Friday, 28 November 2025

Concert Review: Loveletter (Camille O'Sullivan) (Soho Theatre)

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Camille O'Sullivan (Photo: Barry McCall) Some singers and musicians are studio creatures; the real ones are live performers. By that I d...
Tuesday, 25 November 2025

Album Review: Catching the Light (Tim Benton)

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A decade ago Tim Benton released  Scenes From a Well-Spent Youth: Exploring the Songs of 1965-75 (2015)[ review ] , a record on which the Ne...
Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Review of Park Avenue (Sight and Sound, December 2025)

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  My review of Gaby Dellal's new film Park Avenue is in the latest issue of Sight and Sound . More details about the issue here . 
Sunday, 26 October 2025

Single Review: Last Orders Mersey Square (Barb Jungr)

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Barb Jungr is such an inspired singer of the songs of others - bringing fresh energy and new perspectives to material both well and lesser-k...
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Tuesday, 7 October 2025

Theatre Review: Mary Page Marlowe (Old Vic)

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Scenes from an "ordinary" American woman's life are the thread of Tracy Letts' 2016 play Mary Page Marlowe . The novelty -...
Wednesday, 3 September 2025

In Form: A Report on the 14th International Retroperspektywy Theatre Festival (21- 31 August 2025, Łódź)

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  Under the title "Awakenings," last year's Retroperspektywy Festival (RPS) celebrated the 20th anniversary of the festival...
Monday, 7 July 2025

Theatre Review: Till the Stars Come Down (Theatre Royal Haymarket)

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It's great that one of the best productions of last year - Bijan Sheibani's staging of Beth Steel's Till the Stars Come Down -...