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Doro Globus

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It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.

It followed some...

Julia Holter, Islington Assembly Hall review - shelter from...

On a wet, dreary, winter evening in north London, at Islington Assembly Hall, a crowd gathered for an ethereal although not always engaging set by...

Music Reissues Weekly: John Leyton - Lone Rider The Holloway...

For John Leyton, it was third time lucky as far as his singles were concerned. The actor’s manager Robert Stigwood teamed him with producer Joe...

theartsdesk Q&A: filmmakers Guy Maddin, Evan and Galen J...

Somewhere in Germany, G7 conference leaders including German Chancellor Ortmann (Cate Blanchett) and US President Wolcott (Charles Dance) repair...

Merchant Ivory review - fascinating documentary about the di...

“Shoot, Jim, shooot!” Simon Callow does a fine impression of producer Ismail Merchant desperately trying to get director James Ivory to...

The Pirates of Penzance, English National Opera review - fre...

“Comedy is a serious thing,” quoth David Garrick. Gilbert and Sullivan knew it, and so does Mike Leigh, having bequeathed to ENO a clear and...

Hansel and Gretel, Shakespeare's Globe review - too sac...

Growing up within a few hundred yards of a major dock, I hardly knew darkness or quiet – the first time I...

Album: The Unthanks - In Winter

By and large, most Christmas albums seem to fall into one of two camps. There’s either the lively poptastic soundtracks favoured at family or work...

Grand Theft Hamlet review - intriguing documentary about Sha...

On July 4, 2022, one of the most unusual performances in Hamlet’s lengthy and much travelled CV took place: an in-game stream...