The Critics
Noel Coward’s public genius
This production of Private Lives amuses as much as it moves its audience
Too darn hot
Carmen still shocks and seduces
Sensation painting
The many women in white at the Royal Academy are just one aspect of Whistler’s brilliance
The concert hall of the future
A performance space without walls or limits
Eric Ravilious: a talent too long ignored
Ravilious’s ethereal, understated paintings are quietly dazzling
Heartless Heights
Brontë’s lines anchor the frenetic action in Emma Rice’s over-the-top production
Devil’s music
“Satanic Panic” still haunts heavy metal
Belfast boy
Christopher Silvester reviews two semi-autobiographical movies: Oscar-contender Belfast and arthouse The Souvenir
Theodora: an over-fussy feminist failure
With productions this bad, it is no surprise that nobody cares about opera
The art of introspection
This gathering of Van Gogh’s self-portraits is as unsettling as it is impressive
