The Alchemist – Reviewed
The Alchemist, first show of the new season at the Playhouse, proves beyond any doubt that all that glitters isn’t gold… The con, the grift, the scam. Along with alchemy, they’re amongst the...
Jaws: The Experience
Mel Gilbert found she was in need of a bigger boat – or is that whiskey tumbler – on a recent trip to the Maritime Museum… Who knew that we lived near shark-infested...
Guided By Voices: Mercy’s Biennial Podcast
C James Fagan talks to writer and academic Vanessa Bartlett who has been commissioned to produce Mercy’s Biennial podcasts… This is it. There’s no denying it, the Biennial is here, announcing itself across...
Rebecca – Previewed
Adam Scovell on Rebecca, and the dark symmetry between Alfred Hitchcock and Daphne Du Maurier… The novels of Daphne Du Maurier share a natural cohesion to the cinematic virtues of Alfred Hitchcock. Both...
Biennial 2012: Doug Aitken & David Adjaye in conversation
Liverpool-based architect Matthew Ashton sits down for tea, biscuits and a good chat about creative ideas in art and architecture with Doug Aitken and David Adjaye … Tate Liverpool’s big Biennial commission, Sky...
Culture Diary w/c 17-09-12
Monday – Edward Scissorhands 8.30pm @ FACT If one film stands above all others as the archetypal Tim Burton movie, perhaps it is Edward Scissorhands. Starring Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder (Burton’s ideal...
Biennial Bulletin: It’s On!
Welcome to the first in an occasional, and some would say gossipy, bulletin rounding-up our Biennial experience… Today saw the official opening of Biennial 2012, the seventh edition of the largest international contemporary art...
Biennial 2012: A Crimson Grail – Rhys Chatham in conversation
Ahead of the UK premier performance of A Crimson Grail, Andrew Ellis speaks to the man behind it all, Rhys Chatham… This evening, Rhys Chatham, legendary minimalist composer and spearhead of the New York...
Biennial 2012: Countdown to CAVE
Glasgow-based sculptor James McLardy tells us just why we should take shelter at CAVE Art Fair … Just one of around 45 UK artists exhibiting work for sale at the debut CAVE Art...