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★★★★ K-pop perfection from South Korean septet! BTS's 2nd album of 2020,
#Be
, is as joyous a slice of pop music as you’ll hear this year says
@MrPeterQuinn
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★★★★
#ThePartysJustBeginning
is a captivating watch, filled with pumping beats, neon visuals and treacle black comedy from debuting director
@karengillan
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★★★★ The Light in the Piazza, RFH review - Broadway musical looks good and sounds even better
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'Ideally I'm recording all the time, 24 hours a day'
@RyuichiSakamoto
From
#Xenakis
to
#OneohtrixPointNever
@0PN
via
@DavidBowieReal
and
@Bootsy_Collins
, Sakamoto recalls an extraordinary life in music - fascinating interview
@JoeMuggs
@BarbicanCentre
0
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An operatic who's who in a plea to save English National Opera: TAD publsihes an open letter from Dame Sarah Connolly
@spconnolly
and colleagues to
@ace_national
@E_N_O
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★★★★★
#PrimaFaciePlay
@HPinterTheatre
- a searing
#monologue
about sexual assault prosecution:
#JodieComer
's stage debut in
@SuzieMillerWrtr
's legal drama is a triumph, says
@mertdilek95
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'Right now, we're in chaos'
#Pianist
and
@LeedsLieder
director
#JosephMiddleton
@jpianomiddleton
on catastrophic cuts to arts funding: a superb organisation is commended, then gets its grant axed for missing 'data collection'
3
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★★★ A little cheesy, a little laddish, but sincerely entertaining.
@lastyearsgirl_
on the staying power of
#OllyMurs
@TheSSEHydro
@ollyofficial
1
13
125
★★★★ A varied evening with star organist
@annalapwood
playing light and fiery Poulenc + world premiere of new
@Dobrinka_T
@the_halle
conducted by
@CorinnaNiemeyer
@BridgewaterHall
review by
@RobertBealeMcr
1
6
98
'All in a Row doesn’t like autistic people and it doesn’t help them or their families one iota'.
@saskiabaron
reviews the new play at
@swkplay
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★★★★ Lovingly designed gala from a still impressive star: Cuban dancer
#CarlosAcosta
is a living tribute to the power of the arts writes Helen Hawkins reviewing Carlos at 50
@RoyalOperaHouse
0
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Pop-soul legend
#DarylHall
on
#HallandOates
, vaccines,
#LivefromDarylsHouse
and how
#YouMakeMyDreams
reached one billion streams. Interview by
@OwenRichards91
@realdarylhall
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13
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★★★★★ 'Benedict Cumberbatch was born to play the blasted, blighted Richard III'
#TheHollowCrown
#BenedictCumberbatch
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★★★★★ '
@HughLaurie
pays as much attention to characterisation and dialogue as he does to the mere mechanics of the plot' says
@SweetingAdam
. Laurie does
@AgathaChristie
in
#WhyDidntTheyAskEvans
@ITV
tonight
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Though
@ArtsCouncil
has partly restated
@E_N_O
's grant, its cuts still have devastating consequences for the regions says soprano
@SorayaMafi
on why
@glyndebourne
's tour cancellation is disastrous
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★★★★ The dream team of Roger Allam and Colin Morgan dazzle in Caryl Churchill's A Number at
@_bridgetheatre
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‘A phenomenally ambitious project’ ★★★★★
@DivineComedyhq
@BarbicanCentre
- A triumphant retrospective: 10 albums in five nights showcase
#NeilHannon
’s endless invention, and stamina - a revisit that will live in the memory of
@bernardlhughes
forever
6
14
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‘The best self-written songs sound as if they might be derived from a minor Broadway hit’
@DebbieGibson
#WINTERLICIOUS
- The Eighties teen
#pop
star and actress writes a bunch of her own for the festive season
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12
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★★★★★
@DepecheMode
- MEMENTO MORI -
@Depeche_Mode_
's hymns to love and loss sound as vital as ever -
@JoeMuggs
is affected by an 'extra level of reflectiveness that really makes
#MementoMori
sparkle'
1
5
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‘A superlative company achievement’
@UncleVanyaplay
@HPinterTheatre
★★★★★
#IanRickson
’s exemplary production relishes the nuances of
#ConorMcPherson
's adaptation
0
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David Gilmour,
@RoyalAlbertHall
. ★★★★ Guitar zen master comes home.
