graham rickson
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Graham, who writes on classical music, lives in Leeds.
Articles By Graham Rickson
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The Magic Flute, Welsh National Opera review - charming to h...
I last saw this Magic Flute, directed by Dominic Cooke, when it was new, some fourteen years ago, and I remember it mainly, I’m afraid,...
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno review - cold carnal overdose fr...
Abdellatif Kechiche, the Tunisian-French director, is perhaps best known for the lengthy and explicit sex-scenes in La vie d’Adèle (...
CD: Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water
Avril Lavigne was the original Punk Pop Queen. Fearless, feisty and...
Berberian Sound Studio, Donmar Warehouse review – improves t...
Two men called "Massimo" face the audience, one very tall, one very, well, minimo. The tall Massimo (Tom Espiner, pictured below...
The Kid Who Would Be King review - a timeless charmer
The Arthurian legend’s tight fit as a Brexit allegory perhaps proves how...
John Ruskin: The Power of Seeing, Two Temple Place review -...
The power of seeing was the bedrock of John Ruskin’s philosophy. In the bicentenary of his birth, a revelatory exhibition at Two Temple Place in...
DVD: Tides
Tides tells of fortysomething angst and camaraderie, though “tells” might be an exaggeration. In a concerted attempt to make a...
The American Clock, Old Vic review - Arthur Miller's mu...
This year’s unofficial Arthur Miller season – following The Price and ahead of All My Sons at the Old Vic and Death of a...
Sarah Chang, Ashley Wass, Cadogan Hall review – a virtuoso...
“My first recital in about a gazillion years in...