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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.
Love Life, Opera North review - Lerner and Weill’s blast into the past
1 day ago · The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. But in Love Life, Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner’s musical from 1948, it’s all the same country. The couple whose marriage is at the centre of it all are seen in different eras of US history, and while they hardly age, the country changes vastly.
Classical Reviews - The Arts Desk
Davis, National Symphony Orchestra, Maloney, National Concert Hall, Dublin review - operetta in excelsis David Nice Thursday, 02 January 2025 . In one sense it was a New Year’s Day “nearly”, just stopping short of giving us the already great Irish lyric-dramatic soprano Jennifer Davis in the music of the man she was born to sing, Richard Strauss.
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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
Theatre Reviews - The Arts Desk
The Tempest, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane review - Sigourney Weaver's impassive Prospero inhabits an atmospheric, desolate world Heather Neill Friday, 20 December 2024 . Shakespeare must have relished the opportunities brought by the indoor Blackfriars Theatre in 1611: sound magnified in a way impossible outdoors, magical stage effects in the semi-darkness, possibly even fireworks - and all at a ...
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Dudamel, Barbican review
2 days ago · Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela took the Barbican by storm last night with a thrilling account of Mahler’s great exploration of the cosmic order, ascending from raw paganism to sublime transcendence. Technically the longest symphony ever composed, it swept the audience through an epic journey that tilted between passages of gossamer-like intimacy and ...
Simón Bolívar Orchestra, Dudamel, Barbican review - an epic …
2 days ago · Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Orchestra of Venezuela took the Barbican by storm last night with a thrilling account of Mahler’s great exploration of the cosmic order, ascending from raw paganism to sublime transcendence. Technically the longest symphony ever composed, it swept the audience through an epic journey that tilted between passages of gossamer-like intimacy and outbursts ...
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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 ...