Satyagraha | REVIEW | Philip Glass’s ‘Portrait Opera’ about Gandhi
London Coliseum By Sam Pryce Now on its third revival, Phelim McDermott’s staggering production of Philip Glass’s Satyagraha, an opera focusing on Gandhi’s years…
Basquiat: Boom for Real | REVIEW | An exhibition of work by the jazz-inspired artist
Barbican Art Gallery, London By Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou It is fitting that the first large-scale exhibition in the UK of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work begins with…
The Nutcracker and I by Alexandra Dariescu | REVIEW | World premiere of a multi-media piece for pianist, ballerina and digital animation
Milton Court, London By Sarah Kirkup Alexandra Dariescu sweeps onto the stage and takes her place at the piano. Her movements are mirrored by…
Mark Titchner | PROFILE | The Turner prize nominee has fused Monteverdi and post-punk band Fugazi in his latest installation
By Christopher Webb About halfway through our conversation, Mark Titchner pauses to reflect before telling me that his work ‘tends to feel more relevant…
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present | REVIEW | a documentary about the American experimentalist
Volksbühne, Berlin By Sam Johnstone By the time he died in 2016, Tony Conrad had accrued a mythic aura. He was there at the point…
Sonica Glasgow | REVIEW | the festival of ‘sonic art for the visually minded’
By Hannah Nepil Officially, Sonica Glasgow seeks to explore the murky area between music, theatre and visual art. But it could rebrand itself as…