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Susan Darlington
mockingbird
Theatre review / 22 September 2025
22 September 2025

SUSAN DARLINGTON applauds a new version of the classic novel of racial injustice in the deep South

merlin
Ballet review / 17 September 2025
17 September 2025

SUSAN DARLINGTON appreciates a retelling of the Merlin myth that emphasises family and belonging

CLOSE AND INTIMATE: The pewrformance / Pic: James Glossop
Theatre review / 21 July 2025
21 July 2025

SUSAN DARLINGTON highly recommends a novel setting for a play that is a rip-roaring yarn about kindness and helping people to belong

THE MUSIC OF ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS: Lana Del Ray plays Anfield
Music / 1 July 2025
1 July 2025

SUSAN DARLINGTON is charmed by an arena show that crosses Great Gatsby glamour with Jane Eyre madness

tambo
Theatre review / 16 May 2025
16 May 2025

SUSAN DARLINGTON is bowled over by an outstanding play about the past, present and future of race and identity in the US

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