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Sometimes, as the first act of Beethoven’s Fidelio closes, the chorus of prisoners discreetly fade away backstage as their brief taste of...
The corset is an unlikely star of the latest Lynn Nottage play to arrive at the...
Andreas Dresen directs socially engaged realist films that invariably relay personal and political messages; the result can be tough but is...
Many years ago, reviewing pantomime for the first time, I recall looking around in the stalls. My brain was saying, “This is...
Around eight years ago, London singer-...
Alfred Brendel’s death earlier this month came as a shock, but it wasn’t unexpected. His health had gradually deteriorated over the last year or...
Fans of the character comedian Graham Fellows will possibly turn up for this British film starring the man who created the punk parody...
Lorde’s trajectory is continually fascinating. From the minimalist, sparse electropop of Pure Heroine to the similar but more grandiose...
Actually it was a Thursday evening to Saturday experience, but what riches in seven concerts. The only Britten I heard was one of the S...
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