Caravaggio’s Shadow – movie review
The lavish Italian/French co-production Caravaggio’s Shadow by actor-director Michele Placido looks at the final years
The Marvels – movie review
Where did it all go so wrong? After several era-defining movies, the Marvel franchise seems
Villainy (The MC Showroom) – musical theatre review
There is something wicked and subversive about storybook villains rising and trying to rewrite their
The Waiting Room (Silver String Productions) – theatre review
Five young women at the pearly gates, or are they at the gates of hell? Taken
Nothing Lasts Forever (Teenage Fanclub) – music review
You have to wonder if anyone thought about the possibility that they might be wearing
Everyone on this Train is a Suspect (Benjamin Stevenson) – book review
After the success of his comic golden age of crime thriller Everyone in My Family
The Dive – movie review
Another formulaic survival story, The Dive is a remake of the little-seen 2020 Norwegian drama
Defoe’s Plague (La Mama) – theatre review
Daniel Defoe (born Daniel Foe) may well have been the first English novelist. At least that
Orlando: A New Musical (fortyfivedownstairs) – musical theatre review
Adapted from Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando: A Biography, first published in October 1928, Orlando: A
New music round-up (for w/e 3 November 2023)
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week