Lisa-Marie Ferla
Articles By Lisa-Marie Ferla
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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...
![Reaching ever greater heights of artistic expression](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Samara%20Joy%2C%20Portrait.jpeg?itok=v_W_Jm2H)
From placing first in the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Jazz Competition in 2019 to being a triple Grammy winner, Samara Joy’s rise has been...
![Every one's a fruit and nut cake: the Marzipan-Zwiebelflöten, or marzipan flutes, in the Kingdom of Sweets](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/ENBnutcrack2024JP_04354-Edit.jpg?itok=7Td4p_5i)
No new production of a beloved old ballet can please everyone, and there is none more beloved, or more frequently produced, than ...
![Like nothing you've ever experienced: You Me Bum Bum Train creators, Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/You%20Me%20Bum%20Bum%20Train%204%20-%20Credit%20Kirk%20Newmann%20%282%29.jpg?itok=sj_tFauA)
This feels like the theatrical equivalent of being in a centrifuge – a wild, spinning ride...
![Prospero (Sigourney Weaver) and Miranda (Mara Huf) wait for the sea-storm to subside](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/The%20Tempest.%20Sigourney%20Weaver%20%28Prospero%29%20%26%20Mara%20Huf%20%28Miranda%29.%20Credit%20-%20Marc%20Brenner.%204075-sized.jpeg?itok=v_HjMeqw)
Shakespeare must have relished the opportunities brought by the indoor...
![Mercury Rev's 'Born Horses': it sounds like nothing else](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Mercury%20Rev%20-%20Born%20Horses_1000.jpg?itok=bj3UK-E8)
Born Horses remains as inscrutable as it was when it was issued in the summer. While it is about the search for enlightenment through...
![Will they, won't they?: Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/499779.jpg?itok=f_Zf_si5)
The man whose name sounds like a major aviation accident, private...
![Genre defying Argentinean duo Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso are an instant obsession](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Ca7riel%20%26%20Paco%20Amoroso.jpg?itok=3mN0xOzs)
My Spotify Wrapped this year is somewhat at odds with my Album of 2024. My ‘Van Life Folie Americana’ phase of Spring (presumably due to the...
![Declan Bennett and the cast of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - What goes around, comes around](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Declan%20Bennett%20%28centee%29%20and%20the%20company%20in%20NATASHA%2C%20PIERRE%20%26%20THE%20GREAT%20COMET%20OF%201812%20-%20Donmar%20-%20photo%20by%20Johan%20Persson.jpg?itok=DeoI8hC0)
Broadway shows sometimes hit the West End like...