by Web Editor | Apr 28, 2016 | Visual Arts
Edward Lucie-Smith The Serpentine Gallery’s track record for exhibitions is erratic. Sometimes they come up with a winner, but here have been not a few duds in recent years – often artists from abroad who haven’t quite managed to get themselves a slot at Tate Modern.... 
by Web Editor | Apr 25, 2016 | Drama
William Russell It does not occur very often that the star falls ill and the understudy has to take over, but that is what happened earlier this month at the Coliseum where Glenn Close, who was playing Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, caught flu. Her understudy Ria... 
by Web Editor | Apr 11, 2016 | Music
Dead on arrival Tom Sutcliffe The image of Lucia coming on stage, mad, covered in blood, singing like an angel, is one of the of most famous scenes in the whole operatic rep. This definitive mad-scene (accompanied memorably by a glass harmonica) embodies the results... 
by Web Editor | Apr 4, 2016 | Music
Look to the lady Christopher Morley What was going through Nicholas Collon’s mind as he stepped onto the CBSO podium for his third visit this season? No doubt he had been in the frame to succeed Andris Nelsons as the orchestra’s principal conductor, but if he felt any... 
by Web Editor | Apr 1, 2016 | Drama
With one look – the prime of Dame Maggie Smith. William Russell – Photographs by Elliott Franks The annual award is voted for by the entire membership of the Circle from nominees proposed by each of the six sections. Maggie Smith was proposed by the Drama... 