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The People's Porgy

06.10.09
Cape Town Opera, about to make its London debut, has found new resonance in Gershwin's great love story by setting it in the townships where many of its company live.... more

London singer uncovers her family link to Barack Obama

11.08.09
London singer has discovered she is related to Barack Obama after researching a new album of American music... more

Sweetness and light from Keith Jarrett

27.07.09
Keith Jarrett has form, plus hackles that rise at the glimpse of a cameraphone.... more

Venezuelan youth orchestra to star in the new season at Festival Hall

14.04.09
The orchestra now hailed as the most successful youth music project in the world is taking up residence in the Southbank Centre... more

Drag race for the Olivier awards

03.02.09
Drag-queen musical La Cage aux Folles leads the charge at this year's Olivier theatre awards... more

Vlad the impaler

26.11.08
The London Philharmonic's intense Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski will continue to take the orchestra to new heights.... more

West Side comes to West End

25.07.08
Leonard Bernstein's classic musical of knife deaths and gangland feuds has never had such relevance, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

It's been a right Carry On for evergreen star Anita Harris

10.07.08
After two miscarriages and falling victim to a £1 million fraud, the Swinging Sixties sweetheart is back in style.... more

Below-par symphony on a disappointing night

18.07.07
Some difficult scores proved too great a challenge for the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the guidance of guest conductor David Robertson... more

Dam Busters fly in for film night at the Proms

25.04.07
The 113th BBC Proms will celebrate great British films with a concert of scores from classics such as The Dam Busters and Shakespeare In Love.... more

There's no ignoring good box office

24.04.07
While there are some problems with On The Town, Nick Kimberley is certain it is a show that will gather momentum.... more

Zandra creates 'eye-popping' costumes for opera

18.04.07
Zandra Rhodes will design the set and costumes for an extravagant new production of Aida, the highlight of the English National Opera's new season announced today.... more

Critic's choice: top 5 classical events

11.01.07
La Fille du Regiment, Chichester Psalms and Czech music from the Florestan Trio are the current classical highlights, says Barry Millington.... more

Little room to grow up or sideways

18.12.06
Stephanie Sinclaire crams 25 performers into her appealing adaptation of Peter Pan at the King's Head while there's squeaky-clean fun to be had at The Mouse Queen in Hampstead.... more

Pick of the Christmas shows

08.12.06
From posh pantos to old favourites, London's theatres are gearing up for Christmas. Fiona Mountford reveals the best of the festive shows.... more

Daddy Cool isn't that hot

22.09.06
Daddy Cool, a thoroughly modern metropolitan musical, reliant upon hits from that best-selling band Boney M, left Nicholas de Jongh little more than medium-warm.... more

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