Peter Culshaw
Bio
Peter is a music and arts broadcaster and has written for the Observer, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Songlines, among others in the UK and internationally. He has written a recently published book Clandestino: In Search Of Manu Chao published by Serpent's Tail and has produced and compiled numerous CDs. He was a founding Director of theartsdesk, and is co-editor of the New Music section.
Articles By Peter Culshaw
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Cyprus Avenue, Royal Court Theatre review - Stephen Rea is u...
David Ireland is a playwright who likes to jolt his audience and Cyprus Avenue, a dark absurdist comedy about an Ulster unionist afraid...
CD: John Mayall - Nobody Told Me
John Mayall is not just the dean of British blues fans, but he has...
Gently Down the Stream, Park Theatre review - gay history si...
Ripeness is sometimes all. 80-year-old Martin Sherman's recent play, receiving its UK premiere at canny Park Theatre, says more about...
Trifonov, LSO, Rattle, Barbican review - Russian style with...
The arc of Daniil Trifonov’s reputation has soared and then, to some ears, stalled in a familiar modern way....
Come From Away, Phoenix Theatre review - a necessary correct...
Against the grimmest of backdrops, generosity and even grace can be possible. That's the eternally uplifting message of Come From Away,...
Sheeps, Soho Theatre review - sketch comedy with a touch of...
Sheeps, the sketch comedy threesome, had never really gone away but when they performed Live and Loud Selfie Sex Harry Potter ...
Agnes Colander, Jermyn Street Theatre review - Naomi Frederi...
Remembering meeting Harley Granville Barker when casting him as...
Lau, Cheese & Grain, Frome review - the dangerous charm...
Back in 2017, The Foo Fighters did a surprise pre-Glastonbury gig at Frome’s Cheese & Grain, a rather soulless shed near the equally soulless...
CD: Susanna & The Brotherhood of Our Lady - Garden of Ea...
Lyrics such as “are we hunting for life among misery, Satan have pity on my long distress” and “we’re on a ship of fools, sails laughing and...
69th Berlin Film Festival round-up - what a banal Berlinale
As journalists and critics were enjoying the unseasonably balmy weather in...