Jessica Payn
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London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Ono, Barbican review -...
We have John Eliot Gardiner to thank for an unconventional diptych of...
Pre-Raphaelite Sisters, National Portrait Gallery review – a...
Focusing on twelve women who played a key role in the lives of Pre-Raphaelite painters like Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais and...
Miklós Perényi, Dénes Várjon, Wigmore Hall review – Beethove...
"Revelatory": it’s one of those words which is now completely devalued through having been carelessly dropped into a thousand press releases...
Cyrano, Bristol Old Vic review – comedy with emotional intel...
Tom Morris’s production of Cyrano starts with a...
‘We must not allow boorish, opportunistic autocrats to hijac...
For as long as I can remember, there has been a continuous loop of original music playing in my mind. My father used to joke about my “tuyuyo...
CD: Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Colorado
Neil Young’s prolific, patchy output rejects the very notion of major releases, though only a major artist would...
Lungs, Old Vic review - deluxe casting and slick delivery
Playing our monarch and her husband in The Crown has made actors...
Hot Chip, Barrowland, Glasgow review - dancefloor kings keep...
Familiarity evidently does not breed contempt, at least in the case of Hot Chip and...
John le Carré: Agent Running in the Field review - fake news...
That John le Carré! It turns out the agent isn’t so much running in the field as playing badminton. The master of the...
Spiral, Series 7, BBC Four review - hard-hitting return of o...
And welcome back to our favourite French cop show – perhaps our favourite...