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Simon Thompson
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Mark Simmons, Touring review - maestro of the one-liner

Veronica Lee
Gag-heavy hour

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, Netflix review - something's not right in Knockdara

Adam Sweeting
Lisa McGee's drama is comedy, tragedy and much more besides

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Thought-provoking primer in US pop’s varied pre-psychedelic musical landscape

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A master pianist dives deep into the farewell moods of Brahms and Beethoven

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Big sounds needing more space but no better playing

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Jon Turney
A Harvard professor presents a sprawling urban history

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James Saynor
A vivid and bustling study of 18th century religious purists

The English Concert, Bezuidenhout, London Handel Festival review - a delightful imaginary duel between greats

Rachel Halliburton
Style, sophistication and philosophical elegance

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James Saynor
A fatalistic tale of clubbers in peril and an awful lot of sand

Tom Meighan, The Engine Shed, Lincoln review - the ex-Kasabian frontman's acoustic set is a lively night out

Thomas H. Green
Despite a limited audience, an evening of whole-hearted sing-alongs

Rose Wylie, Royal Academy review - a gleeful celebration of sight

Sarah Kent
It pays to delay; how to be a great painter at 91

Bird Grove, Hampstead Theatre review - serio-comedy of religious manners and creative beginnings

aleks.sierz
Alexi Kaye Campbell’s new play tells the story of George Eliot’s early struggle for independence

Kuusisto, Amidon, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra players, Kings Place review - grief is the thing with strings

Boyd Tonkin
Styles harmonise in music of memory and mourning

British indie stalwarts The Wave Pictures face the passage of time with ‘Gained / Lost’

Kieron Tyler
When guitar solos are as important as the meaning of the song

Simon Amstell, Arches London Bridge review - celebrity crushes and shocking Baz Lurhmann

Veronica Lee
Shaggy-dog story about a Hollywood party

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David Nice
First-rate singing, playing and conducting, and the portable production has some impact

Power, BBC Philharmonic, Morlot, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - the music of love

Robert Beale
A haunting encounter with Cassandra Miller’s Viola Concerto

Dear Liar, Jermyn Street Theatre review - Shaw on a sure thing?

Gary Naylor
No sex please, we're British (and Irish)

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Graham Fuller
The military dictatorship unleashed a carnival of killing and corruption, but Kleber Mendonça Filho's sprawling genre-buster shows there was hope, too

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Matt Wolf
Popular novel-turned-musical pushes the bounds of credibility to breaking point and beyond

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Kieron Tyler
Stunning, originally shelved, American version of Pil’s first album resurfaces

The Tony Blair Story, Channel 4 review - vote for me

Adam Sweeting
Phony Tony or saviour of the world?

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Rachel Halliburton
Chadwick Boseman's play is a feast of visual and sonic invention

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