David Lister
A founder member of The Independent David Lister joined the paper in 1986 as Assistant Home Editor. He became the paper's arts correspondent in 1988 and is now Arts Editor and writes a column each Saturday. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Recently by David Lister
David Lister: A five-point guide to keeping the actor sitting next to you happy
Saturday, 4 December 2010
The Week in Arts
David Lister: We shouldn't be horrified by a change of direction
Monday, 29 November 2010
Prepare to be shocked if you go to the English National Opera at the moment. In Don Giovanni there is a gang rape by a group of masked men wearing Jesus Christ T-shirts. In a new opera, A Dog's Heart, there are four-letter words. Down the road at the Royal Opera House the recent production of Rigoletto included rape, oral and anal sex and much else that Verdi never envisaged.
David Lister: Sondheim's attack on musical legends strikes the wrong chord
Saturday, 27 November 2010
The Week in Arts
David Lister: They're still acting even when they break into song
Saturday, 20 November 2010
The Week in Arts
David Lister: Have the Brit Awards really run out of lifetime achievers?
Saturday, 13 November 2010
The Week in Arts
David Lister: Sky upstages the BBC in what the corporation used to do best
Saturday, 6 November 2010
The Week in Arts
David Lister: Imagine if Pink Floyd had to audition for Simon and Cheryl
Saturday, 30 October 2010
The Week in Arts
David Lister: More tours are the answer – not a Manchester base
Thursday, 28 October 2010
So the arts cuts have claimed their first victim. The Royal Opera House's grandiose plan to open a northern outpost in Manchester bites the dust. It goes to show that the cuts, worrying as they are, can also be an opportunity for sound common sense.
David Lister: So there was a price to pay for free love after all – right, Keith?
Saturday, 23 October 2010
The Week in Arts
David Lister: If the Royal Ballet can tour in Japan, why not Manchester?
Saturday, 16 October 2010
The Week in Arts
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