sun 26/10/2025

Christina McMaster

Articles By Christina McMaster

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Bizet in 150th anniversary year: rich and rare French offeri...

Georges Bizet was born on this day in 1838. He died at the tragically early age of 36, 150 years ago, and the anniversary year has brought forth...

Pop Will Eat Itself, O2 Institute, Birmingham review - Poppi...

As the Poppies’ set at Birmingham’s O2 Academy drew to an end on Friday night, co-vocalist Mary Byker barked into his microphone: “Reform is on...

Janine Harouni, Soho Theatre review - families and surviving...

Write about what you know, they say. And just as her previous show was about imminent motherhood (she performed the show while heavily...

'Fevereaten' sees gothic punk-metallers Witch Feve...

Witch Fever are a rising three-piece, originally formed in ...

The Mastermind review - another slim but nourishing slice of...

The clatter of cool jazz on the soundtrack announces writer-director Kelly Reichardt’s latest project, the kind of score that back in the day...

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ibragimova, Queen’s Hall, Edinbu...

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra punches well above its weight when it comes to guest artists, and it was a big thing for them to have someone of...

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere review - the story of t...

There’s something about hauntingly performed songs written in the first person that can draw us in like nothing else. As songs from...

theartsdesk Q&A: Soft Cell

Seven years ago, Soft Cell were about to perform at a sold-out O2, a one-off event they entitled, after 16 years apart, One Night, One Final Time...

Little Brother, Soho Theatre review - light, bright but emot...

Niall is unwell. Very unwell. Very, very. There’s a lot going on in his head. He can’t really hold things together. Evidence? Well, he’s lost his...