This carefully crafted mosaic of forbidden love and organised crime is atmospheric, addictive and hugely bingeworthy. The plotting is meticulous, with each of the three series building inexorably to a ...

It all began over a decade ago when Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant simultaneously read mathematician Andrew Hodges’ biography of ...

Over the last 30 years or so, the Avalanches have proved themselves to be samplers supreme and masters of the cut-up, ...

What a delightful show this is: a big hit at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe and now enjoying an extended run at Soho Theatre, ...

Something extraordinary is going on here. On Michael Kiwanuka’s previous records, he’s worked with producers Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, Black Keys) and Inflo (SAULT, Cleo Sol). These two ...

After a morning spent mesmerised by Simon Abkarian's De Gaulle, a hero disappeared by his supposed allies only to bounce back ...

Poor Arthur. He has a really rough time in King John – but he also has some of the best scenes in the play. He’s King John’s nephew. He’s 12 or thereabouts, he becomes a pawn in a power struggle for ...

Lise de la Salle was not the soloist the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover originally planned to bring with them to open their ...

It’s her son Michael (Paul Ready, pictured below with Johnston) who acquires a second-hand – or, if you will, “pre-loved” – droid at a bargain price (because that’s the kind of cheapskate guy he is).

Some of his wives, including Justine, mother of six of his 14 children (he likes to call them a legion) may well wish he could be eliminated in a video game. There’s much damning stuff here, such as ...

Many epic biopics make a messy spread of their protagonist's life (the overrated Oppenheimer is a prime example). Not this ...

This masterpiece opened the programme, with the opening chords and pizzicatos emerging almost imperceptibly from the strings of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. I could hear them – just – ...