Reviews

Thomas Quinn on the American supermoms making medical history

"Kristine changed her son’s life. Perhaps she changed his brain – or at least allowed it to evolve in the way it was meant to"

Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey, SECC, Glasgow

3

"Brand Lana is all about the fine line between glamour and gaucheness in American pop culture"

Gillian Kirkpatrick as young Dorothy

Say It With Flowers, Sherman Cymru, Cardiff

4

"A jaw-dropping piece of stage design throws the show - and a rhetorical window - wide open"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Kate Molleson: The 'spotless' Mozart of King’s College Cambridge

"The Choir of King’s College Cambridge sample some of the best interpretations of Mozart’s original sketches"

The Pirates of Penzance, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

"This production revels in the story's potential for slapstick and wit – while providing glorious sets and a fabulous chorus"

Gordon Ferris

Gordon Ferris: 5 books everyone should read before they die

Author Gordon Ferris picks five essential reads: "Be warned: read this book and be prepared to read the next 19!"

Phineas and Ferb

CBBC out-satired by Disney? Oh brother...

Jane Graham takes aim at CBBC's lack of edge, compared to Nickelodeon's "brilliantly stoopid characters"

Thomas Quinn works up an appetite for Philip Kazan's tasty novel

"The hero is Nino, a Renaissance Jamie Oliver whose gift - a brilliant sense of taste - is also a curse"

Savages

Savages, Ministry of Sound, London

"Savages' Jehnny Beth is a force of nature, with a soaring, yelping voice that would silence a jungle"

The Look of Love

Edward Lawrenson finds thrills and frills in The Look of Love

"The Look of Love is a funny, poignant study of Raymond, but also a time-capsule evocation of 1970s Soho"

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