The red, white and blue bull’s-eye on the front curtain at Sadler’s Wells tells us we are in the familiar territory of Pete Townshend’s...
Sometimes, as the first act of Beethoven’s Fidelio closes, the chorus of prisoners discreetly fade away backstage as their brief taste of...
Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” was an instant phenomenon. Recorded in April 1967 and issued as a single on 12 May after pre-release play...
The corset is an unlikely star of the latest Lynn Nottage play to arrive at the...
Andreas Dresen directs socially engaged realist films that invariably relay personal and political messages; the result can be tough but is...
Many years ago, reviewing pantomime for the first time, I recall looking around in the stalls. My brain was saying, “This is...
Around eight years ago, London singer-...
Alfred Brendel’s death earlier this month came as a shock, but it wasn’t unexpected. His health had gradually deteriorated over the last year or...
Fans of the character comedian Graham Fellows will possibly turn up for this British film starring the man who created the punk parody...