St Martin-in-the-Fields, LondonThe twisted life and sublime music of the murderous Renaissance composer is examined with styleThe story of Carlo Gesualdo gets more twisted the closer you look at it. He was a nobleman in Renaissance Italy who murdered his wife and her lover, before shutting himself a...
White Bear theatre, LondonMark Carey’s play asks why the former best-loved man on TV has been so thoroughly expunged from our comedy pantheon – but doesn’t have a great deal to addTV has mined a rich seam of golden-age comedian biopics – but Benny Hill has yet to be afforded the posthumous privilege...
Emirates Arena, GlasgowThe lived-in dustiness of her voice only enriches her storytelling, with her greatest songs now more devastating than everFor Emmylou Harris, it’s no cliche to say that every song is a story. The country legend has spent 50 years roaming between folk, bluegrass, rock’n’roll an...
When funding cuts closed National Theatre Wales, the actor saw it as an emergency, and set about building a replacement. As its first show comes to the stage, he explains his plan to bring big productions back to his homelandSince Thornton Wilder wrote Our Town in 1938, it is said that not a day has...
The former heptathlete throws shapes to Cameo and got gold-medal inspiration from Whitney, but which rapper helps get her out of bed?The first song I fell in love with I was at nursery school when Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen was the song of the moment. I remember seeing the video on Top of the Pops,...
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Brisbane Entertainment CentreSolo songs and Talking Heads classics mingle in a spectacular performance that doesn’t pull any punchesDressed from head to foot in iridescent orange, David Byrne and his 12-piece backing band look as if they’re about to burst into flames. On a vast, empty stage – unclut...
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