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George Fogarty
The captivating Tawanda. Photo: Justine Glazebrook/Author supplied
Culture / 22 May 2025
Out of the Wood
22 May 2025

GEORGE FOGARTY falls under a spell of an unpretentious gathering that is as edifying as it is entertaining

SOUL47
Music / 2 May 2025
Cultural resistance
2 May 2025

GEORGE FOGARTY is stunned by the epic and life-affirming sound of an outstanding Palestinian musical collective

TOMORROW'S WARRIOR: Nubya Garcia
Live Music Review / 19 March 2025
Self-healing technologies
19 March 2025
GEORGE FOGARTY is mesmerised by the messages made when jazz is played by people who grew up steeped in jungle and hip-hop
LYCANTHROPIC STAND UP: Stewart Lee vs The ManWulf
Comedy / 10 February 2025
The beast within
10 February 2025
GEORGE FOGARTY applauds a show that punches down alt-right-friendly comedy
Aja Monet
Interview / 9 October 2024
‘It’s fascinating what humans not doing human shit can mean for the world’
9 October 2024
George Fogarty speaks to US Surrealist Blues poet AJA MONET
MUSIC FOR OUR TIMES: Disraeli leads the singing at Edinburgh
Gig Review / 30 May 2024
Moon master
30 May 2024
This is music that brings the party, the catharsis and the love all at once, says GEORGE FOGARTY 
Apphia Campbell as Nina Simone
Theatre review / 31 January 2024
Masterpiece, goddamn!
31 January 2024
GEORGE FOGARTY is gripped by a brilliant one-woman show about the singer Nina Simone
Left: Lova Lova; Right: Comet is Coming
Festival Review / 4 August 2023
The sound of the new
4 August 2023
GEORGE FOGARTY finds that alternatives to so-called capitalist realism are thriving in the world music scene
REMARKABLE: Neil Gore in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist
Theatre Review / 21 March 2023
The darkness before dawn
21 March 2023
GEORGE FOGARTY applauds a brilliant one-man version of Robert Tressell’s classic of working-class literature
Acting Lab: Perform
Theatre Review / 2 March 2023
Eat the rich
2 March 2023
GEORGE FOGARTY is sickened, amused and stirred to action by a unique community theatre show
VIRTUOSOS: Ramana Batachandran and Sabir Khan
Music review / 14 October 2022
Mesmerically soothing soundscapes
14 October 2022
GEORGE FOGARTY highly recommends the Darbar Festival at the Barbican
Kae Tempest, at FORWARDS festival 2022
Live Music Review / 7 September 2022
Forwards lives up to expectations
7 September 2022
GEORGE FOGARTY offers a rapping summation
Ezra Collective
Music Review / 15 July 2022
A festival of consequence
15 July 2022
(L to R) The Slinkopator; Thomas Truax with ardent fans
Music Review / 26 May 2022
The Slinkopator and Hornicator win the day
26 May 2022
BRECHTIAN THEATRICS: Tiger Lillies’ Christmas Carol
Music Review / 17 December 2021
Brechtian theatrics and central European street music
17 December 2021
Chineke!
Music Review / 21 October 2021
Chineke! Classical music for the many not the few!
21 October 2021
(L to R) Joe Armon-Jones, Nubia Garcia, Daniel Casimir, She
Live Music / 2 November 2020
A combination of dub reggae and spiritual jazz has been so seemingly under-explored
2 November 2020
Comedy / 8 August 2019
Female comedians given particular prominence this year gloriously embrace the opportunity with side-splitting performances
8 August 2019
Festival Review / 1 August 2019
Thunderously intense and utterly transfixing
1 August 2019
Kora virtuoso: Jali-Fily Cissokho
Music review / 21 May 2019
Wood Festival, Braziers Park Oxfordshire
21 May 2019
Small but perfectly formed world music event punches well above its weight
Culture / 6 March 2019
Music review: Goran Bregovic, Royal Festival Hall
6 March 2019
Goran Bregovic’s Weddings and Funerals Orchestra produce a gloriously exuberant Balkans sound which is taking the world by storm
Music Review / 21 February 2019
Asher Dust’s deeply intimate affair
21 February 2019
Utterly compelling: Martyn Jacques (centre)
Cabaret Review / 31 August 2018
Poe-faced pleasure from the masters of hilarious horror
31 August 2018
Music Review / 17 June 2018
Sensational salsa session
17 June 2018