Jenny Gilbert
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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...
Barcelona, Duke of York's Theatre review - Lily Collins...
The Catalan capital has given its name to a famous number in the Stephen Sondheim musical, Company. And here it is lending geographical...
Bob Vylan, O2 Institute, Birmingham review - self-proclaimed...
More than once during their barnstorming performance this weekend, Bobby Vylan, vocalist with Bob Vylan proclaimed from the stage of Birmingham’s...
Ohlsson, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manc...
The BBC Philharmonic were right to bill Garrick Ohlsson, soloist in ...
Fauré Centenary Concert 1, Wigmore Hall review - Isserlis an...
Earlier this year, Steven Isserlis curated a revelatory Sheffield Chamber Music Festival spotlighting Saint-Saëns, with...
Alan Hollinghurst: Our Evenings review - a gift that keeps o...
In Alan Hollinghurst’s first novel, The Swimming Pool Library (1988), set during the summer of 1983, the young gay narrator, William...
Album: Møster! - Springs
Springs begins cooking with “Spaced Out Invaders - Part I Quirks,” its fourth track. A spindly, rotating guitar figure interweaves with...
Music Reissues Weekly: Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Singles
After the chart success of his second album, June 1969’s Hot Buttered Soul, it was inevitable that any single had to represent Isaac...
Guards at the Taj, Orange Tree Theatre review - miniature ma...
It’s 1648 in Agra, and an excitable young guardsman has come up with an idea: a giant flying platform that he calls an “aeroplat”. As...
Legacy, Linbury Theatre review - an exceptional display of b...
In the foyer of the Linbury Theatre is an exhibition which gives a very upbeat account of the presence of...