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Sebastian Scotney |
There were times when this event felt more like a devotional rite than a concert. Thirteen thousand of us had gathered at the Utilita Arena by the canals in Birmingham to be “morally present at the mass”, as James Joyce once put it, in the company of unique and now venerable figure in music. I kept meeting members of the audience who had travelled a very long way just to be there.
David Nice |
Many epic biopics make a messy spread of their protagonist's life (the overrated Oppenheimer is a prime example). Not this one.
James Saynor
At the start of theartsdesk’s third foray into the wonders of this year’s London Film Festival, let us pause to look back at the first LFF in 1957 (…
Veronica Lee
What a delightful show this is: a big hit at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe and now enjoying an extended run at Soho Theatre, Highlander 70 is an…
Sarah Kent
The 90s: Art and Fashion starts well. The first thing you see are Sarah Lucas’s boots. With razor blades inserted under the toe caps, they evoke the…
Adam Sweeting
Sea monster yarn is preposterous but quite entertaining
Robert Beale
Fun and fluency from a French pianist add to the splendour of orchestral sound
David Nice
Welcome airing for Bizet's incidental music, but Daudet's play loses its Provençal soul
Sarah Kent
Relentlessly cheerful paintings - like too much chocolate
Markie Robson-Scott
More from the first week of the LFF: Musk, No Good Men, A Common Story, Flies, Dependence and Prince
Robert Beale
Hollywood glitter meets near-hysteria in the 'Pathétique' symphony
Rachel Halliburton
Philippe Decouflé's production stylishly channels the best of Murakami's vision
Robert Beale
Energy, passion, intensity and tenderness in Garry Walker’s conducting
Sarah Kent
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Aleks Sierz
New play gives a modern twist to a traditional Chinese folk story set during the ghost month
Stuart Begley
Inventive sets and choreogaphy, eclectic music, atone for a clunky libretto
Matt Wolf
Jonathan Larson's New York-centred show finds a loving London home
Nick Hasted
Mark Zuckerberg hits the Darth Vader dark side in a miscast, inert sequel
Veronica Lee
Irish comic in confident debut hour
David Nice
Bridge Theatre transfer is totally compelling, with strong vocals throughout
Helen Hawkins
Monica Dolan excels as the shy Galway woman who turned intrepid investigator
James Saynor
Our first look at the global movie compendium, which returns with 250 offerings
Graham Rickson
Expansive, expensive musical biopic with a starry cast, led by John Malkovich
Gary Naylor
Somewhat laboured comedy enlivened by a warm, all-male cast
Sarah Kent
Absence made humorously present
Adam Sweeting
Last time around for Anthony Horowitz's bookish heroine Susan Ryeland?
Tim Cumming
A Korean and French septet move beyond boundaries at London’s K-Music Festival
Gary Naylor
Two halves do not make a whole
Guy Oddy
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