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