38 stories 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 for Th…
THE BESTA Doll's House, Young Vic **** A pretty period setting yields a perennially contemporary tragedy. Until 4 Augread more
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
You're going to test your stomach and sweet temper to the maximum today - test your brain and memory too with our monster quiz about the arts covered by theartsdesk in 2011. Every artform is…
Here are the answers to our monster Christmas arts quiz of 12 dozen questions on the year past, as seen by theartsdesk writers. There are clues in all the questions in the main quiz page. If…
Competition alert! Start 2012 with a surprise arts trip to (maybe) something you'd not normally pre-select. On theartsdesk we love crossing the borders - "Surprise me," was the edict of the …
Any day now most of us will be hunkering down and for the most part drawing a curtain about the world outside. Before that happens, we'd like to tell you about theartsdesk's plans for Christ…
At theartsdesk we cover the major theatre openings in the West End, the London fringe and beyond. This page is designed to help you find your way around the bewildering choice of plays, from…
To celebrate theartsdesk's second birthday on Friday, we held a panel discussion on The Art of Performance at Kings Place, London, in the Kings Place Festival. Actor Toby Jones, singer-songw…
