Reviews
Edinburgh International Festival 2019: Bach's Multiple Concertos/ Manon Lescaut reviews - dancing harpsichords, perfect Puccini
Friday, 23 August 2019
Puccini's and Abbé Prévost's glitter-seduced Manon Lescaut might have been inclined to linger longer in the salon of dirty old man Geronte if he'd served her up not his own madrigals but Bach's music for various harpsichords and ensemble.
Appropriate, Donmar Warehouse review - fraught...
Friday, 23 August 2019
You can’t fail to feel the ghosts in Appropriate: they are there in the very timbers of the ancient Southern plantation house that is the setting for...
Prom 46: Kanneh-Mason, CBSO, Gražinytė-Tyla...
Friday, 23 August 2019
Let us never tire of singing the praises of the Proms, nor ever take them for granted. For two months concerts, many of which would be the highlight...
Edinburgh International Festival 2019: Breaking...
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Love him or hate him, Lars von Trier has time and again made the unpalatable and the improbable real and shatteringly moving in a succession of great...
Bauhaus 100, BBC Four review - a well-made film about the makers
A fascinating centenary tale of God-like architects and punks |
Eels, Hammersmith Apollo review – dark, swampy and endlessly entertertaining
Mark Oliver Everett thrills with eclectic covers and rich pickings from his back catalogue |
Heartbreak Holiday, BBC One review - can it match up to Love Island?
Ten strangers and their not so achy-breaky hearts |
Prom 44: Finley, LSO & Chorus, Orfeó Català, Rattle review - lurid inter-war triptych
Less could sometimes have been more in blockbusters by Varèse and Walton |
Pain and Glory review - masterful meditation on age and art
Almodovar and Banderas reflect on fading glories |
The Doctor, Almeida Theatre review - Robert Icke's long goodbye
Juliet Stevenson is brilliant in an ethical debate that is both thrilling and challenging |
Train Your Baby Like A Dog, Channel 4 review - an animal behaviourist tackles tantrums
Who's a good boy then? Children are just like dogs - or are they? |
Prom 43: Haefliger, BBCSO & Chorus, Oramo review – the frisson of the new
Two exciting premieres and a valuable old chestnut in an uplifting evening |
The Day Mountbatten Died, BBC Two review - the IRA's audacious strike at the heart of the British Establishment
Everyone remembers Lord Mountbatten’s death but a score of other people died on that sunny August day |
Prom 41: Ghindin, LPO, Jurowski review - perfect sound in a Russian spectacular
An unwieldy early piano concerto is the curious pachyderm in a rainbow parade |
Edinburgh International Festival 2019: MacMillan birthday concerts - searing world premiere
Triumphant new choral symphony for our rudderless times |
Niall Griffiths: Broken Ghost review - Welsh visions of hope and loss
Mysticism, grunge and satire meet in the enchanted hills |
Edinburgh International Festival 2019: Eugene Onegin, Komische Oper review - no-holds-barred romanticism
Stunning singing in a luxuriant and lovely production |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Phil Manzanera - Diamond Head
Roxy Music man’s overlooked first solo album is a winner |
Foo Fighters, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow - communal singalongs and career highlights
A muddy bucket list show from one of the biggest bands in the world |
Prom 40: Hough, OAE, Fischer review - pretty royal things
Queen Victoria's piano and Prince Albert's amateur songs give variable pleasure |
Pram, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham review - a fine hometown return for the psychedelic oddballs
A Theremin-powered weird-out from South Birmingham’s resident psychedelicists |
Transit review - existential nightmares for a German refugee
Christian Petzold eschews the conventions of Holocaust drama to create an edgy, unnerving thriller |
Edinburgh International Festival 2019: Lawrence Brownlee, Iain Burnside - enthralling song duo
A multitude of musical moods from tender Schumann to racy Ginastera |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: The Red/ Gone Full Havisham
More from the world's biggest and best arts festival |
Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood review – Tarantino’s mellowest film yet
Leo and Brad are an engaging double act as actor and stuntman facing the end of an era |
Prom 39: Morison, BBCNOW, Chan review - a night of inspiring firsts
The young Scottish mezzo-soprano shines in a vivid Errollyn Wallen premiere |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Alun Cochrane/ Sarah Keyworth/ Glenn Moore/ Sophie Duker
More from the world's biggest and best arts festival |
Josienne Clarke, Green Note review - world-class melancholia hits its mark
Stripped to the bone: the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner returns |
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