The photographer as painter, sculptor, artist
Tate Modern’s Shape of Light exhibition is a great history lesson in abstract photography, but neglects contemporary post-1970s technology and artwork.
Joe Hill-Gibbins takes us on a tour of hell
The National Theatre’s production of Rodney King’s bawdy mediation on isolation, Absolute Hell, has moments of magic, but they are few and far between in the bloated structure.
Fashioned from Nature, but at what cost?
V&A’s exhibition explores the history of fashion, from its environmental cost to sustainable eco-fashion today.
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons: a reimagining at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Gyre & Gimble effortlessly fuse cutting-edge puppetry with Max Richter’s beautifully recomposed rendition of The Four Seasons.
The Inheritance: the new Angels in America?
Matthew Lopez’ reimagining of Howard’s End attempts to be present a grand unified theory of what it means to be gay in America today.
Picasso 1932: the man’s pivotal year in paintings
The Tate Modern take us through one of the most important years of Picasso’s life, examining how he reacted to the world around him through his work.
Macbeth at the National Theatre
Superb directing, solid acting, and the importance of a good script.
Life, Death, and Theatre with the Ekdahls
The stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s semi-autobiographical work “weaves new patterns”.
Summer and Smoke sizzles with spectacular sentiment in stunning revival
Rebecca Frecknall directs a winning revival of one of Tennessee WIlliams’ lesser-known plays
In the eye of the beholder: the male gaze in visual art
An exploration of contemporary women artists resisting and subverting the status quo
Dispatches from the VAULT Festival
London’s answer to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival takes place in the vaults below Waterloo station. Packed with independent theatre and music, the festival, on until March 18th, is an opportunity to see reasonably priced innovative productions you wouldn’t find anywhere else. Arts editor Jingie Cheng reports on the
Deterred by Beckett’s infamous motormouth? Not I.
Tourettes hero Jess Thom gives Beckett’s notoriously difficult motormouth in Not I a personal and political spin.