Live Reviews

The Stone Roses, Glasgow Green

4

How do The Stone Roses fare when they return to Glasgow Green - site of one of their most legendary live shows?

Oil City, Toynbee Hall, London

4

"A big game of lobbying Cluedo" - Sally Brammall goes on an immersive theatrical experience uncovering scandals in the oil industry

Neil Young, SECC, Glasgow

Neil Young
3

Is the grungefather burning out or fading away?

Rockness, Clune Farm, Dores

4

"The sun shone on the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Ness, making Rockness 2013 a monster of a festival"

The Smith Quartet, St John's Smith Square

The Smith Quartet © Hugo Glendinning

"It's energetic stuff – the cellist takes a big breath after a particularly demanding section, a few horsehairs on her bow severed"

The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone

The Stone Roses

"Made of Stone is Shane Meadows' open love letter to the Stone Roses - but is it a resurrection or a history lesson?"

Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner, Hamburg State Opera

"Das Rheingold is two and a half hours long – yet the staging's poetic symbolism is more than enough to engage"

Lana Del Rey, SECC, Glasgow

Lana Del Rey
3

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

Say It With Flowers, Sherman Cymru, Cardiff

Gillian Kirkpatrick as young Dorothy
4

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

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"

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