Tom Birchenough
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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...
![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...
![Gnome noir: Wallace and Gromit get to grips with AI](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/WG%202.jpg?itok=jaI62e0V)
It’s difficult to believe that the last stop-motion ...
!['More than enough to justify the media attention that they got in spades'](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Kneecap%20-%20Fine%20Art_0.jpg?itok=cWs33fcJ)
In many ways, 2024 has been a stellar year for New Music. There have certainly been plenty of albums released that could easily have gained “year’...
![Sitting pretty: Matthew Tennyson and Simon Russell Beale in ‘The Invention of Love’](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/invention1.jpg?itok=7_xwu74U)
Can men really love each other – without sex? Or, to put it another way, how many different forms of male love can you name? These questions...
When does a concert become a ceremony? You generally visit the Barbican...
![Libuše Šafránková's Popelku, dreaming of better things](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Three%20Wishes%20for%20Cinderella%2010.jpg?itok=av4uz2Kq)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (Tři oříšky pro Popelku) is one of...
![Powerful physicality: the company of Swans](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/MATTHEW%20BOURNE%27S%20SWAN%20LAKE.%20The%20Company.%20Photo%20Johan%20Persson.jpg?itok=ETNp88A_)
How do you refresh a masterpiece? Bringing back his first and still greatest hit, Swan Lake,...
!['Its freshness is truly astonishing'](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Kenny-Barron-Beyond-This-Place_cover-768x768%20res.jpg?itok=Opo5k3lW)
Kenny Barron’s Beyond This Place is glorious. Whereas I’ve found some of the more talked...
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Vanilla Fudge could provoke a strong reaction. Writing about them in 1982, Tom Hibbert – then best-known for his contributions to Smash Hits...