After a six year break from the music scene, Dido is still on my mind
The release, which sees Dido contemplating marriage and motherhood, comes ahead of tours across the UK, Europe, and North America - her first in 15 years.
A sonic odyssey that mystifies as much as it inspires
Adorned with a cowboy hat and staring longingly into the camera during the promo video, the elder Knowles sister knows how to build hype for an album, following it up by providing us with another experimental and soulful LP. Its demo-like quality and cryptic lyrics may discourage new listeners, but
A big fish in an even bigger pond
Picking up where 2017’s The Weather left off, Aussie psychedelic rockers Pond are back, and they’re bigger, better, and bolder than ever before.
How Eva von Schnippisch won WWII
Who is Eva von Schnippisch and what does she have to do with WWII? You might be forgiven for wondering if you’d fallen asleep one too many times in history class, but Stephanie Ware’s one-woman cabaret has very, very little to do with the actual affairs of WWII
Gary Nicholls: The Imaginarium
Arts Editor Claire Chan talks to steampunk photographer and artist Gary Nicholls at the Talented Art Fair
Powerful lyricism and unbridled virtuosity
That’s right, Felix Music has gone classical.
Come From Away
A triumphant exploration of human kindness.
All in Good Time: In Due Course But Without Haste
A belated review of DramSoc’s latest production.
Tartuffe: The Imposter
John Donnelly successfully adapts Molière’s classic 17th century satirical comedy for the modern-day stage, now showing at the National Theatre.
Tacenda
Would you watch the same day played out again and again? Lizzie and Joy are best friends, but as Joy is crashing at Lizzie’s flat, they are getting on each other’s nerves. Joy is trying to get bored businessmen interested in her free sanitary pads campaign, while Lizzie’
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
How many ways can one make age-old tales fresh and exciting? In 80 minutes, international theatre company Pants on Fire tells a selection of stories from Ovid’s epic Metamorphoses: Jupiter transforms his mortal lover Io into a sad cow in a gas mask, Theseus is tended to by a
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
Set in the high security wing of Rikers Island, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train boldly contrasts the stories of two inmates and the circumstances that led them there. On one hand, we have new prisoner Angel Cruz, played by Ukweli Roach, who shot a religious cult leader “in the ass”