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@theartsdesk.bsky.socialA career high from the #PetShopBoys as #AlanTuring is revisited and revitalised in ★★★★★ A MAN FROM THE FUTURE - 'there couldn’t be a more perfect band to realise this tragic story in music', says @kathrynreilly.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/ca...
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialLONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2026 - #AlexGibney’s documentary on #ElonMusk, a camerawoman in #Kabul, a magnificent Afghan hound & an empty nest - Markie Robson-Scott #BFI #LFF reviews #Musk #NoGoodMen #ACommonStory #Flies, #GraceHarperBrighouse’s #Dependence and #Prince www.theartsdesk.com/film/london-...
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialTHE GIRL FROM ARLES #OAE #MarkElder
@southbankcentre.bsky.social - Welcome airing for #Bizet's incidental music, but #Daudet's play loses its Provençal soul - it was more like a summer in Emmerdale than the South of France, says @davidnice.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialA #Yorkshire community choir’s journey from a ragbag of young singers to world champions - #MatWright talks about the incredible success of the #BarnsleyYouthChoir with @bernardhughes.bsky.social, whom it has 'delighted and moved me in a way no other choir has' www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialRENOIR AND LOVE @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social - Saccharine delights in the Impressionist's relentlessly cheerful paintings - 'Did #Renoir choose sweet natured women as his models or is their vacuous charm a quality he projected onto them?', wonders Sarah Kent www.theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/...
@bernardhughes.bsky.socialReposted by @theartsdesk.bsky.socialI've written an interview feature for @theartsdesk.bsky.social on the extraordinary Barnsley Youth Choir. Amid the shittiness everywhere in the world these days, this group - and their leader Mat Wright - shine out as inspirations
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialReposted by @theartsdesk.bsky.social★★★★★ ROBERT RYMAN: THE REAL THING @barbicancentre.bsky.social - Painting at its most joyously intelligent: it doesn’t get any better than this - the #NewYork abstractionist, in a pristine and beautiful hang - review by Sarah Kent www.theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/...
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialReposted by @theartsdesk.bsky.social10 Questions for musician #DannyWagner, drummer of #GretaVanFleet - from rock heroes to the group's next chapter, Wagner talks influences, instincts and creative evolution, with Ibi Keita www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/10...
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialReposted by @theartsdesk.bsky.socialSwans, soap and flying machines in new #ClassicalCDs from @grahamrickson.bsky.social @bernardhughes.bsky.social @seb-scotney.bsky.social - 20th century symphonies, 14th century choral music and contemporary madrigals #NeemeJärvi #Shostakovich #Sibelius #vonKarajan www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialReposted by @theartsdesk.bsky.socialTESTAMENT @irishnationalopera.bsky.social - An operatic #Mary is met by protests, internal and external - on stage,
inventive sets and choreogaphy, eclectic music by #TarikORegan, atone for a clunky libretto from #ColmTóibín - review by Stuart Begley www.theartsdesk.com/opera/testam...
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialReposted by @theartsdesk.bsky.social★★★★ EUGENE ONEGIN @operanorth.co.uk - Great musically, never mind the concept - there's energy, passion, intensity and tenderness in #GarryWalker’s conducting, says @robertbealemcr.bsky.social, though production moving story to late 20C Russia fails to convince www.theartsdesk.com/opera/eugene...
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialReposted by @theartsdesk.bsky.social★★★★ A dive into the MUD with #RemiWolf @remiwolf.music-social.com proves rewarding, with self-examination and catharsis on the iconoclastic Californian's third album - review by Erin Lewis www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/di...
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialReposted by @theartsdesk.bsky.socialTHE HUNGRY GHOST @bushtheatre.bsky.social - #MeiLengYew’s debut, starring #MeiMac and #IsabellaWei, gives a modern twist to a traditional #Chinese folk story set during the ghost month - an enjoyable gothicky rom-com, if a bit superficial, says @sierz.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/hung...
@theartsdesk.bsky.social★★★★★ ROBERT RYMAN: THE REAL THING @barbicancentre.bsky.social - Painting at its most joyously intelligent: it doesn’t get any better than this - the #NewYork abstractionist, in a pristine and beautiful hang - review by Sarah Kent www.theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/...
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialSwans, soap and flying machines in new #ClassicalCDs from @grahamrickson.bsky.social @bernardhughes.bsky.social @seb-scotney.bsky.social - 20th century symphonies, 14th century choral music and contemporary madrigals #NeemeJärvi #Shostakovich #Sibelius #vonKarajan www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
@theartsdesk.bsky.social10 Questions for musician #DannyWagner, drummer of #GretaVanFleet - from rock heroes to the group's next chapter, Wagner talks influences, instincts and creative evolution, with Ibi Keita www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/10...
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialTESTAMENT @irishnationalopera.bsky.social - An operatic #Mary is met by protests, internal and external - on stage,
inventive sets and choreogaphy, eclectic music by #TarikORegan, atone for a clunky libretto from #ColmTóibín - review by Stuart Begley www.theartsdesk.com/opera/testam...
@theartsdesk.bsky.social★★★★ EUGENE ONEGIN @operanorth.co.uk - Great musically, never mind the concept - there's energy, passion, intensity and tenderness in #GarryWalker’s conducting, says @robertbealemcr.bsky.social, though production moving story to late 20C Russia fails to convince www.theartsdesk.com/opera/eugene...
@theartsdesk.bsky.social★★★★ A dive into the MUD with #RemiWolf @remiwolf.music-social.com proves rewarding, with self-examination and catharsis on the iconoclastic Californian's third album - review by Erin Lewis www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/di...
@theartsdesk.bsky.socialReposted by @theartsdesk.bsky.social★★★★ END OF THE WORLD AND HARD-BOILED EGG WONDERLAND @barbicancentre.bsky.social - #PhilippeDecouflé stylishly channels the best of #HarukiMurakami - this adaptation works for @hallibee1.bsky.social, who enjoys a highly enjoyable piece of theatrical craftsmanship www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/end-...
