Two couples meet up for an apparently convivial meal, except that there’s a minefield under their feet. And when they trigger ...

Bengali pianist Zoe Rahman, because it evokes themes – voyage, migration and family – which resonate strongly with her. The composition was commissioned at short notice by the Hull Jazz Festival (as a ...

The “hiding in plain sight” technique has proved appallingly effective for a list of notorious sex offenders. When in doubt, get yourself a prominent slot on the BBC and hang out with royalty, and you ...

The best thrillers have not one, but two twists. Often, there’s a predictable twist, and an unpredictable one. So it is with The Guilty, Chloë Moss’s adaptation for the stage of the 2021 film of the ...

To experience a performance by Seattle’s ambient metal kings, Sunn O))) is not like attending a conventional rock’n’roll gig, by any means. For a start, there are no drums, no bass and these days, no ...

Confessions II arrives amid a welter of promotional spectacle and global corporate partnerships. At heart, though, it’s Madonna retreating from projects stuck in development hell, and working through ...

It’s a big ask of an audience to watch a film which for most of its two hour running time, focuses just two actors, even when they are doing their best work. It’s impossible to fault Woody Norman, the ...

In 1939, the newspapers dubbed it the Hot Dog Summit. When King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth visited President Franklin Roosevelt, it was the first time a reigning monarch had visited a ...

Hot from its successful run at the Old Vic, Carrie Cracknell’s Olivier-nominated revival of Tom Stoppard’s 1993 masterpiece has made a particularly sweet landing in the West End. For opening night was ...

How to Live on Planet Earth should be compulsory viewing in every classroom, boardroom, town hall and government office on the globe. Billed as a “how-to video” the documentary offers hope as well as ...

It was an awesome start, those three notes from the cellos even before the famous "Tristan" chord inspiring more deep emotion ...

Not that Skyjack are just a small-time club band. The Swiss / South African five-piece are comprised of musicians with impressive pedigrees, have played worldwide together and are now on their fourth ...