@russcoffey
tunes in to his soulful pipes
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★★★★ THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
@TheMaryChain
@TheBarrowlands
- The East Kilbride brothers at their most thrilling when blasting out more obscure material
0
8
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Thirty years on,
@M_CCarpenter
at
@BarbicanCentre
sings wonderful narratives in a distinctive voice.
@LizofMuesliHill
reviews the 'hermit who lives down the road'
1
16
62
★★★★★ There won't be a more thrilling Prom this year.
@NYO_GB
rise to spectacular heights with
@NickyBenedetti
and Mark Wigglesworth. Mambo! Review here:
2
16
63
★★★★ A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at
@The_Globe
brings a blast of colour from our post-vaccine future
0
14
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‘Supercharged with spontaneity and creativity, a heady commentary on organic life’s love/hate relationship with the synthetic’ ★★★★★ Everything Everything
@E_E_
- RAW DATA FEEL -
#Manchester
#indie
#artrockers
experiment successfully with musical AI
1
8
61
#CillianMurphy
is still the most watchable man on television AGREE WITH
@OwenRichards91
ON THAT ONE?
#PeakyBlinders
@ThePeakyBlinder
@CMurphyFans
3
15
58
'Blood, sweat and sex appeal: the Italian bad boy was in a league of his own'
#BeyondCaravaggio
,
@NationalGallery
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26
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★★★★ Musical travel writing: Loreena McKennitt makes Celtic connections
@RoyalAlbertHall
Review by
@LizofMuesliHill
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14
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‘
#ThePeoplesOpera
may sound like just a glib label, but it also has real meaning’
@ace__london
Arts Council England's evisceration of
@E_N_O
has provoked outrage -
#conductor
Leo Hussain
@conductorleo
on why we still need
#ENO
in London
#FirstPerson
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A walk on the wild side –
#DavidOakes
on partnering
#NatalieDormer
in
#VenusinFur
@TRH_London
@jasperrees
2
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★★★★ LADYTRON
@LadytronMusic
@SWG3Glasgow
- Synth stars show time hasn't diminished their relevance - the quartet were thunderously loud and consistently danceable, enthuses Jonathan Geddes
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‘Textures, timbres and tempos are impressively varied throughout’ ★★★★ Tomorrow X Together
@TXT_bighit
- THE CHAOS CHAPTER: FREEZE -
@peterquinn
predicts global summer success for this impressively varied second album from the
#Kpop
five-piece
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‘A few hours in the company of
#NYOGB
will dispel any prophecies of doom about the future of classical music in Britain’ ★★★★
@BBCProms
27
@sdinnerstein
@NYO_GB
@dannyelfman
-
@BoydTonkin
enjoys a luscious musical tour with the cream of young players
1
6
55
★★★★★ A landmark in music making: Sir Mark Elder and
@the_halle
perform the three Elgar oratorios
@BridgewaterHall
@RobertBealeMcr
reviews triumphs of Elder era
1
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51
'A prince among men.' If you haven't read
@SirMattBourne
's wonderful tribute to
#ScottAmbler
yet, do.
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52
★★★★★ "Exhausting and exhilarating" – Robert Pattinson superb in heist flick
#GoodTime
@lff2017
@GoodTimeMov
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★★★★★
@FascinatingAida
@LondonPalladium
- Age has not withered one jot the FAs' fury at the absurdities of modern life - Helen Hawkins goes along in celebrating 40 glorious years of filth and defiance
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★★★★★ A really heart-rending experience at points: Glasgow guitar noise veterans
#Mogwai
crash into indie Valhalla with new
#album
#asthelovecontinues
review by
@joemuggs
0
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★★★★
@caitlinmoran
's film debut How to Build a Girl is a hilarious ode to self-love, says
@OwenRichards91
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★★★★ Hollywood Vampires consists of Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry. Sounds grim? Actually, their new album Rise is a lot of fun. Review by
@AsyaDraganova
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★★★★★
#KIN
@BBCOne
- Superb cast and powerful writing fuels this gripping gangland drama, says
@SweetingAdam
, reporting on
#PeterMcKenna
’s despatch from
#Dublin
's not-so-fair city
2
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Look who's talking in today's TAD Q&A. 'I demand to tell it like it is,' says
@lydonofficial
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★★★★★ National Youth Choir
@natyouthchoir
@RoyalAlbertHall
-
#NYCGB40
40th anniversary vibrantly celebrated with young voices raised in harmony - a spectacular jubilee, applauded by
@bernardlhughes
0
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‘
#Cumberbatch
does his richest film work here’ ★★★★★ THE POWER OF THE DOG - Of rawhide and roses:
#JaneCampion
's 1920s
#Western
nails the lid on rugged masculinity - review
@graham_fuller
0
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★★★★ THE TOURIST
@BBCOne
- It's kill or be killed for
#JamieDornan
's amnesiac protagonist: gripping
#Outback
#thriller
from the
#Williams
brothers might be making the earliest possible bid to become one of the TV events of the year, says
@SweetingAdam
0
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A contemplative comeback from BLUR
@blurofficial
- THE BALLAD OF DARREN - Ninth album from British
#guitar
#pop
institution revels in thoughtful melancholy
0
6
42
★★★★ 'Patriot, spy, hero or traitor?'
