Curator Reviews

Season Opening Concert: Santtu and Sol Gabetta
london Concert

The Southbank Centre remains one of my favourite places in London to listen to classical music, but on Thursday 24...

from: Alexis van Lennep
The Cherry Orchard
london Theatre

In Conor McPherson’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, laughter prevails, as tragedy gives way to comedy with a...

from: Luke Bromage-Henry
De Profundis
london Theatre

More often than not, I see a show on a weeknight - hurrying from the office to pick up a...

from: Ele Forsdyke
End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland
london Theatre

One of the foundational tenets of alchemy is the idea of equivalent exchange, that the creation of one thing demands...

from: Luke Bromage-Henry
Jess & Morgs: DEEPFAKE
london Dance

Cutting-edge, frontline, breaking news! Not your typical descriptors for a contemporary dance performance with a subtle nod to classical ballet...

from: Stephanie Leontiev
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
london Theatre

Bartender, Please Make That a Double. Everyone should see Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? once, but is it better the...

from: Sarah Hyde
Pam Tanowitz Dance: Pastoral
london Dance

There is no shortage of technical detail in Pam Tanowitz’s choreography. Intricate motifs run throughout, with bodies constantly folding, twisting...

from: Ella Gibbs
The Cherry Orchard
new york Theatre

Leaving Simon Stone’s all-Korean adaptation of The Cherry Orchard at the Park Ave Armory, the first thought I had was...

from: Lisa Cochran
Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists
london Theatre

I should have tempered my expectations before seeing Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists. My curiosity had been peaked...

from: Clementine Melvin
The Surge: An Ode to Sinéad O’Connor
new york Dance

I am a nineties kid and had not listened to O'Connor in years. On my way to The Joyce Theater...

from: Enrique De Roeck