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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 ...
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2 days ago · 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 time when the masque was the most fashionable theatre form. The Tempest, written especially for the venue, includes a masque and has masque-like properties throughout.
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Albums of the Year 2024: Kenny Barron - Beyond This Place Sebastian Scotney Monday, 16 December 2024 Kenny Barron’s Beyond This Place is glorious. Whereas I’ve found some of the more talked-about albums of 2024 either been uneven or unfocused – as if attracting debate is more important than just setting out to make a great album – everything just works so well here.
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The Producers, Menier Chocolate Factory review - liberating taboo-busting fun for grown-ups Helen Hawkins Wednesday, 11 December 2024 . There is something deliciously perfect about the timing of The Producers’ arrival at the Menier Chocolate Factory.In these twitchy times, Mel Brooks’s scurrilous Hitler musical lands like a stinkbomb in a parfumerie.
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Help to give theartsdesk a future! Theartsdesk Tuesday, 31 December 2024 It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.It followed some hectic and intensive months when a disparate and eclectic team of arts and culture writers went ahead with an ambitious plan – to launch a dedicated internet site devoted to coverage of the UK arts scene.
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The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera review - three-headed monster feels baggier than ever David Nice Friday, 08 November 2024 . Having all but sunk one seemingly unassailable o péra comique, Bizet’s Carmen, director Damiano Michieletto goes some way to helping out another with so many problems.Not far enough, alas, but the chosen edition, with its reams of recitative (mostly not by Offenbach ...
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Nov 11, 2024 · Black Doves, Netflix review - Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw battle against the implausible Adam Sweeting Tuesday, 10 December 2024 It’s rare to spot Keira Knightley in a TV series, and it’s no doubt a sign of changing times that she’s starring in this six-part spies-and-guns caper, penned by Joe Barton (of Giri/Haji and The Lazarus Project fame).
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Kavakos, Philharmonia, Blomstedt, RFH review - a supreme valediction forbidding mourning David Nice Friday, 22 November 2024 . From a privileged position in the Festival Hall stalls, I could see 97-year old Herbert Blomstedt’s near-immobile back as he sat on a piano stool with the score in front of him, but also his supremely expressive right …
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Help to give theartsdesk a future! Theartsdesk Tuesday, 31 December 2024 It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.It followed some hectic and intensive months when a disparate and eclectic team of arts and culture writers went ahead with an ambitious plan – to launch a dedicated internet site devoted to coverage of the UK arts scene.
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Christmas with Connaught Brass, Milton Court review - delightful seasonal fare from Bach to Boulanger Bernard Hughes Monday, 09 December 2024 Connaught Brass is a quintet of twenty-something players rapidly establishing an enviable reputation, and on the evidence of what I heard yesterday that reputation is fully deserved: they really are superbly good.