Gary Naylor
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theartsdesk in Zurich - forging a brilliant new Ring
Could this be the summer Bayreuth finally sees a new Ring production that comes anywhere near its last great epic success, Harry Kupfer’s, which...
theartsdesk Q&A: bass-baritone Christopher Purves on com...
He’s the most haunting, at times terrifying Wozzeck I’ve seen, in Richard Jones's Welsh National Opera baked-bean-factory production, and the...
Album: Paolo Nutini - Last Night in the Bittersweet
The last time that Paolo Nutini was on the public stage, he was knocking out fine blue-eyed soul and having substantial hits like “Scream (Funk my...
The Rolling Stones, BST Hyde Park review - let it rock!
A few spots of rain greeted the arrival of the...
Mad House, Ambassadors Theatre review - David Harbour is mag...
For sheer extremes of family dysfunction Theresa Rebeck’s Mad House must be aiming to set new records in American drama. The latest in a...
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War review - a lovingly crafted doc...
There’s a sharp observation, delivered in Alan Bennett’s soft tones, that sums up the reputation of the painter Eric Ravilious: “Because his...
Music Reissues Weekly: Whatever You Want - Bob Crewe's...
In 1965, Bob Crewe was living alongside Central Park in...
George Fu, St Martin-in-the-Fields review - high intellect a...
Semi-standing ovation at a lunchtime concert in a London church? Predictable, perhaps, from the first recital I heard George Xiaoyuan Fu give at...
Mieko Kawakami: All the Lovers in the Night review - the raw...
Mieko Kawakami is the champion of the loner. Since achieving immense success in the UK with her translated works, she has become an indie fiction...