Gary Raymond
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Alcina, Glyndebourne review - Handel on the strand
Reviewing the Grange Festival production of Tamerlano the other day, I noted the difficulty...
Jessie Burton: The House of Fortune review - a muted, sensit...
A sequel is always a hard thing to write, especially if the book that precedes it is a bestseller, adapted for television and read by more than a...
Favour, Bush Theatre review - Ambreen Razia's punchy ne...
Where should Leila live — Ilford or Kent? It doesn’t sound like an earth-shattering decision for a 15-year-old to make, but the stakes...
Album: Laura Veirs - Found Light
The last minute of Found Light’s third track “Seaside Haiku” is defined by the repetition of a single phrase: “give but don’t give too...
Music Reissues Weekly: Ferkat Al Ard - Oghneya
Oghneya opens with the extraordinary “Matar Al Sabah.” Jazzy, with an overt Brazilian feel it gently swings and swoons....
Mick Jagger: My Life as a Rolling Stone review, BBC Two - th...
At the beginning of this film, Mick Jagger says: “What most...
The Making of Pinocchio, LIFT 2022, Battersea Arts Centre re...
Pinocchio is one of our most irreverent metamorphosis stories, and in this visually ingenious blend of...
The Undeclared War, Channel 4 review - how would the UK cope...
As the world lurches ever deeper into multiple manifestations of chaos,...
The White Card, Soho Theatre review - expelling the audience...
We’re in New York City, in an upscale loft...