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Rebecca Sykes

Articles By Rebecca Sykes

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theartsdesk Q&A: Matthew Modine on 'Hard Miles...

Maybe California-born Matthew Modine caught the movie bug courtesy of his father Mark, who used to manage drive-in theatres, but after bagging his...

Lie Low, Royal Court review - short sharp sliver of pain

Faye is okay. Or, at least she says she’s okay. But is she really? And, if she really is, like really okay, why is she seeking help for her...

The Beast review - AI takes over the job centre

Adaptations of Henry James have often failed to click over the years. The author’s private, introspective works – sightseeing trips around people’...

Judy Chicago Revelations, Serpentine Gallery review - art de...

Being a successful artist is not Judy Chicago’s primary goal. She abandoned that ambition six decades ago when the Los Angeles art world greeted...

Album: Becky Hill - Believe Me Now?

There’s a whole generation of singers who’ve risen to considerable fame on the back of the return of home-grown commercial dance music to the...

Boys from the Blackstuff, National Theatre review - a lyrica...

Prolific playwright James Graham was born in 1982, the year Alan Bleasdale's...

Murrihy, Martineau, Wigmore Hall review - poise, transformat...

Peerless among the constellation of Irish singers making waves around the world, mezzo Paula Murrihy first dazzled London as Ascanio in Terry...

Tokyo Vice, Series 2, BBC iPlayer review - an exciting ride...

It’s entirely fitting that Jake Adelstein should have a poster for All the President’s Men on the wall of his Tokyo apartment, since it...

First Person: LIFT artistic director Kris Nelson on deliveri...

LIFT 2024 is nearly here. It’s a festival that will take you on deep and personal journeys. We’ve got shows that will catch your...

Beth Gibbons, Salle Pleyel, Paris review - a triumph of inti...

Beth Gibbons, once the voice of Portishead, and later a wonderful solo singer and songwriter, hasn’t been on stage for a long while. She makes the...