Review

It is genuinely startling and shocking that this is the first Othello from a black director at a major venue

In the 1980s Bilbao was on its knees. A hugely ambitious new art gallery changed all that

No amount of effort can get over this dime-a-dozen children's show's innate tiredness

Over the years this enormously popular production has taken on a life of its own

Winter nights in Iceland are long and dark – just how writers like them

The Dutch craze for flowers made and lost fortunes – and produced some remarkable works of art

This pared-down production is theatre at its most basic and minimalist

This farce is a limp, boring and painfully unfunny exercise in folie de grandeur

A transfixing reflection on the plight of asylum seekers should be at the top of Suella Braverman’s watch list

Largely unheralded during her lifetime, Slovakian sculptor Mária Bartuszová is now hailed for her richly feminine visual language

Amy Trigg’s play about life with spina bifida is a tremendous piece of writing and acting, but repeats are for television

The fundamental problem with this musical is that it just doesn’t really have any memorable music

The UK Jewish film festival forces us to confront the past, no matter how agonising

A show about shallow people really shouldn’t be so shallow itself. Sadly, this production falls into this trap

The play's 90 minutes pass effortlessly enough, but ultimately one was left feeling it was much ado about nothing

The Baltic state is bursting with creative brilliance. Art fans in the west need to catch up

With its charming campery, the plot of this 1940s Spanish crime drama is a breath of fresh air

Any attempt to explain this play will not do it justice. Just go and see it. It is simply wonderful

This production has gotten Soho Place off to a marvellously, pun intended, good start

It's a period film. It's a monster movie. It's a martial arts picture. It's Brotherhood Of The Wolf and its improbable global cult status is long overdue

Ásgeir, as he is mononymously known, is a household name in Iceland for his warm soundscapes

The divisive filmmaker's latest shows how modern-day Russia was formed out of the ashes of empire

This adaptation of a Japanese children’s fantasy suggests the RSC will do whatever is necessary to get its finances back in order after the pandemic

This is an important play, beautifully acted and performed

She Said stands out and a French drama also shines at the London Film Festival

The Swedish star surely claims the crown as the most uninhibited woman in pop

A new exhibition explores the relationship between the artist and the photographer

Netflix's retelling of a French tragedy depicts the humanity of events with a beautiful rawness

Juliet Stevenson is on spellbinding form in the title role of this long-awaited West End transfer

It’s a pleasure to see David Tennant back on stage, even if it has turned out Nazi again

As opposition to Putin grows inside Russia, a timely photographic exhibition revisits sites of protest against the old Soviet Union

A new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum raises a question about the limits of art