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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Bergen International Festival, 26 May - 9 June preview - Norway meets America by The Arts Desk

Bergen International Festival - Preview Around 30 digital events to watch from anywhere around the world Bergen International Festival, the largest curated festival for music and performing …

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Thursday, July 12, 2018

Pick of the 2018 BBC Proms: women composers first and last, blockbuster Bernstein by The Arts Desk

Our writers pick their favourites in prospectLet's be honest, this is the least interesting Proms season on paper for years, at least in terms of adventurous repertoire choices, following on…

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Enter theartsdesk / h Club Young Influencer of the Year award by The Arts Desk

In association with The Hospital Club's h.Club 100 Awards, we're looking for the best cultural writers, bloggers and vloggersAre you a young blogger, vlogger or writer in the field…

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Win a Luxury Weekend for Two to celebrate Brighton Festival! by The Arts Desk

Enter our competition to win a spectacular weekend at England's finest arts festival Brighton Festival is the UK’s leading annual celebration of the arts, with events taking place in …

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

The Best Plays in London by The Arts Desk

BEST PLAYS IN LONDON From All's Well to Schiller's thriller: theartsdesk's stage tipsFrom the Ides of March to modern monologues: theartsdesk's stage tipsLondon is the theatre capital o…

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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

The Best Musicals in London by The Arts Desk

THE BEST MUSICALS IN LONDON From His Bobness to Jamie, we recommend the top showsWe recommend the top shows in musical theatreAladdin, Prince Edward Theatre ★★★ Disney's latest blockb…

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Listed: Suffragettes portrayed by The Arts Desk

100 YEARS ON... LISTED: SUFFRAGETTES PORTRAYED How have the pioneering days of women's emancipation fared in works of art?From theartsdesk archive: How have the pioneering days of women'…

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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

h.Club 100 Awards 2017: The Winners by The Arts Desk

News from The Hospital Club's annual awards for the creative industries, plus theartsdesk's Young Reviewer of the Year At a festive ceremony on Tuesday night at The Hospital Club i…

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Friday, September 29, 2017

Young Reviewer of the Year Award: the four finalists are... by The Arts Desk

Announcing the shortlist of our critics' competition, with extracts from each entryIn July we launched a competition in association with The Hospital Club to unearth talented young crit…

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

Edinburgh Festival and Fringe 2017 reviews round-up by The Arts Desk

theartsdesk recommends the shows to catch this AugustWondering what on earth to choose between as you tramp the streets of the festival. These are our highlights so far.STANDUPTiff Stevenson…

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Friday, July 14, 2017

Enter theartsdesk's Young Reviewer of the Year Award by The Arts Desk

In association with The Hospital Club's h.Club 100 Awards, we're launching a new competition to find a brilliant young criticThe Hospital Club’s annual h.Club100 awards celebrate…

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

h.Club 100 Awards: Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester by The Arts Desk

Joseph Houston and William Whelton found a storage space on Gumtree and turned it into a musical theatre. Here's howThe Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester is an irresistible example of the…

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

theartsdesk at The Hospital Club by The Arts Desk

Announcing a new partnership with the most creative club in LondonThe Arts Desk is delighted to announce a new partnership with The Hospital Club in Covent Garden. There are plenty of privat…

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

The Best Musicals in London by The Arts Desk

We recommend the top shows in musical theatreTHE BEST MUSICALS IN LONDON Aladdin, Prince Edward Theatre ★★★ Disney's latest blockbuster film-turned-stage show remains airborne – just

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Seven sides of Alan Rickman by The Arts Desk

When sorrows come they come not in single spies. It is a bad week to be 69. Hard on the heels of David Bowie's death from cancer comes Alan Rickman's. He was an actor who radiated a sinful a…

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Sunday, October 11, 2015

Listed: Suffragettes portrayed by The Arts Desk

In the week of the release of Suffragette, Sarah Gavron’s feature about the insurgent foot soldiers of the women’s movement, it’s both astonishing and depressingly unsurprising to disc…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:40AM
Saturday, July 18, 2015

