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Theatre review / 5 May 2025

5 May 2025

WILL STONE foresees the refashioning of Beckett’s study of bitter nostalgia given the plethora of self-recording we make in the digital age

Music review / 5 April 2025

Throwing a curveball

5 April 2025

WILL STONE appreciates an artist who can swerve from industrial noise to clubby trance pop without missing a step

HOMOSEXUAL REPRESSION: Kingsley Ben-Adir as Brick and Seb Ca

Theatre Review / 19 December 2024

Sympathy for the devils

19 December 2024

‘There's outrage aplenty in this production but we never quite get to the dark night of the soul,’ writes WILL STONE

INNOVATION: High energy duets that are mixed with chorus lin

Ballet / 29 October 2024

Edifying entertainment

29 October 2024

WILL STONE applauds a quartet of dance vignettes exploring the joys and sorrows of the human condition

A group of firefighters from Birmingham join other members o

Britain / 8 October 2024

Firefighters issue 10 demands to repair 14 years of austerity at mass rally

8 October 2024

Gig review / 7 October 2024

Hygge priorities

7 October 2024

WILL STONE overlooks the corn to find the beauty in the music of the Danish indie-pop oddities

Gig review / 1 August 2024

Brain rave

1 August 2024

WILL STONE savours an utterly unique voice in electronic music

The Stroud Red Band take part in a march at the Tolpuddle Ma

Britain / 21 July 2024

‘This government needs to start to offer hope’

21 July 2024

Union leaders demand Labour deliver ‘deep and ambitious change’ as thousands attend the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival in Dorset

Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2024 / 21 July 2024

Trade unionists vow to fight attempts to water down New Deal

21 July 2024

Britain / 30 June 2024

'Grenfell law' should enshrine right to decent housing, Andy Burnham says at Glasto

30 June 2024

Britain / 28 June 2024

Hope for an end to Gaza genocide is absurd when governments treat Israel above law, Glastonbury hears

28 June 2024

An audience member explores Viola's room

Theatre review / 18 June 2024

Dangerous bedroom reverie

18 June 2024

WILL STONE is left wanting more by an immersive show that is within reach of greatness but doesn't quite grasp it

Britain / 6 June 2024

British-Palestinian independent candidate urges voters not to lend their support to pro-Israel Labour MPs

6 June 2024

(L - R) Nicolas Tennant, Jared Harris, Robert Emms and David

Theatre review / 8 December 2023

Smoke-filled living room

8 December 2023

WILL STONE admires a revival of Pinter’s dark exploration of male chauvinism and sexuality

TWINKLE TWINKLE: Bruce Springsteen and lead guitarist Steven

Culture / 10 July 2023

Bossing it

10 July 2023

WILL STONE falls for the charms and back catalogue of a 73 year old

ALL INCLUSIVE: From Windrush Choir to Elton John

Glastonbury 2023 / 27 June 2023

Political debate returns amid the usual musical cornucopia

27 June 2023

WILL STONE sees Glastonbury reaffirm its radical credentials

Festival goers walk under the 'Revive' sign during the Glast

Britain / 25 June 2023

There is power in a union, striking workers tell Glastonbury’s Left Field stage

25 June 2023

Gig Review / 4 April 2023

Hartnoll gold

4 April 2023

WILL STONE applauds a band that is never one to shy away from making a political statement

INDOMITABLE: Kathryn Hunter as Janina Duszejko

Theatre Review / 4 April 2023

Animal magic

4 April 2023

WILL STONE is transfixed by a brilliant adaptation of a best-selling Polish eco-thriller

Cedric Neal (Nicely-Nicely Johnson) and the cast of Guys & D

Theatre Review / 17 March 2023

Nicely nicely does it

17 March 2023

WILL STONE revels in a brilliant, immersive revival of the 1950s musical

The Brian Jonestown Massacre at the Roundhouse in 2014

Music Review / 17 February 2023

Troubled genius

17 February 2023

WILL STONE is both alarmed and overwhelmed by an epic night of neo-psychedelia

Theatre Review / 27 November 2022

The timeless relevance of the Scrooge allegory

27 November 2022

WILL STONE is filled with a sizeable dose of Christmas spirit

Music Review / 4 November 2022

Impossible not to feel invigorated

4 November 2022

( to R) Mei (Mei Mac), Satsuki (Ami Okumura Jones) and their

Theatre Review: My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican / 24 October 2022

Magical and reassuring

24 October 2022

An astonishing Royal Shakespeare Company production of Miyazaki's classic animation reconnects WILL STONE with his inner child

Kristin Hayter aka Lingua Ignota ('unknown language')

Music Review / 14 October 2022

Sinners told to get ready

14 October 2022

Culture / 9 October 2022

A dystopian rave for the post-techno clubber

9 October 2022

Music Review / 21 September 2022

Transporting fans to outer space and back

21 September 2022

STALWARTS: The Gilberto Gil tribe in full swing

Music Festival / 2 August 2022

Womad 2022: Flamboyant, vibrant and carnivalesque

2 August 2022

WILL STONE is engulfed by the magnificence of the returning festival

Glastonbury 2022 Review / 29 June 2022

Alive and well!

