A not-so brief history of electronic music

Electronic aims to be a comprehensive history of dance music, from the creation of the first synthesisers, to acid houses, Boiler rooms, post-wall Berlin techno and everything in between.

Nauman evokes raw discomfort

Nauman, an American born in Indiana in the 40s, explores the human body, play, discomfort, life and death in different colours. Walking from room to room in the exhibition, feelings of unease are not uncommon.

Midsummer in Midwinter

Shakespeare’s classic tale has been updated, but in a way that I did not find particularly satisfying.

Cyrano de Bergerac: Love Letters to Language

Contrary to what John Milton said, prose may be king but verse isn’t dead

After the Collapse of Man Comes… Jellyfish?

Brief but powerful, this exhibition about climate change has the viewer glued all the way through.

Wolf of Wall Street - An Attempt at High-octane Fun Burns out Quickly

It’s immersive theatre with little to sell it but the immersion. Watch the film instead.

A Christmas Carol

3 stars This ‘musical play’ is an original adaptation of a well-known and loved novella, thanks to the fresh use of music and direction. The use of carol-singing and handbell performances to break up the well-known narrative play a role in creating a Christmassy and joyful environment on stage, but

The Wind of Heaven: From Bethlehem to Blestin

3.5 stars The greatest objection to God has always been emotional. While it is true that the debate over divine non-presence is clothed in the mild-breathed language of logicism and rationality, what stirs in us feeling enough to slacken faith and scorn perdition is the atrociousness of evil and

War Horse: A Year Later

Last year, I was lucky enough to watch War Horse at the National Theatre, its return to the original National Theatre venue a celebration of the centenary of Armistice Day.I loved it so much the first time that I grabbed a different friend the next evening and ended up

Troy: Myth and Reality

4.5 stars Legend has it that the goddess of discord threw a golden apple into a crowd, bearing the inscription ‘for the most beautiful’. It was claimed by three goddesses, Athena, Hera and Aphrodite, and Zeus asked The Trojan prince Paris to make the final judgement. He chose Aphrodite,

The Arrival: Two Brothers Reunited

Olivier-award winning director Bijan Sheibani makes his playwriting debut with this thought-provoking examination of the gulf between nature and nurture

Tepid Reviews for Dear Evan Hansen?

The Broadway awards juggernaut arrives in London to less than glowing reviews.... but is this justified?