Listed: Precocious Writers by The Arts Desk

Once upon a time... Storytelling is an integral part of all human cultures, and a central pillar of an enlightened education. Some children get the hang of it quickly – they are, as the ph…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:26AM
Monday, June 29, 2015

Positive: Introducing a comedy about HIV/AIDS by The Arts Desk

Of all the art forms, theatre has been most attentive to the story of HIV/AIDS. Leading the way in America there was Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart (1985) and Tony Kushner’s Angels in A…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:51AM
Monday, June 15, 2015

Gallery: The Drowned Man of Punchdrunk by The Arts Desk

Punchdrunk entered the world of theatre through a side door in the basement. The company navigated a strange path through abandoned warehouses on the edge of town, via the odd wrong turns an…

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

'You must accept that muscle is machinery' by The Arts Desk

Basketball doesn’t often stray onto the arts pages. Cinema pays the occasional visit. White Men Can’t Jump starred Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson as a pair of slamdunking hustlers. Ho…

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Saturday, December 21, 2013

Listed: The 12 Derangements of Christmas by The Arts Desk

We at The Arts Desk are as fond as the next person of swans-a-swimming, partridges and pear-trees, not to mention gold rings, but be honest: 'tis already the season to be jolly sick and tire…

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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Listed: Who shot/staged/fictionalised JFK? by The Arts Desk

On 22 November 1963 President John F Kennedy was shot, yoking his name to an ex-marine and sometime defector to the USSR called Lee Harvey Oswald. Everyone old enough to remember is said to …

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Friday, September 6, 2013

PREVIEW - Ghosts by The Arts Desk

Revivals of Ibsen’s greatest plays come round thick and fast, and audiences may need an extra incentive to re-enter his world. A new staging of Ghosts supplies just such an inducement: a m…

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Friday, July 19, 2013

Exclusive download: Ladybird Fist by The Arts Desk

We’re extremely happy to be able to offer a free download of this track by Philip Ridley, whose new play, Dark Vanilla Jungle, premieres at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the end of this…

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Friday, November 2, 2012

National Theatre, 2013 Season by The Arts Desk

The National Theatre’s highlights for the winter up until Easter 2013 include Antony Sher in The Captain of Köpenick, Marianne Elliott's revival of Simon Stephens’ Port, the transfer fo…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:38AM
Friday, July 20, 2012

Six of the best (and worst): Theatre by The Arts Desk

 THE BESTA Doll's House, Young Vic **** A pretty period setting yields a perennially contemporary tragedy. Until 4 Augread more

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Saturday, July 14, 2012

theartsdesk Olympics: Let The Games Begin by The Arts Desk

Even in this year of years, it has to be accepted that not everyone has a soft spot for sport. Anyone answering to that description may well attempt to sprint, jump or pedal away from the co…

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Monday, June 25, 2012

The Arts Desk wins Best Specialist Journalism Site of 2012 by The Arts Desk

The Arts Desk has been voted Specialist Journalism Site of 2012 at the Online Media Awards. In a celebratory dinner at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium recognising "the best and boldest of online …

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Monday, April 2, 2012

Edinburgh International Festival 2012 by The Arts Desk

The Edinburgh International Festival runs this year from 9 August to 2 September, with a highly international look. 47 nations - around a third of the world's countries - are represented in …

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

2012 Olivier Awards nominations announced by The Arts Desk

In how many categories is it possible for a show to be nominated for this year's Olivier Awards? Answer: 10. The producers of Matilda the Musical will be smiling from ear to ear after the no…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:55PM
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

One theatre, five awards by The Arts Desk

When the London theatre critics gathered to hand out their annual awards at lunchtime today in person, a notable percentage of the gongs were carried off by the Naitonal Theatre. There was n…

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