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The Playboy of the Western World at the Corrib Rest | Theatre review
The upstairs floor of an Irish pub is where Gavin McAlinden’s adaptation of JM Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World is set. There is no stage, and the design is reduced to a minimum. Traditional Ceilidh music fills the room before [read more]
Rome, Open City | Movie review
Made in 1945, immediately after the liberation of Rome from Nazi occupation, Rome, Open City is Roberto Rossellini’s account of the struggle of Italians under Nazi martial law. Hailed as “a landmark of Italian neorealism, often cited [read more]
Canan Tolon: Sidesteps at Parasol Unit | Exhibition review
Sidesteps by Turkish-born artist Canan Tolon marks her first major show in London, boasting a glossy, glittering array of work spanning nearly three decades. The show is truly monumental in both scale and depth, giving a fascinating [read more]
London Art Fair 2014 at Business Design Centre
The 26th London Art Fair takes place in Angel’s Business Design Centre from the 15th-19th January 2014, where around 120 galleries showcase work from established artists and emerging talent alike in a cornucopia of artwork. The event is [read more]
Hannah Höch at Whitechapel Gallery | Exhibition review
Hannah Höch is not held in the esteem she should be. There are various reasons for this, and not one of them is the cliché that women get sold short by art history, true as that so often has been. Collage rarely gets the appreciation it [read more]
Brent Barrett at The Crazy Coqs | Live review
The American baritone Brent Barrett has returned to the retro staple The Crazy Coqs at Zédel with a cabaret show compiled with his long time collaborator Christopher Denny, who provides piano accompaniment for this performance. Barrett [read more]
Shakespeare 4 Kidz: Macbeth the Musical at the Ashcroft | Theatre review
“Macbeth the Musical?!” I hear you cry. How can Shakespeare’s bleak tragedy, and its sinister themes of betrayal, bloodlust and the occult, still hold its power in the contrived medium of children’s musical? The answer is [read more]
Lone Survivor | Movie review
As shots of gunfire bleed your ears and endless rounds of shell casings drop to the ground, it is excruciating to imagine the horrors that US Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell endures during a 2005 reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan. And yet, [read more]
Valley of Song at the Finborough | Theatre review
Ivor Novello’s unfinished work has lain incomplete and unperformed since his death, until now. With the lyrics completed by his long-term collaborator Christopher Hassall, the Finborough Theatre’s production of Valley of Song is the [read more]
Tim’s Vermeer | Movie review
Tim’s Vermeer is a documentary film, directed by Teller and narrated by Penn Jillette, that follows computer graphics developer Tim Jenison. He wants to recreate a Vermeer masterpiece even though he has never used a paintbrush. What has [read more]
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