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We are bowled over! We knew that theartsdesk.com had plenty of supporters out there – we’ve always had a loyal readership of arts…
Contrast and variety are as vital in a three-ballet programme as in a well-built sandwich. Typically that might include textural interest,…
The Hallé Orchestra is still in many ways the well honed, burnished instrument created by Sir Mark Elder over his near quarter-century as…
It’s not uncommon to suggest that we live in a post-genre musical era – but all too rarely does the discussion then move on to how we might…
Those nostalgic for a time when the Haymarket offered big names in well-upholstered plays will have a field day at Grace Pervades, in which…
I’m a latecomer to John Robins and Elis James’s hugely popular podcast, having only started to listen during a period of illness last year…
For Basement, the post-hardcore rockers hailing from Ipswich, their story is one of promise and unpredictability. With their debut, 2011’s…
For a master dramatist - even for a tyro really - The Price is a strangely uneven play, brilliant psychological insights diluted by…
“Charges that no court has made will be shouted at my head.” And so it proves. Benjamin Britten’s fisherman Peter Grimes is damned before a…
Rick Rubin has revivified many late-career musicians, most notably Johnny Cash, whose quartet of American Recordings achieved both…