29 June 2022

Glasto’s all-embracing formula stands the test of time, writes WILL STONE, who had a whale of a time

Crowds at the Pyramid Stage during the Glastonbury Festival

Britain / 26 June 2022

Strikes are integral to defying cost-of-living crisis, hears Glasto's Left Field stage

26 June 2022

Portrait of AG Cook, photographed by Alaska Reid in 2020

Music Review / 17 June 2022

A tantalising taste of things to come

17 June 2022

Live Music Review / 2 May 2022

Nitzer Ebb

2 May 2022

Nitzer Ebb's sound, which captured the zeitgeist of ’80s British counterculture, is as relevant as a commentary on today’s strong-arming superpowers as it was then, finds WILL STONE

Music Review / 15 April 2022

Dead Can Dance

15 April 2022

WILL STONE is mesmerised by a riveting retrospective that does justice to an eclectic and haunting 40-year history

Max Cooper and Unspoken Words sleeve design

Music Review / 5 April 2022

An epic three hour marathon

5 April 2022

Music Review / 29 March 2022

The electronic music fest returns with abundant and gripping surprises

29 March 2022

RELIC OF THE PAST? HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs in London

Book Review / 13 March 2022

Uncomfortable view of incarceration

13 March 2022

OUT OF SYNC: Lennie James as Salter the father and Paapa Ess

Theatre Review / 3 February 2022

The perils of carrying our deficiencies into any ‘brave new world’

3 February 2022

Britain / 22 December 2021

Thousands of children exposed to domestic abuse

22 December 2021

Music Review / 15 November 2021

A sunny purveyor of catchy experimental electronic pop

15 November 2021

Music Review / 26 October 2021

A rather disappointing loss of plot

26 October 2021

Abigail Weinstock (Her/Baba) and Tom Mothersdale (Him/Man)

Theatre Review / 20 October 2021

Insightful reminder of society’s fragility

20 October 2021

Music review / 11 October 2021

An ode to personal grief has global resonance

11 October 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to a constructio

Britain / 10 October 2021

Jetsetting Johnson told to ‘get a grip’ on energy crisis and protect jobs

10 October 2021

Police and XR demonstrators as the group parked a bus on Lon

Britain / 2 September 2021

XR accuses police of using 'increasing violence' against climate activists

2 September 2021

Officers alleged to have drawn batons and thrown punches at peaceful protesters

LIGHT RELIEF: John Pfumojena and Christina Modestou as Enoch

MUSICAL THEATRE / 11 August 2021

Dark ride on this Carousel

11 August 2021

WILL STONE sees a curiously downbeat production of a Broadway musical classic

Female police officers and special constables talk to a susp

Britain / 27 July 2021

Civil rights campaigners brand government plans to strengthen police stop-and-search powers as ‘discrimination’

27 July 2021

Britain / 8 July 2021

Labour activists lose High Court challenge over anti-semitism complaints

8 July 2021

Firefighters inspect damage to a 19-storey tower block in Ne

Britain / 7 May 2021

Fire at tower block with Grenfell-style cladding leaves 40 needing treatment

7 May 2021

A sign on the M4 near Newport encouraging people to ‘Stay

Britain / 21 December 2020

Impact of new strain of Covid on NHS in Wales will be ‘profound’ if cases continue to rise

21 December 2020

Activity equipment in the children's playground area of a pa

Britain / 20 December 2020

Babies and children failed in pandemic response, warn health visitors

20 December 2020

Britain / 18 December 2020

People cut back on food to pay their telecom bill, Ofcom research finds

18 December 2020

Britain / 18 December 2020

Teaching unions warn mass testing plans for secondary schools are ‘undeliverable’

18 December 2020

Scientists whilst working at the Lighthouse Laboratory at th

Britain / 18 December 2020

Staff who process Covid tests at Lighthouse Lab missing out on promised £500 bonus

18 December 2020

A general view of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospita

Britain / 11 December 2020

Hospital maintenance staff win 4.5% pay deal

11 December 2020

Britain / 11 December 2020

Big Issue launch first-ever Christmas appeal film highlighting rough sleeping crisis

11 December 2020

Britain / 10 December 2020

Declassified UK treated as a ‘hostile website,’ finds independent review

10 December 2020

Britain / 9 December 2020

RMT blasts SWR over rail catering service cuts

9 December 2020

Britain / 9 December 2020

Bullied staff at EE forced to bark like dogs and do squats as punishment for poor performance

9 December 2020

Britain / 8 December 2020

Britain can cut emissions ‘by four-fifths in 15 years’

8 December 2020

Britain / 8 December 2020

Nurse death toll in UK since Covid hits grim total

8 December 2020

The scene in Avomouth, Bristol, as fire crews, police and pa

Britain / 3 December 2020

Waste water explosion causes multiple injuries and four confirmed fatalities

3 December 2020

Features / 30 November 2020

‘Coronavirus has highlighted deep-seated problems in the arts industry’

30 November 2020

The new leader of actors’ union Equity, PAUL FLEMING, talks to Will Stone about the impact of coronavirus on the performing arts, the union’s Four Pillars plan to aid recovery and the crisis of representation and equality in the world of culture