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Uncle Vanya, Harold Pinter Theatre review - a superlative company achievement

Friday, 24 January 2020 Read more...

DVD: The Cakemaker

Wednesday, 15 January 2020 Read more...

DVD/Blu-ray: The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

Tuesday, 07 January 2020 Read more...

DVD/Blu-ray: Buddies

Tuesday, 24 December 2019 Read more...

Three Sisters, National Theatre review - Chekhov in time of war

Wednesday, 11 December 2019 Read more...

Fairview, Young Vic review - questioning the assumptions of race

Monday, 09 December 2019 Read more...

By the Grace of God review - a dark, meticulous drama from François Ozon

Saturday, 26 October 2019 Read more...

Solaris, Lyric Hammersmith review - moving and finely cerebral

Tuesday, 15 October 2019 Read more...

Mephisto [A Rhapsody], Gate Theatre review - the callowness of history

Thursday, 10 October 2019 Read more...

Catherine the Great, Sky Atlantic review - a glorious role for Helen Mirren only gets better

Friday, 04 October 2019 Read more...

Our Lady of Kibeho, Theatre Royal Stratford East review - heaven and hell in Rwandan visions

Friday, 04 October 2019 Read more...

Macbeth, Chichester Festival Theatre review - cosmic yet closely crafted

Tuesday, 01 October 2019 Read more...

Youth Without God, Coronet Theatre review - the chill control of nascent Nazism

Tuesday, 24 September 2019 Read more...

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, Wilton's Music Hall review - klezmer revue is moving and inventive

Friday, 20 September 2019 Read more...

Faith, Hope & Charity, National Theatre review - a grim compassion

Wednesday, 18 September 2019 Read more...

Torch Song, Turbine Theatre review - impressive return for Harvey Fierstein's seminal gay drama

Monday, 09 September 2019 Read more...

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Sudan, Remember Us review - the revolution will be memorised

In 2019, French-Tunisian journalist and documentary filmmaker Hind Meddeb flew to Sudan after the overthrow of hated dictator Omar al-Bashir,...

Le nozze di Figaro, Glyndebourne review - perceptive humanit...

Over 100 years ago, John Christie envisaged Wagner’s Parsifal with limited forces in the Organ Room at Glyndebourne. He would have been...

Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells review - missed opportunit...

The red, white and blue bull’s-eye on the front curtain at Sadler’s Wells tells us we are in the familiar territory of Pete Townshend’s...

Fidelio, Garsington Opera review - a battle of sunshine and...

Sometimes, as the first act of Beethoven’s Fidelio closes, the chorus of prisoners discreetly fade away backstage as their brief taste of...

Summer Laugh review - five comics gear up for the Fringe

Appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe has long been an expensive gig for comics. But while stand-ups may need only a microphone to ply...

Album: Brìghde Chaimbeul - Sunwise

The first five-and-a-half minutes of Sunwise’s opening track “Dùsgadh / Waking" are taken up by a drone. Played on the Scottish small...

Music Reissues Weekly: Rupert’s People - Dream In My Mind

Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” was an instant phenomenon. Recorded in April 1967 and issued as a single on 12 May after pre-release play...

Intimate Apparel, Donmar Warehouse review - stirring story o...

The corset is an unlikely star of the latest Lynn Nottage play to arrive at the...