james woodall
Bio
James wrote (1999-2010) for the Financial Times, The Economist and Dance Europe, mainly from Berlin. His books include a biography of Jorge Luis Borges, a study of Rio's music through the life and work of Chico Buarque, and an account of the marriage of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. He's now a writer back in England.
Articles By James Woodall
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Album: Gwenno - Tresor
“The historic, the prehistoric, the natural, architectural, geological, ornithological, or on the side of its folklore, Christian or heathen – the...
The Fellowship, Hampstead Theatre review - strong clashes, t...
I live in Brixton, south London. A few days ago, the borough’s aptly named Windrush Square hosted events which celebrated the contribution of the...
Moon, 66 Questions review - captivating daughter-father dram...
It takes some confidence for a first-time feature director to interrupt her essentially realistic...
Stanislav Aseyev: In Isolation - Dispatches from Occupied Do...
Stanislav Aseyev is a Ukrainian writer who came in from the...
We (Nous) review - a low-key look at life in the suburbs of...
Director Alice Diop read an article by Pierre Bergounioux in which he described how he began writing to draw attention to his overlooked neck of...
theartsdesk in Zurich - forging a brilliant new Ring
Could this be the summer Bayreuth finally sees a new Ring production that comes anywhere near its last great epic success, Harry Kupfer’s, which...
theartsdesk Q&A: bass-baritone Christopher Purves on com...
He’s the most haunting, at times terrifying Wozzeck I’ve seen, in Richard Jones's Welsh National Opera baked-bean-factory production, and the...
Album: Paolo Nutini - Last Night in the Bittersweet
The last time that Paolo Nutini was on the public stage, he was knocking out fine blue-eyed soul and having substantial hits like “Scream (Funk my...
The Rolling Stones, BST Hyde Park review - let it rock!
A few spots of rain greeted the arrival of the...
Mad House, Ambassadors Theatre review - David Harbour is mag...
For sheer extremes of family dysfunction Theresa Rebeck’s Mad House must be aiming to set new records in American drama. The latest in a...