Theatre reviews: Simon Callow in Tuesday at Tescos | Oedipus by Steven Berkoff …
Edinburgh Festivals
Berkoff's Oedipus, by contrast, defies no expectations, but offers fans of one of the great radical figures in British theatre a 100-minute feast of rich, classical drama, performed in the intensely physical ensemble style for which Berkoff is famous. …

Emmy The Great announces Liverpool date
Click Liverpool
New single, Paper Forest (In the Afterglow of Rapture), Emmy explains, was inspired by the finale of a Patti Smith song which talks about being 'blessed amongst all women', and a classical quote, learned through Sylvia Plath, that 'character is fate'. …

Come alive to the sound of music
Irish Independent
More positively, easy listening improves mood and classical music is said to uplift. A detailed review by the Cochrane Collaboration, the world's most prestigious organisation for medical reviews, found some, albeit limited, evidence that music therapy …

Remains of the Hay
Spear’s WMS
Goodall had to beat off such tough competition as the V&A's Cult of Beauty exhibition book by Stephen Calloway and Lynn Federle Orr, David Watkin's The Classical Country House and Café Society by Thierry Coudert. But for fiction we had nothing like as …

There is no modernist conspiracy in how we judge architecture
The Guardian
They should know, however, that very little "traditional architecture" or classical design actually appears before us. With the motto for the Olympic Games being "Faster, Higher, Stronger", you can forgive progressive architects getting a bit excited. …

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Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum Presents My Name is Rachel Corrie
Broadway World
As a long-time Theatricum company member, she has performed many of Shakespeare's leading ladies as well as other classical roles. She has also performed at New York's Signature Theatre, The Blue Heron and The Workshop Theatre as well as regionally at …

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England v India – live!
The Guardian
"Obviously they have a history of dogged determination and match changing partnerships, but even still there is something about this mix of the classical and resilience that Dravid and Laxman provide that sums up why Test cricket is a true spectacle. …

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Charting Wu Lyf at the Knitting Factory
New York Times (blog)
Anthony Tommasini explores the qualities that make a classical composer great, maybe even the best of all time. By DAN BILEFSKY More and more television shows are filming in the city thanks to an accommodating tax credit policy, large soundstages in …

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Reviews of new pop, country/blues, jazz and classical releases
Sacramento Bee
It's easy to understand why the haters attack Theophilus London. Even before this, his first album, arrived, the young hip-pop New Yorker garnered endorsements from upscale brands such as Bushmills and Cole Haan. He's been featured in fashion and …

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Antique Dances Presents Between Three at the Kings Head Theatre
Broadway World
Antique Dances work falls predominantly in the classical and contemporary spectrum and the three pieces represent a cross section of the company's style. Between Three will comprise of Slowly We Collide which was recently premiered in Covent Garden. …