The red, white and blue bull’s-eye on the front curtain at Sadler’s Wells tells us we are in the familiar territory of Pete ...

Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” was an instant phenomenon. Recorded in April 1967 and issued as a single on 12 May ...

Andreas Dresen directs socially engaged realist films that invariably relay personal and political messages; the result can ...

Sometimes, as the first act of Beethoven’s Fidelio closes, the chorus of prisoners discreetly fade away backstage as their ...

Fans of the character comedian Graham Fellows will possibly turn up for this British film starring the man who created the ...

The corset is an unlikely star of the latest Lynn Nottage play to arrive at the Donmar Warehouse, 2003’s Intimate Apparel.

Alfred Brendel’s death earlier this month came as a shock, but it wasn’t unexpected. His health had gradually deteriorated ...

There's something luminous about the Brad Mehldau Trio. The music they create with such joy shines with a special clarity, in ...

Composer Bernard Hughes first met director Richard Bracewell when working on the film Bill, a 2015 Horrible Histories take on ...

Aldeburgh offered strong competition for the three evenings of Schubert at the discreetly restored Ragged School Museum, but ...

A Sober Conversation is the work of a master songwriter, one who knows how to achieve their goals. As the album’s nine tracks ...

It’s somewhat surprising to read that The Boss wasn’t happy with Born in the USA. After all, it was – remains – his most ...