round-up
Best of 2019: DanceSunday, 29 December 2019For dance lovers, it was a year of heavy hitters. There were visits from two of America’s biggest and best, both the Alvin Ailey company and San Francisco Ballet bringing generous programmes of new work. The mighty Bolshoi’s summer programme at... Read more... |
Best of 2019: ComedySaturday, 28 December 2019It was a year in which we welcomed some big, big names back on stage, including Ben Elton, Clive Anderson and Jack Dee.Elton was back on sparkling form after 15 years away and, if you still need to know how bad a state we're in in the UK, suffice to... Read more... |
Brighton Festival 2018 PreviewWednesday, 02 May 2018This weekend sees the Brighton Festival 2018 kick off. Anyone visiting the city on Saturday 5 May would find this hard to miss as the famous Children’s Parade makes its way around the streets, a joyous dash of colour and creativity. This year’s... Read more... |
Best of 2016: ArtThursday, 29 December 2016Before we consign this miserable year to history, there are a few good bits to be salvaged; in fact, for the visual arts 2016 has been marked by renewal and regeneration, with a clutch of newish museum directors getting into their stride, and... Read more... |
Dance: The Best of 2012Saturday, 29 December 2012Offstage dramas made more waves than onstage, where dance-followers have much less to see, and a prospect of still less in this arid immediate future. The on-dit revolved around the Olympics ceremonies, TV dance, Michael Clark and some spectacular... Read more... |
We recommend: theartsdesk's New Music CDs of the YearSaturday, 31 December 2011With more than 200 discs of the day picked by our new music writers this year, there's been no shortage of good stuff to plug into. Here our writers select their crème de la crème of 2011. Or you can browse back through the whole year's selection.PJ... Read more... |
Singles & Downloads 10Tuesday, 22 February 2011This month's Singles & Downloads leads off with a new one from an absolute kingpin of US pop and hip hop. However, the focus is equally on the backwaters and curious places where other lively varieties of music dwell. From dancehall raucousness... Read more... |
theartsdesk Guide to Valentine's DayMonday, 14 February 2011Whether it’s consolation, stimulation, or just some old-fashioned romance you’re after this Valentine’s Day, theartsdesk’s team of writers (with a little help from a certain Bard from Stratford) have got it covered. Exhibitions to stir the heart,... Read more... |
Year Out/Year In: Classical Music and OperaFriday, 31 December 2010Earlier this month, George Osborne, Vince Cable and Jeremy Hunt were spotted in a Royal Opera House box surveying the country's most expensive artistic patrimony. What they thought - and how they and the Arts Council might wield their axe - will... Read more... |
Year Out/Year In: New Music To Look ForTuesday, 28 December 2010In the next instalment of our Year Out/Year In series, theartsdesk's New Music writers cast a critical eye over 2010, and offer some recommendations for 2011, incorporating some very funky videos. Our selection of recommended albums from the past... Read more... |
theartsdesk's Christmas Presents GuideMonday, 13 December 2010With the lightning speed of online delivery, there is still masses of time to select the best and most enjoyable presents for Christmas, thanks to the taste and wisdom of theartsdesk's pack of writers. With battered guitars, Belgian cartoons, Pacino... Read more... |
Comedy DVDs Round-UpSaturday, 11 December 2010Comedy is a funny old thing: what makes one person helpless with laughter can leave another resolutely unmoved, which generally has less to do with the quality of the material, and more to do with the individual’s sense of humour. But among the... Read more... |
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