7 Jun 2012:
The reliance on a plodding 4/4 beat and gloom-by-numbers and the feeling that these sisters are squandering their potential, writes Maddy Costa
31 May 2012:
Kevin Rowlands has gone all-out for the high-camp, red-velvet theatricality on the Dexys comeback album, and that's just fine, writes Maddy Costa
Once home to nothing more innovative than A Midsummer Night's Dream, Regent's Park theatre is not only producing some of London's best musicals – it's beating the West End at its own game. Maddy Costa goes behind the scenes
Staging the sprawling morass of the album Third is a tantalising challenge, but the surfeit of songs – and singers – feels less like a gig and more like a geek-night in the archives, writes Maddy Costa
20 May 2012:
Mark Dornford-May's production never shies away from directly lecturing, but it also demonstrates incisive theatricality, writes Maddy Costa
17 May 2012:
The best bits of Jessica Davies and Katherine Blamire's new album crackle and crash nicely, but parts of it are just too tame, writes Maddy Costa