Album
Fontaines DC – Dopamine Chamber
If any further proof was needed that Fontaines DC are the best band of the UK and Ireland…
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Published articles
Play
The Talented Mr Ripley at Richmond Theatre
This 2025/2026 touring production of The Talented Mr Ripley might seem like a bold, fresh idea to many…
By Francis Nash
Play
Little Brother at Soho Theatre
While "state of the nation" is a phrase often bandied about for productions that have social issues at…
By Francis Nash
Opera
Cinderella at London Coliseum
Despite the much-publicised turbulence of recent years, English National Opera opens its first season with Julia Burbach’s fairly…
By Francis Nash
Play
Cow | Deer at the Royal Court Theatre
Prior to the commencement of Cow | Deer, an usher recommends the audience close their eyes to take…
By Francis Nash
Musical
Play On! at the Lyric Hammersmith
Since premiering at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry last September, Talawa’s production of jukebox musical Play On! has…
By Francis Nash
Play
Farm Hall at Theatre Royal Haymarket
After its critical success in 2023 where it was lauded as "riveting", Farm Hall has, a year on…
By Francis Nash
Live music
James at the O2 Arena
James may not have filled the O2 Arena to capacity on Saturday night, off the back of what…
By Francis Nash
Play
Till the Stars Come Down at the National Theatre
Though Beth Steel received an ambivalent response to her previous work The House of Shades, it is wholly…
By Francis Nash
Play
Shooting Hedda Gabler at Rose Theatre
Re-imaginings do not have to be entirely faithful to the original scripts they are based on. In Nina…
By Francis Nash