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Matt Hartley’s blackly comic new play about a quarantined town is dense but sprinkled with good lines
The ENB’s first world war commemoration, as seen from a female perspective, comprises three works similar in scale and mood
In his debut as music director, the Dutch conductor made a statement of intent with a varied, post-19th-century programme
The British artist toys with the trust we hold in a photograph to tell us the truth, pointing instead to unexpected new expressions and meanings
His first posthumous album to emerge is a recording of the singer-songwriter vamping songs on the piano
The band employ an impasto of sounds and concoct a melodramatic rock choral with a heavy dose of eastern mysticism
Conducted with impressive concentration, the music is played with definition, clarity and sheer zing
The title track starts as a meditation on chance, coincidence and roads not taken, and ends up as a contemplation of death
The collection develops the electronic sound of its predecessor while moving away from the orchestral elements
Saxophonists Caleb Curtis and Kenny Pexton re-configure Charlie ‘Yardbird’ Parker’s compositions into contemporary shapes
A new adaptation finds contemporary resonance in the seminal study of alienation
Closely plotted social, racial and political nuances set this series apart from other shows
A concert film capturing the band’s music in all its melancholic grandeur
The atmosphere is immersive, the POV acute poverty in this Italian drama set in a Romani community
In this documentary, Mark Cousins uncovers the director’s charmingly boyish but skilful sketches and paintings
Two gallery renovations show a fine cultural trend in the capital
Ahead of the 1-54 fair, we meet the father-daughter team promoting African and Middle Eastern art
His wafer-thin vessels are created using only a hammer
This year’s exhibits range from 20th-century design and fine art to tribal objects, antiquities and jewellery
Savvy specialisation and online sales are paying off for many of the continental auction houses
Plus: art and advisers go back in time; bionic eyes for online sales; bus route beauties at ‘Salon 63’; and alabaster at Ordovas
Many pieces at this year’s fair are inspired by natural forms
Poets are ‘opening the window and looking out at the world’ as readership increases
Private protection officer David Budd goes completely rogue in the climax of a series that has given us much to enjoy
A New York show celebrates the artist’s rarely seen sculptures, produced in Crete and embracing a global aesthetic
