Reviews

Reviews
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"

Vampire Weekend

Malcolm Jack: Vampire Weekend's latest is bloody good

"Vampire Weekend’s songwriting is up there among the most agile at the commercial end of US indie"

Naked Bird, Theatro Technis, London

4

"Naked Bird is a personal story that keeps you entertained - and makes you want to start making changes in your life"

The Review Show

Sam Delaney takes on the 'Four Liberal Columnists of the Apocalypse'

"What a brilliant service The Review Show offers to its loyal viewers - by which I mean the panellists themselves"

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