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Red Forest at the Young Vic
Facing persecution, imprisonment and seeking political asylum are not the usual results of creating theatre, yet for Belarus…
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Dream of a Perfect Sleep at the Finborough Theatre
Gene and Mary are old – dying in fact. While Mary fights the onslaught of dementia, sporadically falling…
By Alexandra Sims
Opera
Cosi Fan Tutte at the Whip Theatre
Cosi Fan Tutte was first performed at the Burgtheatre in Vienna - an imperial court theatre shrouded in…
By Alexandra Sims
Music
Interview: Sara Bareilles gives us the inside scoop
Widely celebrated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles was this year once again the recipient of a Grammy award, this time…
By Alexandra Sims
Play
Khandan (Family) at the Royal Court
In 2004, Gupreet Kaur Bhatti’s Behtzi (Dishonour), was cancelled after causing huge riots by angry Sikhs incensed at…
By Alexandra Sims
Play
Our Fathers at Battersea Arts Centre
“They fuck you up your mum and dad/They might not mean to, but they do” wrote Philip Larkin,…
By Alexandra Sims
Live music
Autoheart at the Sebright Arms
Autoheart’s fizzing blend of sanguine piano, wrenching bass and lilting melodies burst with lightening force into the gloomy…
By Alexandra Sims
Cinema & TV
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Thoughts from Andy Serkis and a glimpse at the movie
A decade on from the defiant ape rebellion of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Caesar, Andy…
By Alexandra Sims
Live music
Sara Bareilles at Islington Assembly Hall
Grumbling piano, thrashing chords and a collective shriek from the heaving audience welcome Sara Bareilles and her band…
By Alexandra Sims
Live music
Leroy Hutson at Indigo2
Described by Rolling Stone as the one of “the best-kept secrets of 70s soul”, Leroy Hutson – acclaimed…
By Alexandra Sims