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Susan Darlington
Jonathan Hanks in A Christmas Carol
Theatre Review / 23 December 2024
23 December 2024
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys, with minor reservations, the Northern Ballet’s revival of its 1992 classic
Tristan Sturrock and Katy Owen in Emma Rice’s Blue Beard
Theatre review / 6 March 2024
6 March 2024
SUSAN DARLINGTON revels in an exhilarating adaptation of the gruesome fairytale that invokes the real-life horror of women lost to male violence
(L to R) Eddie Ahrens, Rachel Hammond, Hannah Baker and Harv
Theatre Review / 23 May 2023
23 May 2023
SUSAN DARLINGTON is disappointed by a show that aims to highlight misogyny within the police but fails to arrest the audience's attention
Brett Anderson of Suede
Gig Review / 10 April 2023
10 April 2023
SUSAN DARLINGTON revels in a band that know their own continuing relevance
GREAT INTERACTIONS: (L to R) Divina De Campo and Billy Pearc
Theatre Review / 19 December 2022
19 December 2022
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys a boldly reconfigured classic
NO WEAK LINKS: (L to R from top) Daniel Jacob as Lady Brackn
Theatre Review: / 13 September 2022
13 September 2022
SUSAN DARLINGTON recommends an innovative production of Oscar Wilde’s classic
Theatre Review: / 4 May 2022
4 May 2022
STUFF OF NIGHTMARES: A kraken attacking a merchant ship, 181
BOOKS / 11 May 2021
11 May 2021
In search of answers to what makes the mysterious cephalopod tick
HIGHLY READABLE: Sue McCormick
FICTION / 31 July 2020
31 July 2020
Timely reminder of the power of individual and collective action to bring about positive change
ARTFUL ANACHRONISM: The Good Book
FILM ONLINE / 6 May 2020
6 May 2020
SUSAN DARLINGTON recommends a gripping near-future chronicle of a city on the edge of conflict
UNSPOKEN ANGER: Henry Petch (left) in A Hunger Artist
THEATRE / 11 March 2020
11 March 2020
Opaque exploration of art and the human condition
THEATRE / 1 March 2020
1 March 2020
Jane Austen goes pop in raucous rendition of one of her greatest hits