Cult heroes of youth culture; Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud, Tommy, and Kelly are back, alongside an ensemble cast and a live band. Featuring some of the electrifying tracks from the film that defined a generation, together with catchy, confrontational and celebratory original songs, set to become …
The most common question people ask me about immersive theatre — right after “do I need to wear a costume?” and “is there a bar?” — is usually something along the lines of “What does ‘immersive’ mean and isn’t everything immersive?” To cover the second part first: yes, everythi…
Irvine Welsh and Stephen McGuinness make their Musical Theatre debuts - and it shows…
With artificial intelligence doing its best to inveigle its way into the arts, there’s no better antidote than a late night Prom showcasing some of the best loved songs from the late Renaissance and Baroque eras. Thomas Dunford’s Jupiter Ensemble was formed in 2018, and could not be more well pl…
Kenneth Branagh triumphs as rags to riches Lopakhin in Laura Wade's fresh rendering of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Part of a star-studded Royal Shakespeare Company cast, including Helen Hunt and Bill Pullman, he gives a multifaceted portrait of a serf's son who ultimately wins what he wants …
1965, New York City. Trevor Copeland and Arthur Brightman’s romance is against the law. In their secret nightclub act, “Midnight,” they perform love songs in an act of defiance of a world that demands they stay hidden. As tensions rise at the start of a historic movement, Trevor and Arthur are…
In Midnight at the Never Get, time is not a straightforward thing. It’s never clear what’s real and what’s fiction, how old the characters are, or what decade we’re in. We’re hearing Gershwin-esque jazz standards, but also references to “peaceniks” and Woody Allen.…
It's an outstanding win for Spain in the World Cup – and for the sizzling Spanish National Orchestra in their BBC Proms debut. Both display tremendous talent and teamwork in their respective fields on a night to remember.…
Finally, prog gets its Prom. The BBC's heart is unarguably in the right place in handing the genre's back catalogue to their Concert Orchestra, in tribute to a 'pioneering, British-driven movement' rendered, as the billing has it, 'on an orchestral scale'. And yet the result falls a fair way short o…
Richard Strauss's opera within an opera, Ariadne aux Naxos, is a curious beast: a hybrid of spoken word and singing, a mix of musical influences and themes which ask whether high art can ever mix with popular entertainment. Two rival musical companies – a burlesque group and a serious opera compan…
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
At a time when most of us find it hard enough being kind to ourselves – let alone others – is being nice outdated? Or...
