’s Blond Eckbert, presented by English Touring Opera...
Songs We Carry, Ana Silvera and Saied Silbak, Kings Place re...
As the Middle East continues to fragment in hate and horror, a tragic unfolding of events with roots reaching back to the middle of the last...
The Marrriage of Figaro, Opera Project, Tobacco Factory, Bri...
The Marriage of Figaro is undoubtedly one of the greatest operas ever written....
Album: Permafrost - The Light Coming Through
While it does get very cold in the north of Norway, it’s likely that Permafrost’s chosen name reflects a fondness for Howard Devoto’s post-punk...
Music Reissues Weekly: The Devil Rides In - Spellbinding Sat...
Just over two weeks before Christmas 1967, The Rolling Stones issued Their Satanic Majesties Request. The album’s title appeared to serve...
Things Will Be Different review - lost in the past
Time-travel is a trap in debutante Michael Felker’s...
Joan, ITV1 review - the roller-coaster career of a 1980s jew...
If you’re looking for an advertisement for how crime doesn’t pay, Joan will do very nicely....