Tom Littler
Articles By Tom Littler
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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...
![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...
![Revelatory Messiah: the vocal ensemble, conducted by Orlando Jopling (right)](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Web-Messiah-Press-CreditSteveGregson-014.jpg?itok=65jv-a-4)
The Wild Arts Ensemble was founded by Orlando Jopling in 2022 to create a dynamic, pared-back style of performance in which, as he put it, the “...
![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...