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    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      ReviewTheatre
      Dear England, National Theatre — James Graham scores a winner with exhilarating football play

      Plus: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Almeida seethes with restless energy; ‘Frank and Percy’ celebrates older romance

    • Thursday, 8 September, 2022
      HTSI
      Es Devlin’s work of ark

      Kanye’s set designer of choice has turned environmentalist with her latest project highlighting 243 endangered species – with songs

      Es Devlin in her London studio
    • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
      ReviewTheatre
      Caryl Churchill’s A Number returns to the London stage, asking huge questions

      Plus: Alistair McDowall’s mysterious new play The Glow at the Royal Court

      Two men in casual clothes sit on chairs on stage and talk in front of a red wall
    • Saturday, 6 June, 2020
      FT SeriesThe future of design
      The shape of things to come: design in a post-lockdown world

      Leading figures predict how the industry will respond – and who will lead the way

    • Monday, 17 September, 2018
      Life & Arts
      The AI lion bringing poetry to Trafalgar Square

      Designer Es Devlin’s Google-funded artwork uses algorithms to generate verse

      Es Devlin's 'Please Feed The Lions' which runs in Trafalgar Square, London from September 18-23
    • Saturday, 11 August, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Aristocrats at the Donmar Warehouse — status anxiety

      A once-grand Irish family faces an uncertain future in Brian Friel’s absorbing play

      David Dawson and Aisling Loftus in 'Aristocrats'
    • Thursday, 26 July, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Pet Shop Boys, Royal Opera House, London — wittily conceived, powerfully executed

      A spectacular restaging of the synth-pop duo’s 2016 ‘Inner Sanctum’ show

      Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys on stage at the Royal Opera House
    • Friday, 15 June, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Katy Perry, O2 Arena, London — spectacular, unstoppable

      The singer provided memorable songs, while theatre designer Es Devlin’s production was a pop-art triumph

      Katy Perry at the O2 Arena, London
    • Friday, 16 February, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Girls & Boys, Royal Court, London — uncomfortable, unsettling

      Carey Mulligan delivers Dennis Kelly’s monologue with blazing intensity

      Carey Mulligan in ‘Girls & Boys’
    • Thursday, 2 March, 2017
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Ugly Lies the Bone — virtual reality as therapy

      A flawed but compassionate play at the National’s Lyttelton Theatre, London

      Kate Fleetwood and Ralf Little in 'Ugly Lies the Bone'
    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2016
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Faith Healer, Donmar Warehouse, London: ‘A mesmerising revival’

      Brian Friel’s haunting play resonates strongly thanks to delicate staging and superb performances

      Stephen Dillane in 'Faith Healer'
    • Wednesday, 7 October, 2015
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Raven Girl/Connectome, Royal Opera House, London — review

      Wayne McGregor’s ballet, reworked and revived, is still fundamentally flawed

      Sarah Lamb in 'Raven Girl'. Photo: Johan Persson
    • Wednesday, 26 August, 2015
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Hamlet, Barbican Theatre, London — review

      After weeks of hoopla, Benedict Cumberbatch emerges as a persuasive prince in this dynamic but bumpy staging

      HAMLET by Shakespeare, , Writer - William Shakespeare, Director - Lyndsey Turner, Set design -Es Devlin, Lighting - Jane Cox, The Barbican, 2015, Credit: Johan Persson/
    • Tuesday, 4 August, 2015
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Make/Believe: UK Design for Performance 2011-15, Victoria and Albert Museum, London — review

      The V&A showcases the most memorable moments in the past four years of British stage design

      Norwegian National Opera’s production of 'Die Fledermaus'
    • Sunday, 26 April, 2015
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, National Theatre (Lyttelton), London — review

      Caryl Churchill’s 17th century-set play suggests parallels with today’s debates about the fluidity of nationhood

      Nicholas Gleaves, centre, in 'Light Shining in Buckinghamshire'
    • Friday, 17 April, 2015
      Life & Arts
      ‘Light Shining in Buckinghamshire’, National Theatre, London

      Lyndsey Turner stages Caryl Churchill’s play with an 18-strong ensemble

      Steffan Rhodri (left) and Joseph Rowe in rehearsals
    • Friday, 13 March, 2015
      ReviewLife & Arts
      ‘Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny’, Royal Opera House — review

      Brecht and Weill’s timeless fable of capitalist greed rises to a denouement of biblical grandeur

      Peter Hoare, Anne Sofie von Otter and Willard White
    • Monday, 2 June, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Connectome, Royal Opera House, London – review

      Alastair Marriott’s choreographic portrait of grief is all but overwhelmed by its own stage design

      Natalia Osipova and Steven McRae perform 'Connectome'
    • Friday, 30 May, 2014
      Life & Arts
      Es Devlin’s designs for (cultural) life
      Es Devlin at home with her piano
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