Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen

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What would ol’ Shakey think of such liberties? Two plays that may or may not be a single narrative, which may or may not have a missing…
Olga Koch comes bounding on to the stage and tells us she needs a time machine to tell her story, to prevent someone being born – at which…
Czech animator Jiří Trnka’s rise to international fame mirrored that of his contemporary Karel Zeman, both filmmakers producing work as…
Popular culture includes both will-o'-the-wisp confections, gone in 900 seconds pace Warhol’s aphorism, but can also creates a shorthand…
On paper, this Prom looked like a well-stocked display-case for collective choral virtues. Baroque wizard Peter Whelan (pictured below) led…
What does a spectacular backdrop give to – or maybe take from? – a music festival? Exit the Wigmore Hall and, however transcendent the…
Tread softly into Jon Batiste’s third volume of his Piano Series, Monk Meditations, drawing on and drawing out a number of introspective…
 Water Colour ★★★★Milly Sweeney’s powerful two-hander comes to one of the Fringe’s highest-profile venues bearing prestigious awards…
Although the sound quality is slightly boxy, the opening track on CBGB’s 1985 is a treat. “Gardens” is on a line between first-album Rain…
On first impressions, London vocal trio FLO’s music can seem very familiar. Their sound has always been that of American R&B rooted…