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Akram Khan/Desh, Sadler's Wells - review

05.10.11
Akram Khan's new solo Desh is a substantial work, some 90 thoroughbred minutes of episodic dance, dialogue and drama that tells of home and identity... more

Tezuka / Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sadler's Wells - review

08.09.11
Few new dance productions are as anticipated as those by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. This new piece features all of Cherkaoui's ingenuity and humanity but it lacks his humour... more

Human Planet, BBC CO/Charles Hazlewood, Royal Albert Hall - review

25.07.11
For what is essentially a bit of BBC "branding" in the Proms season, Human Planet was a remarkably successful concert... more

Nitin Sawhney is an international treasure

09.05.11
Nitin Sawhney plays a few tracks off his new album and treats the audience to breathtaking musicianship and old favourites... more

The pick of the Proms

09.05.11
Booking is now open for this year's eight-week-long classical music extravaganza - let our critics guide you through what's on offer, from Gustavo Dudamel to DJ Switch... more

Hot Tickets: London's going out guide

06.05.11
Here are the biggest gigs and comedy in the capital this weekend...... more

Vertical Road could be noteworthy

08.10.10
After the huge hit of Zero Degrees, audiences were understandably eager for Akram Khan to follow through with a similarly appealing, similarly serious work... more

Andy Serkis lords it in new game

05.10.10
Lord of the Rings star has joined forces with Alex Garland, author of The Beach, and musician Nitin Sawhney to create a new computer game... more

Yogoto No Yume and Nitin Sawhney are worth a listen

02.03.10
Yogoto No Yume was once a delight only for the eyes and even Nitin Sawhney knows of no other soundtrack. Now it’s also worth listening to.... more

My London - Joe Wright

05.02.10
The director, 37, is dyslexic and left school with no GCSEs, but in 2006 he won a BAFTA for his film Pride & Prejudice... more

Akram Khan's fractured return to Kathak

17.11.09
While Akram Khan's Kathak confirms his enduring virtuosity, it was the extract from his new work that reveals his innovative intelligence.... more

London Symphony Orchestra to showcase youthful talent

29.10.09
VIDEO: The LSO On Track Youth Orchestra is set to play a special concert at the Barbican.... more

Bells ringing out for Creed's mass start to the Olympics

14.08.09
Martin Creed has been shortlisted to create an Olympic-themed work of art with his plan to mark the start of the Games with a mass bell-ringing session... more

Disappointing mash from Nitin Sawhney

27.02.09
The packed auditorium enthusiastically cheered the end of each song then talked through the next at Nitin Sawhney's concert.... more

Kumars creator dies aged 40

30.01.09
The Emmy Award-winning writer who created comedy Goodness Gracious Me has died after contracting a rare infection... more

A Disappearing Number's magical formula is back

16.10.08
Garlanded with theatre awards and generating daily queues for returns during its 2007 Barbican season Simon McBurney's A Disappearing Number returns.... more

Sir Paul McCartney pens astonishing love song to ex Heather Mills

05.08.08
Sir Paul has made an extraordinary step towards peace by penning his ex a love song. He has recorded the acoustic ballad in collaboration with music guru Nitin Sawhney.... more

Sanjeev Bhaskar is king of comedy

26.06.08
This week Sanjeev Bhaskar takes over as King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot. He always wanted to join the Flying Circus.... more

Off the record

07.03.08
David Smyth talks to London rapper Taio Cruz about making it big in America and reveals what Billy Bragg is doing behind bars.... more

CDs of the week

07.03.08
Elbow take things too seriously on their new album, Hercules and Love Affair offer some of the sounds of the year and frisky pop from Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.... more

Sawhney keeps it simple

13.08.07
With his own guitar or piano as foundation, Nitin Sawhney added level upon level of sound in a Proms performance where the best moments were the simplest.... more

Another pounding for the US in Iraq

04.05.07
Fallujah, a piece of lengthy documentary theatre, seems more interested in creating anti-Americanism than informing its audience, says Kieron Quirke.... more

Nitin Sawhney at the NFT

27.04.07
The NFT's Music & Film Series, in which music artists discuss the role cinema has played in their careers, launches on Monday 30 April. ... more

Emotional pantomime

26.04.07
Compared to Peter Brook's nine-hour production of Mahabharata for the 1985 Avignon Festival, Stuart Wood's three-hour version is a snip of a show. But, golly, how it sags, says Sarah Frater.... more

Proms takes inspiration from Hurricane Katrina

26.04.07
The BBC Proms will tackle the subject of global warming with a musical drama inspired by the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.... more

Last blast at the Proms

25.04.07
As his final, typically eclectic Proms line-up is announced, Nicholas Kenyon reflects on his years in charge of 'the greatest musical festival in the world'.... more

Will Young plugs into the Proms

25.09.06
Will Young and Mercury Music Prize nominee Seth Lakeman have been announced as the latest acts to perform at the BBC's Electric Proms.... more


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