graham rickson
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Graham, who writes on classical music, lives in Leeds.
Articles By Graham Rickson
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Solstice, English National Ballet, RFH review - a midsummer...
“A tonic to the nation”. That was the hoped-for effect of the Festival of Britain in 1951, and its concrete legacy was the...
First Person: Roxanna Panufnik on a new version of her...
A month ago, I sat in St Martin-in-the Fields listening to London Mozart Players recording my orchestral version of Letters from Burma. I...
Jimmy Carr, Palace Theatre review - rape gags and risible cl...
What to make of Jimmy Carr? He’s a fantastic gag writer and experienced...
Hallé, Berglund, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - takin...
Tabita Berglund is that rare species, an up-and-coming orchestral...
In the Heights review - to life, Lin-Manuel Miranda-style
The general uptick of late in film versions of stage musical...
Happy Days, Riverside Studios review - memory, madness and m...
Just when you thought you couldn’t take any more one- or two-handers, online or in the theatre, along comes the supreme masterpiece to jolt you...
Der Rosenkavalier, Garsington Opera review - musical marvels...
Whatever else happens on the country opera scene this summer, the golden rose award for sheer chutzpah goes to the ever-ambitious Garsington team...
The Reason I Jump review - compelling and controversial
Back in 2017, a non-speaking autistic teen, Naoki Higashida wrote and published The Reason I Jump. He hoped it would offer some insight...