Arts

Apocalypse chic: Autechre, Last Days and Southbank's Xenakis day reviewed

15 October 2022 9:00 am

It was so dark, my friend noted, you could have had sex or done a Hitler salute. No stage lights,…

The death of the pop star

15 October 2022 9:00 am

The definition of ‘pop star’ in the Collins English Dictionary is unambiguous: ‘A famous singer or musician who performs pop…

Shocked and moved me far more than I anticipated: Hoaxed reviewed

15 October 2022 9:00 am

I shied away from conspiracy stuff during the Trump era. Not the theories themselves, but the huge volume of content…

An enjoyable new Ageing Dad drama: Disney+'s The Old Man reviewed

15 October 2022 9:00 am

We men all think we’ve still got it, even when we’re well past 50 and young women look straight through…

Mirthless, artless farrago of jabber: The Doctor, at Duke of York's, reviewed

15 October 2022 9:00 am

The Doctor is an acclaimed drama from the pen of writer-director Robert Icke. We’re in a hospital run by a…

How politics killed theatre

15 October 2022 9:00 am

Zoe Strimpel on how identity politics is killing theatre

A sapphic rom-com not to be missed

8 October 2022 9:00 am

What a relief it is that Virginia Gay’s adaptation of Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac should finally have opened in Sarah…

The BBC's fairly desperate new reality show: Unbreakable reviewed

8 October 2022 9:00 am

On first impression, you might have thought that Unbreakablewas just a fairly desperate reality show cobbled together from I’m a…

Brilliant and distinctive but also relentless: William Kentridge, at the RA, reviewed

8 October 2022 9:00 am

William Kentridge’s work has a way of sticking in the mind. I can remember all my brief encounters with it,…

Incredibly his new songs were the best songs: Lyndsey Buckingham, at the London Palladium, reviewed

8 October 2022 9:00 am

Lindsey Buckingham, at 72, still has cheekbones that cast shadows. He has the upright shock of hair, too, though now…

Why I admire Saudi Arabia’s monstrous new city

8 October 2022 9:00 am

Sam Kriss on Saudi Arabia’s $1 trillion eco-city

The genius of More or Less

8 October 2022 9:00 am

In a week of slim audio pickings, I spent time reacquainting myself with some of the BBC classics and can…

Unforgettable story, forgettable film: The Lost King reviewed

8 October 2022 9:00 am

The Lost King is a comedy-drama based on the 2012 discovery of the remains of King Richard III beneath a…

A show for politicians: John Gabriel Borkman, at the Bridge Theatre, reviewed

8 October 2022 9:00 am

Clunk, clunk, clunk. John Gabriel Borkman opens with the obsessive footfalls of a disgraced banker as he prowls the attic…

Grey, grey and more grey: Aida, at the Royal Opera House, reviewed

8 October 2022 9:00 am

Grey. More grey. So very, very grey. That’s the main visual impression left by Robert Carsen’s new production of Verdi’s…

Footy versus ballet?

1 October 2022 9:00 am

All the different aspects of a culture collide and interconnect. Melbourne is the undisputed capital of Australian rules football (which…

Pleasantly untaxing: Mrs Harris Goes to Paris reviewed

1 October 2022 9:00 am

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris is a comedy-drama based on the 1958 novel by Paul Gallico about a cheerful, kind-hearted…

The art of menus

1 October 2022 9:00 am

Jonathan Meades on the art of menus

Simple songs; voice like the grand canyon: George Ezra, at OVO Hydra, reviewed

1 October 2022 9:00 am

It would be easy to be a little dismissive of George Ezra. A wholesome late twentysomething hailing from the rock…

The makers of Fauda have another hit on their hands: Sky Atlantic's Munich Games reviewed

1 October 2022 9:00 am

You’d have to pay me an awful lot more than I get for this column to review Monster: The Jeffrey…

Why does opera always feel the need apologise for its plots?

1 October 2022 9:00 am

Leos Janacek disliked long operas, and the first act of The Makropulos Affair is a masterclass in how to set…

Welcome to the weird world of the New Right: Subversive podcast reviewed

1 October 2022 9:00 am

Subversive is a podcast that documents the world of the ‘New Right’, a strange development in conservatism. Host Alex Kaschuta,…

Biomorphic forms that tempt the viewer to cop a feel: Maria Bartuszova, at Tate Modern, reviewed

1 October 2022 9:00 am

Art is a fundamentally childish activity: painters dream up images and sculptors play with stuff. It was while playing with…

Worthy of Wilde: Eureka Day, at the Old Vic, reviewed

1 October 2022 9:00 am

Eureka Day is a topical satire set in a woke school in America. An outbreak of mumps has led to…

Eye of a genius

24 September 2022 9:00 am

In a week dominated by the death of the Queen it’s a strange thing that Jean-Luc Godard, the man who…