On Theatre
A night of spectacle and special effects
Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove
When Irish eyes aren’t smiling
Irish Gothic and Noel Coward romance on the stage, and remembering actress Hayden Gywnne
Back to Blackstuff
The Boys from the Blackstuff hit the stage in Liverpool
A maverick medic
A theatrical biography of a life saver
Moscow rules
The machinations of Russian regime are dramatised in a new play.
BBC embattled in Donmar’s latest
A new production delves into the tense relationship between the BBC and Stanley Baldwin’s government.
Diva and the Dane
The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre delves into the relationship of an acting power couple.
Revel in Runyon
A classic gem with extra polish
A devil to relish
The stories that tell us that women are damned if they play the game of sexual availability and just as doomed if they don’t
Killer jokes
The Unfriend explores how closely good and evil can live in cosy accommodation
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
Too many silences in this book about music
The hazy treatment of what “music” even entails falls flat
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Are all Christians monks?
George Guiver’s book exudes down-to-earthiness, bordering on irreverence
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
