Performance
New Statesman critics review the latest theatre, live music and dance performances
Articles in Performance
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Theatre
The paradise that wasn’t
- 19 March 2009
Mark Ravenhill is an awe-inspiring dramatist, despite his dubious politics Over There Royal Court Theatre, London SW1
Theatre
Blinded by the light
- 12 March 2009
The drama of John Adams’s nuclear opera is lost in theorems Doctor Atomic London Coliseum, WC2
Theatre
Uncomfortably funny
- 05 March 2009
A satire tainted with controversy mixes difficult questions with great one-liners England People Very Nice Olivier Theatre, London SE1
Music
A music-hall star for the 21st century
- 26 February 2009
The charismatic rapper born Rodney Smith is a Londonist par excellence. Dan Hancox enjoys Roots Manuva
Theatre
Sins of the father
- 19 February 2009
An underwhelming start gives way to an inspired reading of generational conflict Three Days of Rain Apollo Theatre, London W1
Dance
Up close and personal
- 12 February 2009
Stripped bare, the flamenco superstar is more of a puppy than a sleek hound Joaquín Cortés Unleashed Roundhouse, London NW1
Culture
Voice of the people
- 29 January 2009
A timely reminder that there has always been another, more gentle, United States Folk America: Hollerers, Stompers and Old Time Ramblers Barbican, London EC2
Opera
Plastic not so fantastic
- 22 January 2009
An opera about cosmetic surgery is witty, but lacks genuine feeling Skin Deep Opera North, Leeds
Music
Antony and the Johnsons: Pop, but not as you know it
- 22 January 2009
The bewitching, genre-defying singer returns with a new green message Antony and the Johnsons The Crying Light (Rough Trade)
Music
Reason to be cheerful? Hardly
- 15 January 2009
Ian Dury deserves a better tribute than this musical two-hander can provide Hit Me! The Life and Rhymes of Ian Dury Leicester Square Theatre, London WC2
