Alice Brewer
Articles By Alice Brewer
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![Ernesto (Armando Espitia) and Cristina (Emma Dib)](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Mothers%20MAIN.jpg?itok=_MC10rWm)
Director Cesar Diaz’s debut feature film was...
![Rhod Gilbert is in playful mood despite the serious subject matter of his new show](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/unnamed_10.jpg?itok=QUJuk7ot)
Rhod Gilbert is disarmingly honest about his thought process when he received his diagnosis of head and neck cancer in 2022. Following quickly...
![Poppies frontman Graham Crabb goes surfin'](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/L1009325_petedov.jpeg?itok=BgK0Yuls)
By midway, things are cooking. “Can U Dig It?”, a post-modern list-song from another age (Ok,...
![Many faces of maturity](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/bethgibbons_livesoutgrown_RGB_SCREEN_3000%283%29.jpg?itok=Sj1RvcVv)
It’s been a long while since Beth Gibbons released an album. Portishead’s Third was out in 2008. She has lived through so many...
![Refracted light: the Britten Sinfonia gives the European premiere of Lisa Illean's arcing, stilling, bending, gathering](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Britten%20Sinfonia%20giving%20the%20European%20premiere%20of%20Lisa%20Illean%27s%20arcing%20stilling%20bending%20gathering%20at%20Milton%20Court%20Concert%20Hall%20-%20photo%20Shoel%20Stadlen%20-%20Britten%20Sinfonia.jpg?itok=nt7MGykj)
Gesualdo was, in the words of New Yorker critic Alex Ross – “irrefutably badass”, a double murderer, sado-masochist and black magic enthusiast who...
![Little Girls, with a guy. From left: Kip Brown, Michelle Maso, Caron Maso](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Little%20Girls_KipMishiCaron_header_1000.jpg?itok=I6diVvfj)
The name, Caron and Michelle Maso explained to Los Angeles radio DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, was a literal description. “We’re both like five feet. We...
![Monkey do: Noa (Owen Teague) and friend](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Kingdom%20POTA%20apes%20close-up.jpg?itok=eCtEgH7X)
Planet of the Apes is the most artfully replenished franchise, from the original series’ elegant time-travel loop to the reboot’s rich,...
![Seductive moves: Eleanor Kane as Adore](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/sappho.jpg?itok=pLU4VMEg)
Who is Sappho? What is she? Not much is known about the...