Marc Burrows
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Close-Up: The Twiggy Musical, Menier Chocolate Factory revie...
The Biba dresses are way too colourful, the shop’s interior about 10 times too bright… and did anybody really say ”happening threads”...
The Creator review - bold, beautiful, flawed sci-fi epic
It has been seven years since Gareth Edwards directed, for me, the best of the new generation of Star Wars films, Rogue One. Having made...
Falstaff, Opera North review - going green and having fun
There’s a charmingly retro feel to Opera North’s new Falstaff, which comes from it being done as part of their new “...
The Old Oak review - a searing ode to solidarity
Ken Loach has occasionally invested his realist TV dramas and movies with moments of magical realism – football inspiring them in The Golden...
Unbelievable, Criterion Theatre review - Derren Brown-direct...
Unbelievable is a strange title for a slightly strange show, the brainchild of Derren Brown, Andrew O’Connor and Andy Nyman, a...
Black Sabbath: The Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingh...
These days Black Sabbath aren’t short of admirers in the arts and even further afield. Artists as disparate as veteran soul man, Charles Bradley...
Album: Jorja Smith - Falling or Flying
Jorja Smith said she named her new album Falling or Flying to describe the uncertainty she’s felt about her career following the success...
Fung, RPO, Schwarz, Cadogan Hall review - high style from ne...
You go to a concert, three-quarters of it popular classics – also great masterpieces – having been told you have to hear a brilliant young cellist...
Michael Peppiatt: Giacometti in Paris review - approaching t...
We begin with a dead-end. In 1966, Michael Peppiatt – at the time “an obscure young man” – travelled to...
Album: Oneohtrix Point Never - Again
The music of Daniel Lopatin – AKA Oneohtrix Point Never – exists at the sonic/...