@TheOliverStone
fashions a tense, fast-moving drama in
@SnowdenTheMovie
7
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★★★★
@JamieCullum
- Taller. Divertingly eclectic set of originals from the all-embracing singer-songwriter. Review by
@MrPeterQuinn
0
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As he prepares for
#LongDaysJourney
at
#WyndhamsTheatre
,
@JeremyIronsnet
talks Olivier, a fishy Gielgud, Bond, Ballard, Cronenberg, Oscars, plumbing, Brideshead & more.
@jasperrees
0
17
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Before
#PeakyBlinders
new series
@theartsdesk
Q&A with
#StevenKnight
&
#CillianMurphy
A glimpse into the process behind the biggest hit of UK TV
@BBCTwo
Great interview
@ralphusmoorus
@ThePeakyBlinder
@CMurphyFans
0
11
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★★★★ 'This production carries as much emotional heft as it exudes riotous comedy'.
#MuchAdoAboutNothing
@The_Globe
is a perfect piece of escapism for our uncertain summer says
@Hallibee1
0
7
40
★★★★ 'Shout it from the rooftops: these two are just glorious'
@SarahLancsUK
,
@NicolaWalkerFan
back
@tangoinhalifax
5
19
39
★★★★★ Pop perfection on epic scale
#TaylorSwift
was incredible at
#EtihadStadium
last night, says
@lastyearsgirl_
@taylorswift13
0
15
36
★★★★ A feast of symphonic Stravinsky from
#SimonRattle
&
@londonsymphony
, playing Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Symphony in C & Symphony in three Movements. Review by
@saquabote
@bbcproms
2
6
40
'I’m not exaggerating when I say our industry is under attack': Dame Sarah Connolly leads musical voices on the catastrophic axing of
@BBCSingers
Judith Bingham, Catherine Wyn-Rogers Philip Sheffield
@bernardlhughes
on why it is so wrong
0
16
40
★★★★ Highways to hell (and back): Alice Sara Ott,
@londonsymphony
conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann take a bold and bracing ride through Romantic landscapes
@BarbicanCentre
review by
@BoydTonkin
0
10
37
1
6
38
★★★★
@SusanCalman
infuses the hour with terrifically sharp political comedy, about
#DonaldTrump
, Brexit, homophobia
1
7
39
Glad
@neilhimself
likes Boyd Tonkin's Norse Mythology review on TAD. 'A spine-tingling contemporary guide.
0
4
36
★★★★
#Civilisations
: First Contact -
@DavidOlusoga
goes for gold (and bronze). Review by
@JasperRees
1
9
39
★★★★★ A titanic talent shows his lighter side: Igor Levit
@wigmore_hall
shows off a dazzling range in mastery of tone and technique writes
@Hallibee1
0
5
37
★★★★ 'The sound of the delirious confusion that exists just beyond our consciousness and perception'. Guy Oddy is broadly in favour of
#SunRacket
by
@throwingmuses
, their first album in 7 years
1
6
38
★★★★★
@Paul_McCreesh
's pared-down reading of Bach's Christmas Oratorio made for an immersive final stretch of
@VOCES8
Live from London
1
16
38
Mariana Enriquez - OUR SHARE OF NIGHT - Delving into a violent, erotic world: feeding the darkness in fiction that examines
#Argentina
’s dictatorship - review
@IndiaLHL
@GrantaBooks
0
2
38
'Everyone who played for him always gave their very best' Remembering
#BernardHaitink
1929-2021 Singers, instrumentalists, conductors & a photographer pay homage
@Vienna_Phil
@londonsymphony
@ConcertgbOrkest
@glyndebourne
@LucerneFestival
@Haitink_fanclub
0
7
38
★★★★★
#Bodyguard
, BBC One, series finale review by
@JasperRees
- gripping entertainment of the highest calibre
2
11
35
'
@JaredHarris
plays George VI with a sad stoicism that would tweak tearducts of the most rabid republican'
