Gerard Gilbert
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Gerard has been a television critic and feature writer for the Independent since 1994. He has also written about TV and cinema for Time Out, The New Statesman and Radio Times.
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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 review - How Did This Happen and What Does It Now Mean...
Hard to believe it’s coming up to thirty years since “Love and Affection” put Joan Armatrading in the top 10, a track from her third, self-titled...
A Christmas Carol, Old Vic review - tidings of discomfort an...
This Dickens classic is an annual treat, or a Christmas trial — depending on your point of view. At the...
Interview: rising star Chloe Savage on the Arctic, outer spa...
How old were you when you first had an image of the Arctic? When you first had that image, what was it that most resonated? Was it its remoteness...
Album: FaithNYC - Love is a Wish Away
FaithNYC is a vehicle for the singer and songwriter Felice Rosser, an original rooted in reggae...
Perianes, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Payare, Barbica...
When the Venezuelan Rafael Payare was appointed as conductor of the Orchestre Symphonique...
English Teacher, Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow review - Merc...
Props designed like flowers were scattered across the QMU stage for English Teacher's performance. A fitting choice given the Leeds group are...
Kemah Bob, Soho Theatre review - Thailand, massage and menta...
Kemah Bob is a regular on television and radio panel shows and well established on the comedy circuit, but Miss Fortunate is her full-...
[title of show], Southwark Playhouse review - two guys and t...
Not just a backstage musical, a backroom musical!
In the...
Album: Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
The word “mahashmashana” – महामशान in Sanskrit – translates as “great burying ground.” Co-opted as the title of Josh Tillman’s sixth album as...