Performance
New Statesman critics review the latest theatre, live music and dance performances
Articles in Performance
Results 61 to 70 of 78
Culture
Going, going . . . gone
- 01 May 2008
Trevor Nunn slips up with this tuneless assault on the English language Gone With the Wind New London Theatre, WC2
Theatre
We are all Cretans
- 24 April 2008
Birtwistle's new work is austere and challenges human nature head-on The Minotaur Royal Opera House, London WC2
Theatre
Battle of the petty bourgeoisie
- 17 April 2008
A satire on middle-class niceties works well as both comedy and philosophy God of Carnage Gielgud Theatre, London W1
Music
Shiny, happy people
- 10 April 2008
The veteran rock band have regained the passion that made them great REM Royal Albert Hall, London SW7
UK Politics
The last Edwardian
- 03 April 2008
An overly cautious portrait of Harold Macmillan fails to win our sympathy Never So Good Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1
Society
Out of step with the past
- 27 March 2008
Patchy performers can't obscure the genius of George Balanchine New York City Ballet Coliseum, London WC2
Lifestyle
Bathetic in Bangkok
- 19 March 2008
Dirty talk but no sex in a strangely effective play without a plot Tough time, nice time The Pit, London EC2
Music
Terrifying beauty
- 13 March 2008
McVicar's heroine inspires loathing and lust in a brutally explicit production Salome Royal Opera House, London WC2
Theatre
A diabolical mess
- 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
Politics
Leaders of the rebellion
- 28 February 2008
Three unorthodox Africans know how to cast a spell over their audience
