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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...

Are we really in “a new era of male anger, societal discontent and rage”? This is what...

I was in Germany last week, and nearly every town I went to was advertising a St Matthew or a St John Passion taking place in the week up to...

It seems a bizarre idea. Take a pivotal film in American culture that reset the perception of The Great American Dream at this,...

In October 1967, John Lee Hooker released a single titled “The Motor City is Burning.” The song commented on the civil unrest which had taken...

When you’ve already come as close as possible to perfection in the greatest masterpiece, why risk a repeat performance with a difference? Because...

Keelan Kember’s play Thanks for Having Me may look like a vehicle for Kedar Williams-Stirling (Sex Education, Red Pitch...

A lot hung upon the delivery last night of Henning Kraggerud, whom I last witnessed leading performances of Strauss’s Metamorphosen and...

Record Store Day 2025 is tomorrow (Saturday 12th April 2025)! At theartsdesk on Vinyl we’ve been sent a selection of exclusive...

Who goes to the theatre to feel sad? That is, knowing full well that they won’t be going home with a skip in their step. Many people, it would...