Sometimes, as the first act of Beethoven’s Fidelio closes, the chorus of prisoners discreetly fade away backstage as their ...

Andreas Dresen directs socially engaged realist films that invariably relay personal and political messages; the result can ...

London singer-songwriter Lail Arad started releasing one-off tracks with Canadian singer JF Robitaille, once of Montreal indie outfit The Social Register (Arad’s own 2016 album The Onion is an ...

The corset is an unlikely star of the latest Lynn Nottage play to arrive at the Donmar Warehouse, 2003’s Intimate Apparel.

Fans of the character comedian Graham Fellows will possibly turn up for this British film starring the man who created the ...

Alfred Brendel’s death earlier this month came as a shock, but it wasn’t unexpected. His health had gradually deteriorated ...

Composer Bernard Hughes first met director Richard Bracewell when working on the film Bill, a 2015 Horrible Histories take on ...

Many years ago, reviewing pantomime for the first time, I recall looking around in the stalls. My brain was saying, “This is terrible, the jokes are lame, the acting execrable and the set garish.” My ...

It’s somewhat surprising to read that The Boss wasn’t happy with Born in the USA. After all, it was – remains – his most ...

There's something luminous about the Brad Mehldau Trio. The music they create with such joy shines with a special clarity, in ...

A Sober Conversation is the work of a master songwriter, one who knows how to achieve their goals. As the album’s nine tracks ...

Aldeburgh offered strong competition for the three evenings of Schubert at the discreetly restored Ragged School Museum, but ...