The Critics

This production of Private Lives amuses as much as it moves its audience

Carmen still shocks and seduces

The many women in white at the Royal Academy are just one aspect of Whistler’s brilliance

A performance space without walls or limits

Ravilious’s ethereal, understated paintings are quietly dazzling

Brontë’s lines anchor the frenetic action in Emma Rice’s over-the-top production

“Satanic Panic” still haunts heavy metal

Christopher Silvester reviews two semi-autobiographical movies: Oscar-contender Belfast and arthouse The Souvenir

With productions this bad, it is no surprise that nobody cares about opera

This gathering of Van Gogh’s self-portraits is as unsettling as it is impressive