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Robert Henke CBM 8032, Barbican - a vision of possibilities...
Robert Henke is to techno fans as Leo Fender and Les Paul are to rock lovers. The Ableton Live software which he co-created is every bit as...
Album: Squirrel Flower - I Was Born Swimming
The first album from the Boston-bred songwriter Squirrel Flower opens and closes with autobiographical songs. “I-80”...
Stewart Copeland's Adventures in Music, BBC Four review...
Drums away: Stewart Copeland, drummer with The Police and a score of other groups, composer for films, video games and operas, now beams...
Uncle Vanya, Harold Pinter Theatre review - a superlative co...
Uncle Vanya must surely be the closest, the most essential of...
The Personal History of David Copperfield review – top-drawe...
Armando Iannucci’s move away from the contemporary political satires that made his name, first signalled by his bold, uproariously brilliant...
The Sunset Limited, Boulevard Theatre review - all talk, no...
Cormac McCarthy’s two-hander, premiered at Chicago's mighty Steppenwolf Theatre in 2006, has by this point been everything short of an ice ballet...
The Welkin, National Theatre review - women's labour is...
History plays should perform a delicate balancing act: they have to...
The Grudge review - non-stop shocks wear out their welcome
The 18-year-old Japanese horror hit Ju-On (The Grudge)...
Album: Black Lips - Sing In A World That’s Falling Apart
Since first getting together at the fag end of the 20th century, Black Lips have largely played the role of garage...