Dr Diana Carroll

Dr Diana Carroll is a writer, speaker, and reviewer currently based in Adelaide and London. Her work has been published in newspapers and magazines including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, Woman's Day and B&T. Writing about the arts is one of her great passions.

Dr Diana Carroll's Latest Articles

Vanessa Endeley, Don't You Want To Live Before You Die V. Courtesy: the artist and Affinity Gallery. Showing at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair. London Art Fairs Guide.
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London art guide October 2025: best art fairs and exhibitions

As autumn closes in, our London arts guide brings you the best of a busy month of art fairs and…

Tamsin Waley Cohen & Guy Johnston. Two Moors Festival. Image: supplied. London music guide.
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London music guide October 2025: best music festivals and theatre

Our London music guide brings you the best music festivals and performances to look forward to.

Michael Craig-Martin Bulb (magenta), 2015 © Michael Craig-Martin. Photo: Mike Bruce. Courtesy: the artist and Gagosian. London literature festivals guide.
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London literature festivals October 2025: best events for readers and writers

Our guide to London literature festivals brings you the best events taking place this October.

Acosta Danza: A-Decade in Motion. Image: Hugo Glendinning.

Acosta Danza: A Decade in Motion at Sadler’s Wells

From a day in Havana to a decade of dazzling contemporary dance, this new program should be seen if you…

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. A grey-haired man, arms outstretched dramatically at shoulder height to either side, stands at a podium conducting an orchestra. His face is lined and he is dressed in black; the audience is visible behind him.
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London Symphony Orchestra review: American symphonic masterpieces delight at Season Opening Concert

Two American masterpieces filled the Barbican Hall with stern beauty and a sombre tone.

Dette Allmark is one of two artists selected for the first residency at The King’s Gallery in the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Image supplied.
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Best new awards & arts prize winners: September 2025

From witty women’s writing to self-portraits and a Residency at the Palace, this is your guide to the latest awards…

Paten Hughes and Robert Sean Leonard - Interview (Riverside Studios). Image: Helen Murray.
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Interview review: a slick two-hander at Riverside Studios

Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard stars as Pierre alongside Paten Hughes in this world-premiere production of Interview.

At London Airport (with Brian Epstein, Mal Evans, and Neil Aspinall) for Pan Am flight 101 to New York City, 7 February 1964. Image: Paul McCartney, courtesy of Gagosian.
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London arts & culture guide September 2025: best shows, events, exhibitions

From Queen Victoria to Paul McCartney, there’s plenty to see and do in London in September 2025.

Seven cast members in formal attire in As You Like It.
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As You Like It: Ralph Fiennes shows a steady hand with Shakespeare’s classic pastoral comedy

Take a gentle stroll through the Forest of Arden in this production of As You Like It.

A man with a white shirt, black jacket and an orange dressing gown against a turquoise backdrop. Adrian Lukis in Being Mr Wickham.
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Being Mr Wickham review: a masterclass in understated, intelligent theatre

Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday year with Being Mr Wickham, a wonderful one-man show in the West End.

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