theatre reviews, news & interviews - The Arts Desk
Oct 1, 2011 · London theatre is the oldest and most famous theatreland in the world, with more than 100 theatres offering shows ranging from new plays in the subsidised venues such as the National Theatre and Royal Court to mass popular hits such as The Lion King in the West End and influential experimental crucibles like the Bush and Almeida theatres.
Theatre Reviews - The Arts Desk
Oct 28, 2012 · Burnt Up Love, Finborough Theatre review - scorching new play Gary Naylor Monday, 11 November 2024 . Mac is in prison for a long stretch. He is calm, contemplative almost, understands how to do his time and has only one rule – nobody, cellmate or guard, can touch the photo of his daughter, then three years old, attached to his wall. Though he is a man who gets through the days with few ...
The Arts Desk | Page 2
Sep 20, 2024 · The Arts Desk’s team of professional critics offer unrivalled review coverage, in-depth interviews and features on popular music, classical, art, theatre, comedy, opera, comedy and dance. Dedicated art form pages, readers’ comments, What’s On and our user-friendly theatre and film recommendations
Classical Reviews - The Arts Desk
Andrej Power, LSO, Mäkelä, Barbican review - singing, shrieking rites of darkness and light David Nice Monday, 11 November 2024 . Out of innumerable Rite of Springs in half a century of concert-going, I’ll stick my neck out and say this was the most ferocious in execution, the richest in sound.Others may have wanted a faster, lighter Rite.But the two things that make every concert ...
Album review - How Did This Happen and What Does It Now …
5 days ago · How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean is her 21st studio album, and it’s written, produced, programmed and engineered by Armatrading who, from her very earliest days in the studio, has always played an array of instruments. In 2022, she composed a symphony for the Chineke! Orchestra, the first to be made up of Black and ethnically diverse musicians.
Opera reviews, news and interviews - The Arts Desk
Help to give theartsdesk a future! Theartsdesk Sunday, 01 December 2024 It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.It followed some hectic and intensive months when a disparate and eclectic team of arts and culture writers went ahead with an ambitious plan – to launch a dedicated internet site devoted to coverage of the UK arts scene.
Features & Interviews | The Arts Desk
Subscribe to theartsdesk.com. Thank you for continuing to read our work on theartsdesk.com. For unlimited access to every article in its entirety, including our archive of more than 15,000 pieces, we're asking for £5 per month or £40 per year.
Classical Music reviews, news & interviews | The Arts Desk
La Serenissima, Wigmore Hall review - an Italian menu to savour Boyd Tonkin Tuesday, 19 November 2024 For 30 years, La Serenissima have re-mapped the landscape of the Italian Baroque repertoire so that its towering figures, notably Vivaldi, no longer look like isolated peaks but integrated parts of a spectacular range.
Opera Reviews - The Arts Desk
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera review - three-headed monster feels baggier than ever David Nice Friday, 08 November 2024 . Having all but sunk one seemingly unassailable o péra comique, Bizet’s Carmen, director Damiano Michieletto goes some way to helping out another with so many problems.Not far enough, alas, but the chosen edition, with its reams of recitative (mostly not by Offenbach ...
About The Arts Desk
Sep 9, 2011 · The Arts Desk, or theartsdesk.com, is a website created in 2009 by leading British professional arts journalists and critics to offset the decline in supply of arts coverage in the print media where most of them worked. Launched on 9 September 2009, it publishes daily updating reviews, interviews and features by its member writers that aim to combine the best of print journalism standards with ...