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A young woman and man are sitting on a motorbike on stage. There is a large circular flash that's moon-like behind them.
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Musical review: Bat out of Hell, The Alexandra, Birmingham

Chaos, camp and confetti... 'Bat Out of Hell' is as loud as it is unhinged.

The cast of 'The Years': four women wearing glasses and dressed in black and white.
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Theatre review: The Years, Harold Pinter Theatre

A brave and intelligent play brought to life by an astonishingly good ensemble.

Against a stark white wall, four actors from 'The Marriage of Figaro': Cody Quattlebaum, Hanna Hipp, Hubert Francis and Mary Bevan are huddled up close together.
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Opera review: The Marriage of Figaro, London Coliseum

The English National Opera sets Mozart’s classic opera buffa in a stark white box.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. A man and a woman sit together looking offstage and smiling
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Ambassadors Theatre

F Scott Fitzgerald’s fantastic fable is indeed ‘an unordinary musical’.

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Music review: Mitsuko Uchida & Mahler Chamber Orchestra: Mozart, Royal Festival Hall

Mozart shines under the gentle touch of Dame Mitsuko Uchida.

small scale performance: three people sitting around a table at a library. One person has their back to the camera and is posing to the other two who are the audience members in a small scale performance work.
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Small is beautiful, but can small-scale programming survive within growth markets?

As blockbuster shows fill up arts calendars everywhere, the value of smaller scale arts projects is being neglected to the…

Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. Guitarist, vocalist and co-founder Stuart Braithwaite is second from the left. The photo shows four middle-aged, fair-skinned men reflected in two large wall-mounted mirrors.
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Mogwai’s new album ‘The Bad Fire’ transforms trauma into art

Stuart Braithwaite, co-founder of post-rock titans Mogwai, reflects on the personal pain that helped shape the Scottish band’s 11th studio…

Ballerinas in white tutus, with white veils over their heads, with a single dancer in the middle.
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Ballet review: Mary Skeaping’s Giselle, English National Ballet, London Coliseum

A delightfully traditional retelling of this beloved ballet tale.

French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa sung with beautiful pitch and gentle emotionality in her appearance as soloist with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. The photograph shows a slender, pale-skinned woman with shoulder length black hair and wearing a black dress that reveals her left shoulder. She stands to sing, surrounded by seated members of the orchestra.
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Music review: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Barbican Centre

A flamboyant and boisterous performance of Mahler’s Symphony No 3.

A group of portraits of arts workers on colourful backgrounds.
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32 jobs to consider for a career change in 2025

Looking at a career change in 2025? Learn first-hand the insights on 32 arts jobs to give you the edge.

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