BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE SEA @royalcourt.bsky.social - Autobiographical show about the Middle East prefers utopian longing to political engagement - but @sierz.bsky.social is won over by #YousefSweid's solo performance in this wry take on insoluble antagonisms www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/betw...
★★★★ The Dream of Gerontius @londonsymphony.bsky.social and Chorus #AntonioPappano
@barbicancentre.bsky.social - Tenderness, and terror, outshine majesty in #Elgar's journey of the soul - @boydtonkin.bsky.social is moved by drama beyond belief www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
#FooFighters @foofighterslive.com put on a carefree, playful tone with YOUR FAVORITE TOY - It's energetic and carefree, but ultimately flatters to deceive, says Tom Carr www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/fo...
★★★★ #HenningKraggerud #IrishChamberOrchestra #RIAM Dublin - #Mozart and movement: fiddly but felt, the interpretations of the ICO's new Norwegian violinist-director always compel, says @davidnice.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
IN THE PRINT @kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social - A moment that changed the newspaper industry forever: #RobertKhan and #TomSalinsky's new play is a spiky depiction of the struggle between trade union leader Brenda Dean and Rupert Murdoch, says @hallibee1.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/prin...
★★★★ An incandescent jazz conversation from #JasperHøiby's #3Elements @bristolbeacon.bsky.social - Mark Kidel on a brilliant trio seamlessly combining composition and improvisation www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/ja...
★★★★ #DorottyaLáng #GáborBretz #BBCSSO #ElimChan, #CityHalls Glasgow - #Bluebeard'sCastle threatens and yearns - love among the chills in #Bartók’s House of Horrors, with conductor Chan the not-so-secret weapon in this concert’s success, says Simon Thompson www.theartsdesk.com/opera/lang-b...
★★★★ #Zayn expands his range on fifth album KONNAKUL, as the #OneDirection alumnus draws on many sources of inspiration, not least his Asian heritage - review by Mark Kidel www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/za...
MINT #BBCOne - When crime families collide... #CharlotteRegan's genre-jumping drama defies categorisation
- review by Adam Sweeting www.theartsdesk.com/tv/mint-bbc-...
BERGERAC Season 2 #U&Drama - well paced and excellently cast, this revival still needs more of a sense of danger - 'Murder most tasteful, served sunny side up', says Helen Hawkins www.theartsdesk.com/tv/bergerac-...
★★★★ THE DEVIL'S HAND - Quirky and gripping French horror film, produced under Nazi occupation - now on #MastersofCinema Blu-ray - review @grahamrickson.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...
★★★★ The Dream of Gerontius @londonsymphony.bsky.social and Chorus #AntonioPappano
@barbicancentre.bsky.social - Tenderness, and terror, outshine majesty in #Elgar's journey of the soul - @boydtonkin.bsky.social is moved by drama beyond belief www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
★★★★ Full steam ahead for Rodrigo Santoro and Denise Weinberg in The Blue Trail: Saskia Baron reviews Gabriel Mascaro’s dystopian fable www.theartsdesk.com/film/blue-tr...
★★★ Welcome to the vaginodrome: Markie Robson-Scott reviews Ferzan Özpetek's opulent, melodramatic meta drama Diamanti, a soap opera in the Roman style www.theartsdesk.com/film/diamant...
★★★ Deeply felt, but frustratingly incomplete: Heart Wall, a new play about family trauma and grief is subtle, sensitive, but pitted with plot holes writes @sierz.bsky.social at Bush Theatre www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/hear...
★★★★The Milk Carton Kids bring full-cream nourishing folk-from-the-heart with 'Lost Cause Lover Fool', writes @lizofmueslihill.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mi...
★★★★ Ten years after his last album, #Tiga is still living the HOTLIFE, as the Canadian DJ, producer, remixer and label head returns with an order to dance, says Guy Oddy theartsdesk.com/new-music/te...
★★★★ #HarryEnfield Touring - '40 years of arsing about', as the character comic looks back at his career, with generous reprises from all the favourites - review by Veronica Lee theartsdesk.com/comedy/harry...
★★★★ From the pacific to the pulverising, jazz-adjacent trio carve-out their own musical character, as Norway's #HedvigMollestadWeejuns take a wild ride with BITCHES BLUES - review @kierontyler.bsky.social / theartsdesk.com/new-music/no...
★★★★ REBUILDING - The things that got left behind: Max Walker-Silverman directs a film of quiet beauty - Markie Robson-Scott is moved by this story of #JoshOConnor finding hope after wildfire devastation theartsdesk.com/film/rebuild...
★★★★★ Ninety years on: the last surviving member of Beyond the Fringe never ceases to engage writes @lizofmueslihill.bsky.social, in her review of Alan Bennett's 4th volume of diaries, Enough Said @faberbooks.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/books/alan-b...
★★★★★ #VildeFrang @londonsymphony.bsky.social #AntonioPappano @barbicancentre.bsky.social - Los Angeles meets Leningrad in an evening of #Shostakovich and #Korngold, with secret handshakes between works that weathered trauma - review @boydtonkin.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
★★★★★ #GeraldBarry's SALOME #NSOIreland #JérômeKuhn #NationalConcertHall Dublin - Paradoxically both ordered and wild(e), with weird twists and superb performances
- @davidnice.bsky.social appreciates funny-queasy genius www.theartsdesk.com/opera/gerald...
'The Devil's Hand' is excellent - a pacy Faustian horror directed by Maurice Tourneur (father of Jacques), produced in occupied Paris by the German-controlled Continental Studios. www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray... #thedevilshand #paris #mauricetourneur #filmreview
Q&A: film director #ChristianPetzold on 'Miroirs No. 3' and telling stories of shapeshifting women - Paula Beer plays
another Petzold heroine who tries on a different identity in his latest mesmerising drama @newwavefilms.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/film/thearts...
Violinist and artistic director Benjamin Baker
@benjaminbaker.bsky.social on bringing the At the World's Edge chamber music festival from New Zealand to London #FirstPerson www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
★★★★ THE DEVIL'S HAND - Quirky and gripping French horror film, produced under Nazi occupation - now on #MastersofCinema Blu-ray - review @grahamrickson.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...
★★★★ An incandescent jazz conversation from #JasperHøiby's #3Elements @bristolbeacon.bsky.social - Mark Kidel on a brilliant trio seamlessly combining composition and improvisation www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/ja...
BERGERAC Season 2 #U&Drama - well paced and excellently cast, this revival still needs more of a sense of danger - 'Murder most tasteful, served sunny side up', says Helen Hawkins www.theartsdesk.com/tv/bergerac-...
MINT #BBCOne - When crime families collide... #CharlotteRegan's genre-jumping drama defies categorisation
- review by Adam Sweeting www.theartsdesk.com/tv/mint-bbc-...