David Thompson

Articles By David Thompson

theartsdesk Q&A: filmmaker Mike Hodges Thursday, 22 December 2022 Read more...	Hit the Road review - leaving Tehran for truth and freedom Saturday, 30 July 2022 Read more...
Obituary: Bibi Andersson 1935-2019 Tuesday, 23 April 2019 Read more...

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

It followed some...

Being unknowable has been almost as much of a preoccupation for the erstwhile Robert Zimmerman as writing songs. Previously on film he has played...

Another new release opens with the sounds of people in bed playing over the credits, but these are not Babygirl’s sighs of a...

Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela took the Barbican by storm last night with a thrilling account of Mahler’s...

This was always going to be Jakub Hrůša’s night, his first at the...

This concert was an effusion of pure joy. Billed as the German National Orchestra, the Bundesjugendorchester (Federal Youth Orchestra), all of...

By all accounts Chris McCausland had to be persuaded to take part in the most recent series of Strictly Come Dancing, which he won with...

Four of Humanhood’s 13 tracks are short, impressionistic mood pieces. Between 48 seconds and just-over a minute-and-a-half long, they...

Into a world of grooming gangs, human trafficking and senior prelates resigning over child abuse cases comes Oliver!, Lionel...

In the late Eighties and Nineties, Tony Slattery became one of the most ubiquitous faces on television, appearing regularly on Whose Line Is...