Soraya Mafi

Articles By Soraya Mafi

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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...

Having carved a swathe of terror and destruction through the Axis forces in North Africa, the SAS return for a second series (again written by...

As always, great concerts have outnumbered great opera productions over a year, and all of our national orchestras can be proud of their record. I...

In an ideal world an end-of-year roundup would applaud only new ventures – fresh productions that you may curse for having missed but whose...

Billie Holiday sings again, Olivia Laing tends to her garden, and Biran Klaas takes a chance: our reviewers discuss their favourite...

Young eldritch junkie Nick Cave would have struggled to predict his maturity as a font of wry and sacred wisdom, or the fathomless loss he...

Maybe it was the timing, even though most of the action takes place in bright sunlight...

I thought I might never be able to say it’s been a great year for...

“O stay and hear,” sings Twelfth Night’s jester Feste in his song “O mistress mine”, “your true love’s coming,/ That can sing both high...

Looking back over the past 12 months, it struck me how it has been the shows fashioned from personal stories that have stayed with me. It wasn't...