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Most common unnamed characters for women are prostitute, nurse and receptionist
Visitor numbers are up on last year, but big sales prove hard to come by
J.T. Rogers’ play brings the build-up to the 1993 Arafat-Rabin handshake fizzingly to life
London exhibition marks centenary of the French artist’s death
Suzan-Lori Parks riffs on ‘The Scarlet Letter’ to paint an unflattering portrait of today’s US
The conductor led the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester in an uncompromising opening concert
David Rosenberg and Frauke Requardt’s collaboration has a cracking set-up but little substance
This series explores the petty humiliations that come with being human
The conductor’s homecoming concert revealed the best in the British new music scene
Celebrities are just a side dish at the busy annual film event
Marvel’s ragtag space team return for an adventure blighted by family tensions
An ambitious series of 10 one-hour films based on the stories of the sci-fi writer
A team of astronauts blunder their way into the franchise’s signature demises in Ridley Scott’s sequel
French/Swiss story of a parentless boy combines colourful animation with surprising realism
Co-directed by Lynn Novick, ten-part series ‘The Vietnam War’ sheds new light on old wounds
The music is a throwback to the heyday of 1990s rap-metal, before Fred Durst ruined it for everyone
Often ebulliently uplifting, the pieces are ever unpredictable, and can switch from high mood to low on a sixpence
The album lulls with a sappy acoustic intro and then overwhelms with an immense passage of pomp rock
Opening track is a droll bagatelle that affects to point to the Californian brotherly duo’s advancing years
The music is reverb-heavy psych-rock, slowed down as though under a hypnotic spell
The best songs include the brooding ‘Mokou Mokou’, the staccato guitar chug of ‘Diarra’, and ‘Femmes Du Monde’
US composer’s latest is captured live in a strongly cast performance from Houston Grand Opera
Alto sax and electric guitar are a crunchy contrast to the acoustic resonance of piano and clarinet
The pianist treats her 75th birthday audience at the Swiss city to Ravel, Beethoven and Bach
A new survey of the photographer’s work shows striking evolutions alongside thoughtful commentaries on her experiences