#TheCrown
3
9
36
Giacometti
@NPGLondon
- A lifetime of portraiture reveals a secret double life
http://t.co/T25UyBpUsN
http://t.co/bbPEzfiIlZ
0
21
37
Best of 2016: Dance & Ballet. Tamara Rojo's
@ENBallet
and
@AkramKhanLive
trump Royal Ballet in our year's highlights
0
16
35
★★★★★ A stunning set from
@LankumDublin
LANKUM
@BarbicanCentre
- The
#Dublin
band's live show is an immersive tour de force, says
@CummingTim
3
6
34
2
11
33
★★★★ Star soprano & Opera Rara regular
@ermonelajaho
elicts roars of approval from
@wigmore_hall
crowd with her Rosina Storchio tribute
@sebscotney
was there
1
7
36
‘Force of nature crowns dance jamboree’ ★★★★★
@Abel_Cellist
#BernhardSchimpelsberger
@londonsymphony
@DuncanWardMusic
@BarbicanCentre
@LondonJazzFest
- Cellist, composer and singer is one in a million - and the whole programme zings, says David Nice
0
6
36
★★★★★
#LineofDuty
, Series 4 finale review - 'great acting, great writing, all hail Adrian Dunbar'
2
21
34
★★★★ 'Mr Bottom-of-the-boots voice’s best album since 2004’s
#Bubblegum
'
@marklanegan
Band CD
#Gargoyle
5
9
32
'A remote farm in
#Yorkshire
, not unlike last year’s hit God’s Own Country
@gocfilm
& another story of tension between two men from different backgrounds falling for one another'
@eggsbened
interview
#PeterGill
on
#TheYorkRealist
revived
@DonmarWarehouse
'
0
5
33
Kristen Stewart is superb as Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín’s SPENCER
0
10
34
★★★★ 'Camden's well-loved and unstoppable six-piece are still well worth a listen'
@MadnessNews
- CD
#CantTouchUsNow
1
12
32
★★★★★ A glorious riposte to the Arts Council axe: Bach's Christmas Oratorio (Parts I, 2, 3 & 6),
@BrittenSinfonia
@Polyphony_UK
directed by Stephen Layton
@BarbicanCentre
- festive flair to shame the bureaucratic vandals finds
@BoydTonkin
0
11
32
★★★★ IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING :
#KingCrimson
at 50 -
#RobertFripp
's iron claw always evident in
@TobyAmies
’ penetrating
#documentary
about
#progrock
band's fraught journey under its leader – ‘superb’, says
@graham_fuller
@DGMHQ
@rfripp_official
0
9
34
FULL ★★★★★ for
#KeepingFaith
@BBCOne
New
@BBCWales
drama promises to grip, says
@OwenRichards91
- and
#EveMyles
is magnetic
2
6
32
★★★★ Julie Cunningham & Co
@Sadlers_Wells
- The other
#Cunningham
stakes out their territory in
#contemporarydance
, and the non-binary debate - ‘how did we get here?’ is a fine piece of work, with added spice
@MelanieCmusic
- Jenny Gilbert is moved
1
8
33
★★★★★
@petepaphides
' memoir Broken Greek is like the very best pop music. A damn near perfect book
1
11
31
★★★★ One part espionage and one part survival: James Norton stars in
#MrJones
a timely testament to journalism
@OwenRichards91
reviews
0
15
31
★★★★★ 'This album is – sadly – so very contemporary in its documentation of the damage men do': Gaga meets Depeche Mode meets Kate Bush in The Art of Losing by
#TheAnchoress
, almost obscenely rich in its production, its catchiness says Kathryn Reilly
1
6
31
★★★★★ THE QUEEN OF SPADES -
#ThoroldDickinson
's
#Pushkin
adaptation is a macabre baroque masterpiece, says
@graham_fuller
- with ‘one of the most terrifying uses of sound in a
#Britishfilm
’ - now on
@StudiocanalUK
Blu-ray
3
9
30
★★★★★ Everything: The Real Thing Story on
@BBCFOUR
was a brilliant look at the long-overlooked
@realthinguk
0
6
31
★★★ Cillian Murphy's Crow is a phenomenal creation:
#PeakyBlinders
star dominates the stage in Grief is the Thing with Feathers
@BarbicanCentre
reviewed by
@AleksSierz
0
10
30