The Winter’s Tale, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London — ‘Lovely, delicate’
Michel Longhurst’s production creates setting and mood through small details and subtle use of light
View ArticleSwan Lake, Opernhaus Zurich — ‘Triumphant’
Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘reconstruction’ of the ballet is an overwhelming success
View ArticleThe Mighty Handful, Royal Opera House, London — ‘A fiery sound’
Antonio Pappano conducted a stormy but uneven programme of music by five Russian composers
View ArticleRenée Fleming, Barbican, London — ‘Adventurous’
New music was given the full diva treatment in this Artist Spotlight concert
View ArticleDada Masilo’s Swan Lake, Joyce Theater, New York — ‘Bold’
The South African choreographer reveals hidden layers in the old ballet
View ArticleBattlefield, Young Vic, London — ‘Remarkable grace’
Veteran director Peter Brook returns to The Mahabharata in this meditation on war and its aftermath
View ArticleOut There: Our Post-War Public Art, Somerset House, London
A new show documents England’s postwar boom in public sculpture
View ArticleThe Delta Saxophone Quartet with Gwilym Simcock, Pizza Express, London —...
A prog rock theme ran through the jazz ensemble’s poised performance
View ArticleL’Opera Seria, La Monnaie, Brussels ‘Harmlessly entertaining’
Florian Gassmann’s 1769 work makes a mockery of the opera world
View ArticleJacob A. Riis, Museum of the City of New York — ‘Serious and earnest’
The photographer documented poverty with moral outrage — but also distaste for his subjects
View ArticleORA singers/Suzi Digby, Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula, London
Elizabethan and new works were given an arresting vocal performance at the Tower of London chapel
View ArticleLouis Andriessen In Focus, Barbican, London — ‘Eclectic’
The first of a five-day series of events celebrated the wide-ranging Dutch composer and friends
View ArticleZoolander 2 — film review: ‘A sequel from Hell’
Ben Stiller and various celebrities star in this witless, vacuous comedy
View ArticleDeadpool — film review: ‘Trying’
Ryan Reynolds is a foulmouthed superhero in Tim Miller’s film
View ArticleConcussion — film review: ‘Stellar acting’
A pathologist exposes the dangers of American football in Peter Landesman’s film
View ArticlePride and Prejudice and Zombies — film review: ‘The title is the funniest thing’
Seth Grahame-Smith follows his ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ with this piece of silliness
View ArticleA Bigger Splash — film review: ‘High-toned hokum’
Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes star in this tiresome thriller
View ArticleThe Survivalist — film review: ‘Darkly enthralling’
Suspense abounds in Stephen Fingleton’s tale of a future world without fossil fuels
View ArticleSmart People, Tony Kiser Theatre, New York — ‘Lacking nuance’
Lydia R. Diamond’s play has plenty of laughs but the characters never transcend their own stereotypes
View ArticleHieronymus Bosch: a retrospective
A once-in-a-lifetime show of works by the Dutch artist brings together some of the world’s great human masterpieces, says Jackie Wullschlager
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