Ellin Stein
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This England, Sky Atlantic review - how Boris's No 10 g...
From underneath the messy ash-white thatch of hair, a strange mooing suddenly issues: Sir Kenneth Branagh is wrestling with Boris Johnson’s odd...
Kim Noble, Soho Theatre review - final part of trilogy about...
A dead pigeon. A dead squirrel. A dead fox. Lots of maggots – very much alive. I might be describing your worst nightmare (throw in a rat or two...
In Front of Your Face review - a day in the life
Twenty-four hours in the life of a Korean woman, Sangok (Lee Hyeyoung), are caught in scenes which feel like real time in Hong Sangsoo’s latest....
Album: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down
It’s a minor tragedy that Yeah Yeah Yeahs arrived just in time to be bundled in with a spurious “new rock revolution,” because they were so much...
Purcell's Playhouse, Bevan, Barokksolistene, Eike, Purc...
“What about the communication with the audience?” asked violinist and impresario Bjarte Eike in his First Person piece for theartsdesk...
Hallyu! The Korean Wave, V&A review - frenetic but fun
Remember Gangnam Style, the music video that went viral in 2012? PSY’s cheeky lyrics and daft moves attracted 1.6 billion hits on YouTube...
Bronwyn Adcock: Currowan review - a fire foretold, a warning...
In 2019 Australia endured the hottest, driest year since records began and their bushfire season escalated with unprecedented intensity. The fires...
Eureka Day, Old Vic review - fun if not entirely fulfilling
Can a play peak too soon? That's the quandary that attends the Old Vic airing of Eureka Day, Jonathan Spector's on-point if...
Igor Levit, Wigmore Hall review - titanic talent shows his l...
It probably tells you all you need to know about Igor Levit that when a mobile phone pinged just before his encore, he neither ignored it, nor...