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New Statesman critics review the latest theatre, live music and dance performances
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Results 11 to 20 of 27
We are all Cretans
- Rick Jones
- 24 April 2008
Birtwistle's new work is austere and challenges human nature head-on
The Minotaur
Royal Opera House, London WC2
Battle of the petty bourgeoisie
- Andrew Billen
- 17 April 2008
A satire on middle-class niceties works well as both comedy and philosophy
God of Carnage
Gielgud Theatre, London W1
Shiny, happy people
- Jude Rogers
- 10 April 2008
The veteran rock band have regained the passion that made them great
REM
Royal Albert Hall, London SW7
The last Edwardian
- Andrew Billen
- 03 April 2008
An overly cautious portrait of Harold Macmillan fails to win our sympathy
Never So Good
Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1
Out of step with the past
- David Jays
- 27 March 2008
Patchy performers can't obscure the genius of George Balanchine
New York City Ballet Coliseum, London WC2
Bathetic in Bangkok
- Andrew Billen
- 19 March 2008
Dirty talk but no sex in a strangely effective play without a plot
Tough time, nice time The Pit, London EC2
Terrifying beauty
- Guy Dammann
- 13 March 2008
McVicar's heroine inspires loathing and lust in a brutally explicit production
Salome Royal Opera House, London WC2
A diabolical mess
- Andrew Billen
- 06 March 2008
Poor direction of a new play by the RSC in London leaves the audience cold
I'll Be the Devil RSC at the Tricycle Theatre, London NW6
Leaders of the rebellion
- Simon Broughton
- 28 February 2008
Three unorthodox Africans know how to cast a spell over their audience
The egos have landed
- Andrew Billen
- 21 February 2008
Mamet's Hollywood satire is undermined by its testosterone-filled starring actors
