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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...
Hacks, Season 3, NOW review - acerbic showbiz comedy keeps u...
Dying is easy, comedy is hard, according to the Georgian actor Edmund Kean. Luckily, everybody involved with the much-awarded Hacks...
East Is South, Hampstead Theatre review - bewildering and un...
Our humanity is defined not only by our use of language, but also by our sense of the spiritual. Whether you are a believer or not, it’s hard to...
Album: Basia Bulat - Basia's Palace
Canadian singer Basia Bulat has tried on various musical hats...
Josienne Clarke, Across the Evening Sky, Kings Place review...
On the first date of a 17-concert tour that had its preview at Celtic Connections in January, Across the Evening Sky begins with the...
Shon Faye: Love in Exile review - the greatest feeling
As Valentine’s Day crests around us, and lonely hearts come out of their winter hibernation, what better time to publish writer and journalist...
Blu-ray: Golem
In Jewish folklore, a golem is an inanimate clay figure, brought to life when a magic word is placed inside its mouth....
Mary, Queen of Scots, English National Opera review - heroic...
Genius doesn't always tally with equal opportunities, to paraphrase Doris Lessing. Opera houses have a duty to put on new works by women composers...
Unicorn, Garrick Theatre review - wordy and emotionless desi...
Since when has new writing become so passionless? Mike Bartlett is one of the country’s premiere playwrights and his new play, Unicorn,...
Vollmond, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch + Terrain Boris...
Imagine: you take your seat at the best restaurant in town, the waiter arrives with a flourish to fill your water glass, you hold it out and he...