Safe” is a word used far too often in ENO’s bizarre new version of a programme, full of uncredited articles, at least two of ...

The history of experimental musicians from Europe and North America adopting Japanese aesthetics is… patchy. It got ...

In the framing device, a professor (Jonathan Guy Lewis) stands at a lectern and asks if anyone has had a supernatural ...

As the new season opens, confidence is high at ENB, just as it should be given the roaring success of recent programmes ...

Trio da Kali are griots, and their traditional role in West Africa is to connect: to evoke the glories of the past and to ...

Idris Elba has only just appeared as the British Prime Minister in the action comedy Heads of State (2025) – now he's ...

Echo Vocal Ensemble have their genesis in Genesis. Sarah Latto’s group were initially formed by a cohort of the Genesis ...

It’s funny: people say a lot online that what you’re allowed to like and dislike in music is bounded by age, gender and so ...

The revival of Robert Carsen’s production of Handel’s Ariodante at the Opéra Garnier in Paris under the direction of Raphaël ...

Hollie Cook was in the final line-up of post-punk groundbreakers The Slits. When singer Ari Up died in 2010 and the group ended, there was a flurry of interest in Cook for a while. She supported The ...

Turning Handel oratorio into opera can be a rewarding enterprise. Charles Edwards’ presentation of Joshua, over 15 years ago, ...

It’s truly thrilling to see the Barbican embracing big concept long-form theatre again, seeking out productions that are as ...