Kate Bassett
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Kate is an arts journalist and a drama critic for The Times. She has written on theatre, film, books, dance and comedy for the Telegraph, Independent on Sunday, New Statesman etc. Her book In Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller was shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize, Sheridan Morley Prize and HW Fisher Best First Biography Prize in 2013.
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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...
Flow review - come the apocalypse, cue the animals
I so wanted to like Flow. I’d heard good things from usually reliable critic friends who’d seen it already and told me it had...
Adolescence, Netflix review - Stephen Graham battles the pha...
A dictionary definition of adolescence is “the transitional phase of growth and development between childhood and adulthood”, but in this four-...
theartsdesk Q&A: Indian star Radhika Apte on 'Sist...
Radhika Apte has been acclaimed for her ebullient performance as a reluctant bride in Sister Midnight since...
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Marsalis, LSO, Pappano, Ba...
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Uproar, Rafferty, Royal Welsh College, Cardiff review - colo...
There’s a lot to be said for the planning that clearly went into this concert by the Cardiff-based new music ensemble, Uproar....
Attacca Quartet, Kings Place review - bridging the centuries...
Memorably described by Gramophone magazine as the “new kids on the classical block…with lavish pocket money”, Apple’s London-based label...
Music Reissues Weekly: Norma Tanega - I Don't Think It...
After scoring a hit in 1966 with the distinctive folk-pop of her jazz-inclined debut single "Walkin' my Cat Named Dog," US singer-songwriter Norma...
Manchester Collective, RNCM review - exploring new territory
Manchester Collective, now very much a part of the establishment world of new music, are still enlarging their territory. For this set, performed...