Sublime ensemble number from Act Two of 'Sweeney Todd' Along with many others, my first exposure to Stephen Sondheim’s art was through watching the film of Bernstein’s West Side Story a…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:06AMStripped down staging of Barry Hines' iconic novellaRobert Alan Evans’ adaptation of Kes is a dark, expressionist reworking of Barry Hines’ novella. It pays lip service to Ken Loach…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:24PMShakespeare with smartphonesAmy Leach’s energetic Romeo and Juliet is fast, furious and a little breathless, the setting transposed from Verona to a fairly grim contemporary Leeds. Think W…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:18PMHigh on visual thrills, low on subtlety: Luhrmann's debut film returns to the stageBaz Lurhmann’s Strictly Ballroom started life as a short stage play in 1984, drawing on its creator�…
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