When you’ve already come as close as possible to perfection in the greatest masterpiece, why risk a repeat performance with a ...

Keelan Kember’s play Thanks for Having Me may look like a vehicle for Kedar Williams-Stirling (Sex Education, Red Pitch), but ...

A lot hung upon the delivery last night of Henning Kraggerud, whom I last witnessed leading performances of Strauss’s ...

Who goes to the theatre to feel sad? That is, knowing full well that they won’t be going home with a skip in their step. Many ...

Tenor titan Joe Lovano is thrilled by how Homage has turned out. He actually told me so himself in person a few weeks ago, ...

Tenor titan Joe Lovano is thrilled by how Homage has turned out. He actually told me so himself in person a few weeks ago, ...

Kahchun Wong returned to the symphony with which he made his first big impression conducting the Hallé – and made a big ...

Director Louise Courvoisier has put herself firmly on the film map with this story of young Totone and his little sister, ...

In a world of macho super-achievers like Jack Reacher and Ethan Hunt, maybe it’s time to hear it for the nerdy guys. The ...

New music has swung fruitfully between US and UK influences for half a century. The British charts began in 1952, initially populated by crooners and light jazz. American rock'n'roll livened things up ...

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Tired after a hard day at the office? You might think you need a Classic FM-style warm bath, but the blast of Prokofiev’s Second Symphony, one of the noisiest in the repertoire, is the real ticket to ...