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WEBThe Silver Cord, Finborough Theatre review - Sophie Ward is compellingly repellent. One of the Finborough Theatre’s Artistic Director, Neil McPherson’s, gifts is an uncanny ability to find long-forgotten plays that work, right here, right now. He’s struck gold again with The Silver Cord, presenting its first London production for over 95 ...
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WEBDominique White: Deadweight, Whitechapel Gallery review - sculptures that seem freighted with history. Sarah Kent Monday, 29 July 2024. It’s been a long time since the Whitechapel Gallery has presented three seriously good exhibitions at the same time. Already reviewed are Gavin Jantjes’ paintings on show in the main gallery.
Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers, National Gallery review - passions …
WEB1 day ago · Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers includes many of his best known pictures and, amazingly, it is the first exhibition the National Gallery has devoted to this much loved artist. Focusing mainly on paintings and drawings made in the two years he lived in Provence (1888-1890), it charts the emotional highs and lows of his stay in the Yellow House in Arles, and the times he spent in hospital after ...
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WEBProm 62, Mahler's Sixth Symphony, Bavarian RSO, Rattle review - sound over momentum. David Nice Saturday, 07 September 2024. Mahler’s Sixth is one of those apocalyptic megaliths that shouldn’t be approached too often by audiences or conductors. It’s been a constant in Simon Rattle’s treasury since 1989, when he first recorded it with ...
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WEBDavid Nice Friday, 30 August 2024. If you ever doubted that Bizet’s Carmen, 150 years young next year, is one of the greatest operas of all time, this performance would have changed your mind. Among the four principals only Rihab Chaieb’s utterly convincing, consistent protagonist was the same as on first night 22 performances ago, and as ...
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WEBStarve Acre review - unearthing the unearthly in a fine folk horror film. Blame the high cost of city housing, or killer smog. What else can explain a bright young couple’s move from 1970s Leeds to Starve Acre, an isolated, near-derelict farm in rural Yorkshire that has to be the spookiest back-to-the-land setting since The Wicker Man.
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WEBGavin Jantjes: To Be Free, Whitechapel Gallery review - a sweet and sour response to horrific circumstances. Sarah Kent Wednesday, 19 June 2024. Born in Cape Town in 1948, Gavin Jantjes grew up under apartheid. He openly criticised the regime in his work and, forced into exile, was granted political asylum in Germany in 1973.
The Real Ones, Bush Theatre review – engrossing, enjoyable and …
WEB1 day ago · Although this is not a perfect play, I find it engrossing, enjoyable and thought-provoking. Rather than the thumping club scenes, with their classic dance soundtrack, it’s the quietly intense passages that work the best. In fact, The Real Ones is a quietly inspiring piece of new writing. The Real Ones at the Bush Theatre until 26 October.
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WEBJul 29, 2024 · theartsdesk in Switzerland: Lucerne and Gstaad offer curious audiences fresh perspectives on much-loved works. Gavin Dixon Tuesday, 27 August 2024. The summer festival circuit in Central Europe can be a bit of a merry-go-round. Notices in festival towns promise world-class orchestras and soloists, but they are usually the same performers ...
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