Izzy Smith

Articles By Izzy Smith

Max Porter: Shy review - an ode to boyhood and rage Wednesday, 03 May 2023 Read more...	Mieko Kawakami: All the Lovers in the Night review - the raw relatability of loneliness Saturday, 25 June 2022 Read more...
Lucie Elven: The Weak Spot review - a cryptic modern fable Tuesday, 23 November 2021 Read more...	10 Questions for novelist Mieko Kawakami Tuesday, 27 July 2021 Read more...

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

It followed some...

Fred Zinnemann’s 1973 film The Day of the Jackal was successful thanks to its lean, almost documentary-like treatment of its story of a...

Can experimental theatre survive the decades? This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Forced Entertainment theatre company, whose mission is...

Tucker Zimmerman is singing a number called “Don’t Go Crazy (Go in Peace)”. At 83, he performs sitting down. Surrounded by support band Iji, who...

If you are bothered about climate...

In many ways, Primal Scream have had a strikingly similar career path to the Rolling Stones – despite them forming some 20 years after Mick and...

The latest true-crime...

As Steven Isserlis announced just before the final work, in more senses than one, of a five-day revelation, the 79 year old Fauré...

The Catalan capital has given its name to a famous number in the Stephen Sondheim musical, Company. And here it is lending geographical...

If the names Pinch, Vex’d, Burial, Digital Mystikz, The Bug mean anything to you, stop reading now and buy or stream this album. Seriously, go. Go...