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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...
Vietnam: The War That Changed America, Apple TV+ review - pa...
It’s been 50 years since the USA bowed to the inevitable and pulled out of Vietnam, in the midst of harrowing scenes of anguish and chaos. Apple’s...
The Flying Dutchman, Opera North review - a director’s take...
Saturday night could have given us the opportunity to witness the Opera North debut of Canadian soprano Layla Claire at the Grand Theatre, as well...
Play On!, Lyric Hammersmith review - and give me excess of i...
If you saw Upstart Crow on television or on stage in the West End, you’ll know the schtick of Sheldon Epps’ dazzling show ...
Amy Gledhill, Soho Theatre review - delightfully bawdy take...
At the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe, Amy Gledhill won best show for Make Me Look Fit on the Poster, ostensibly a cheery collection of stories...
Album: Inhaler - Open Wide
You could be easily forgiven for thinking that the young indie rockers, Inhaler, would stick to the formula that has already served them so well...
Music Reissues Weekly: You Got Me Hooked! - More Marylebone...
After co-fronting Vinegar Joe with Robert Palmer, Elkie Brooks first charted as a solo artist in 1977 with “Pearl’s a Singer.” Yet there was more...
Biss, BBCSO, Hrůša, Barbican review - electrifying Shostako...
At the end of an exhausting week in which Holocaust Memorial Day struck a more urgent note than ever as fascism started tearing through the USA,...
Paradise, Disney+ review - enigmatic drama with an unknown d...
The latest from the This Is Us creator,...
BBC Singers, Aurora Orchestra, Collon, Kings Place review -...
Just now, music about survival, transcendence and the afterlife may have a special resonance for the BBC Singers. After all, the supremely...