Josh Spero
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Josh is the editor of Spear's magazine. He has written for The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, the Economist and the National Theatre. He is a regular guest on CNBC and has been interviewed on the BBC World Service and other TV and radio channels.
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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...
Album: Will Smith - Based on a True Story
Will Smith’s new album, Based on a True Story, is a prime example of why some comebacks should remain hypothetical. After two decades...
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Musical - production based o...
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Verdi Requiem, Philharmonia, Muti, RFH review - new sparks f...
Forget, for a moment, the legend and the lustre. If you knew nothing about Riccardo Muti’s half-century of history with Verdi’s Messa da...
Wilko: Love and Death and Rock'n'Roll, Southwark P...
Resurrecting the origins of old rock stars is becoming quite the thing, After cinema’s Elton John, Freddie Mercury, Bob Dylan and...
The End review - surreality in the salt mine
The End, a quasi-musical from Joshua Oppenheimer, who has previously only produced ...
Playhouse Creatures, Orange Tree Theatre review - jokes, shi...
Creatives – or creatures? In the 1660s, women – having been banned from working as actors in previously more...
Album: Perfume Genius - Glory
I can’t stop reading and re-reading the review copy I got of a new book, out next week. Liam Inscoe-Jones’s ...
La finta giardiniera, The Mozartists, Cadogan Hall review -...
Just now, the notion of a long-term project that concludes in 2041 sounds like an optimistic bet on the far future worthy of some 18th-century...
La Cocina review - New York restaurant drama lingers too lon...
La Cocina is one of those films that cuts an excellent trailer, succinctly delivering just enough characters, plot and visual...