Thomas Rees

Articles By Thomas Rees

Fatoumata Diawara and Roberto Fonseca, Barbican Sunday, 31 May 2015 Read more...	Dr John & The NiteTrippers, Ronnie Scott's Tuesday, 17 March 2015 Read more...
Jazz for Labour, Barbican Saturday, 28 February 2015 Read more...	Alice Russell, Jazz Café Saturday, 31 January 2015 Read more...
Avishai Cohen's Triveni, The Vortex, Dalston Thursday, 11 December 2014 Read more...	Jaga Jazzist, Union Chapel Sunday, 30 November 2014 Read more...
Charles Lloyd / Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas, Barbican Monday, 24 November 2014 Read more...	Kenny Barron and Dave Holland, Queen Elizabeth Hall Saturday, 22 November 2014 Read more...

Poor, slightly silly Semele fries at the sight of lover Jupiter casting off his mortal form, but in Congreve’s and Handel’s supposedly happy...

In 2019, French-Tunisian journalist and documentary filmmaker Hind Meddeb flew to Sudan after the overthrow of hated dictator Omar al-Bashir,...

Over 100 years ago, John Christie envisaged Wagner’s Parsifal with limited forces in the Organ Room at Glyndebourne. He would have been...

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...

Appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe has long been an expensive gig for comics. But while stand-ups may need only a microphone to ply...

The first five-and-a-half minutes of Sunwise’s opening track “Dùsgadh / Waking" are taken up by a drone. Played on the Scottish small...

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...