Tom Birchenough

Articles By Tom Birchenough

Boudica, Shakespeare's Globe review - ancient history made compellingly contemporary Thursday, 14 September 2017 Read more...	Insyriated review - claustrophobic terror in a Damascus war zone Friday, 08 September 2017 Read more...
God's Own Country review - a raw, rural masterpiece Friday, 01 September 2017 Read more...	DVD/Blu-ray: My Beautiful Laundrette Thursday, 31 August 2017 Read more...
Late Company, Trafalgar Studios review - visceral production of Jordan Tannahill's lean, pained drama Tuesday, 29 August 2017 Read more...	Strike: The Cuckoo's Calling, BBC One review - JK Rowling's debut in crime bows most promisingly Monday, 28 August 2017 Read more...
Hotel Salvation review - a moving meditation on the end Friday, 25 August 2017 Read more...	Tom of Finland review - engaging biopic of gay pioneer Friday, 11 August 2017 Read more...
DVD/Blu-ray: The Tree of Wooden Clogs Tuesday, 08 August 2017 Read more...	DVD: Cézanne et moi Friday, 14 July 2017 Read more...
DVD/Blu-ray: Long Shot Friday, 30 June 2017 Read more...	DVD/Blu-ray: My 20th Century Tuesday, 06 June 2017 Read more...
Peter Ackroyd: Queer City - London's gay life over two millennia Sunday, 04 June 2017 Read more...	After the Storm review - quietly nuanced and moving Japanese family drama impresses Friday, 02 June 2017 Read more...
An Octoroon review - slavery reprised as melodrama in a vibrantly theatrical show Saturday, 27 May 2017 Read more...	DVD/Blu-ray: Lino Brocka - Two Films Friday, 26 May 2017 Read more...

Jean Genet’s 1947 play has been quite a clothes-horse over the years, at times a glamorous confection dressed by designers, and...

The return of this entertaining political drama is always...

There was a time when Gilbert & George made provocative pictures that probed the body politic for sore points that others preferred to ignore...

We are in – it needs to be shouted from the rooftops every day – a golden age of British soul and jazz. It isn’t just about a few quality artists...

To hear Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason speaking live is to hear a woman...

Another day, another shooting: this is Florida, USA, where the "Stand Your...

Bryony Kimmings’ new show – her first in five years – was created to celebrate the opening of Soho Walthamstow, the previously...

From its opening scene, Le Quai des Brumes (Port of Shadows,1938) feels like a reverie, a period of sustained waiting, during...

Phyllida Lloyd’s production of La Bohème for Opera North is...