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The late French New Wave master Alain Resnais began his career tackling such thorny issues as the Holocaust (Night and Fog) and the Hiroshima bomb (Hiroshima Mon Amour). His later work veered towards light(er)-hearted materials with a [read more]

Di and Viv and Rose is funny, heartwarming and safe. It may not push any boundaries, but it’s likely to push out a few tears. This play follows the exploits of the titular three characters: Di, a sporty and pragmatic lesbian, Viv, a [read more]

Jemma (Cassie Compton), Ruth (Stephanie Fearon) and Margaret (Jane Milligan) are the dissatisfied wives of Mammary Lane, in small town Little Happening. They are jolted out of their daily doldrums by the arrival of a mysterious stranger [read more]

You may know Kosheen from their (by now old-school) 2001 hits Hide U and Catch; last night they made a triumphant return to performing live at Koko. The band played a mixture of old and newer stuff (appropriately for a band whose [read more]

The Wedding Ringer can’t seem to make up its mind about what kind of movie it wants to be: screwball ensemble comedy or heart-warming tale of one loser’s journey to “brodom”. The movie pulls off screwball far better than [read more]

There’s something to be said for judging a musical on its own terms. Wicked doesn’t necessarily want to be a heart-wrenching portrayal of otherness and nor should it, while Les Misérables isn’t exactly a barrel of laughs, but that [read more]

Nestled in a small studio space in Hoxton, most Londoners may not have come across Waterside Contemporary; a visit to their intriguing new exhibition from Ukrainian artist Nikita Kadan is a must for those seeking new art projects in the [read more]

Fall Out Boy have always written anthems. American Beauty/American Psycho is no different, with each stand-out track able to hold its own. Patrick Stump’s voice has a vulnerability to it that is heartfelt and pure, which is what [read more]

An Evanescent Fix sees the coming together of pieces by Jack Brindley, Keith Farquhar, Charlie Godet Thomas, Clare Kenny and Will Murray, reflecting the flexibility of texture, light, geometry and the very form of photography. The idea of [read more]

At a moment when Britain is more critical of her society than ever comes Peter Barnes’ astonishing The Ruling Class. There are so many layers to this production – religion, politics, duty, family, sexuality, madness – that it’s [read more]