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Humble Boy at the Orange Tree Theatre review ***
Humble Boy Orange Tree Theatre, 11th April 2018 Sometimes it can be tricky to put your finger on exactly why a play doesn’t quite work for you. Other times it is easy. This was one of the latter. For me, writer Charlotte Jones lavishes so much attention on shoehorning in…
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Bryce Dessner and the London Contemporary Orchestra Soloists at Queen Elizabeth Hall review ***
London Contemporary Orchestra Soloists, Galya Bisengalieva (violin), Rakhi Singh (violin), Robert Ames (viola), Oliver Coates (cello) – Bryce Dessner (electric guitar) Queen Elizabeth Hall. 10th April 2018 Bryce Dessner – Aheym for string quartet Mica Levi – You belong to me for string quartet Steve Reich – Electric Counterpoint for…
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Andreas Gursky at the Hayward Gallery exhibition review ****
Andreas Gursky Hayward Gallery, 4th April 2018 Odds are you have seen one of Andreas Gursky’s giant, hypnotic, immersive photographs. He charts the relationship between man and environment, fiddling with perspective, highlighting the repetition of our own industry and locating the beautiful and the ugly, often simultaneously. His viewpoint is…
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Laura van der Heijden and Petr Limonov at Wigmore Hall review ***
Laura van der Heijden (cello), Petr Limonov (piano) Wigmore Hall, 2nd April 2018 Britten – Cello Sonata in C major, Op 65 Shostakovich – Cello Sonata in D minor Op 40 21st December 1960. Britten and Shostakovich are sharing a box at the Festival Hall. That’s right the two greatest…
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Hope to Nope exhibition at the Design Museum review ****
Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics 2008-2018 The Design Museum, 2nd April 2018 I have banged on before about how satisfying a trip to the Design Museum can be, for the building, (specifically that beautiful roof), the permanent collection and the exhibitions. Not cheap, though make yourself a child, student,…
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Tallis Scholars at St Johns Smith Square review ****
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (director) St John’s Smith Square, 31st March 2018 Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Surrexit pastor bonus Vidi speciosam Magnificat for double choir Missa pro defunctis Requiem Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599) Tota pulchra es Hei mihi, Domine Alonso Lobo (1555 -1617) Versa est in luctum Having dipped…
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Great Apes at the Arcola Theatre review ****
Great Apes Arcola Theatre, 31st March 2018 I sort of lost track with Will Self the author after The Book of Dave. His sprawling, satirical fantasies with a lot of big words, unreliable narratives and narrators, drugs, mental dislocation, is never short of imagination and ideas, but aren’t always that…
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