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Cow | Deer, Royal Court review - paradox-rich account of non-human lifeThursday, 11 September 2025
I love irony. Especially beautiful irony. So I’m very excited about the ironic gesture of staging a show with no words at the Royal Court, a venue which boasts of being the country’s premier new writing theatre. Billed as “a new experiment in... Read more... |
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale review - an attemptedly elegiac final chapter haunted by its pastSaturday, 13 September 2025
It can be a hostage to fortune to title anything “grand”, and so it proves with the last gasp of Julian Fellowes’s everyday story of posh folk at the turn of the 20th century. The Granthams are facing a lowering of their status, and it’s time to... Read more... |
I Fought the Law, ITVX review - how an 800-year-old law was challenged and changedSaturday, 06 September 2025
ITV continues its passion for docudramas about injustice, which you can’t blame it for after the rip-roaring success of Mr Bates vs the Post Office. The issue in I Fought the Law is, from one angle, of national (even International) importance,... Read more... |
Born with Teeth, Wyndham's Theatre review - electric sparring match between Shakespeare and MarloweWednesday, 03 September 2025
The title refers to a line in Henry VI, Part III: the future Richard III boasts that midwives cried, "Oh Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth", a sign of both his monstrosity and his readiness to snarl and bite.Modern technological analysis... Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Suranne Jones on 'Hostage', power pants and politicsFriday, 29 August 2025
If she decided to run for election, Suranne Jones would probably stand a good chance of winning. The Chadderton-born actress and producer has been a driving figure in British television ever since she became known for playing Karen McDonald on... Read more... |
King & Conqueror, BBC One review - not many kicks in 1066Thursday, 28 August 2025
In this strangely dreary recreation of 11th century history, it’s not just grim oop north, it’s grim everywhere. King & Conqueror purports to be the story of how the Norman monarch William (the titular Conqueror) and England’s King Harold found... Read more... |
Juniper Blood, Donmar Warehouse review - where ideas and ideals rule the roostThursday, 28 August 2025
Playwright Mike Bartlett is, like many writers, a chronicler of both contemporary manners and of the state of the nation. In his latest domestic drama, which premieres at the Donmar Warehouse, he examines our anxieties about food, farming and the... Read more... |
Hostage, Netflix review - entente not-too-cordialeSunday, 24 August 2025
Conceived and written by Matt Charman, whose CV includes an Oscar nomination for his work on Steven Spielberg’s film Bridge of Spies, Hostage is a rather puzzling mix of political thriller and domestic drama which can never decide whether it’s... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: Ordinary Decent Criminal / InsidersSaturday, 16 August 2025
Ordinary Decent Criminal, Summerhall ★★★★★ Frankie learnt a thing or two about the police and how they work from his years as an activist. Fighting for crucial political causes, however, never seemed at odds with a sideline in drug-dealing –... Read more... |
Every Brilliant Thing, @sohoplace review - return of the comedy about suicide that lifts the spiritsSaturday, 09 August 2025
The Fringe piece Duncan Macmillan devised with Jonny Donahoe in 2014 has since been round the world and back, finally landing in the West End. It feels as freshly minted as ever.The premise is simple: a performer takes an audience through the story... Read more... |
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, Rambert, Sadler's Wells review - exciting dancing, if you can see itSaturday, 09 August 2025
If you have never watched a single episode of the BBC period gangster drama Peaky Blinders, I am not sure what you would make of Rambert’s two-act ballet version. I have watched all six series, and I still left confused. Confused, but also... Read more... |
Folkestone Triennial 2025 - landscape, seascape, art lovers' escapeMonday, 04 August 2025
A rare cloud form envelopes the headland and to the east and the west Folkestone is cut off from the known world. This mist shortens the visual range, drawing attention to the chalky soil, the sea gorse and the looping swifts. It also softly frames... Read more... |
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