PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
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ARTS ROUND-UP 2013 - part 4
Star critics recall events in the arts they were most impressed by in the last 12 months - take 4
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
PERFORMANCE
Three very different tragedies were my theatrical highlights this year - Nicholas Hytner's production of Othello, set in a military base in Cyprus, Ibsen's Ghosts directed by Richard Eyre, and Michael Grandage's staging of The Cripple Of Innishmaan, Martin McDonagh's 1997 play.
There are many different types of tragedy, from Aristotle's categorisation of its essential elements being pity, fear, catharsis and the tragic individual to Raymond Williams's definition of its liberal and modern manifestations.
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WILL STONE is frustrated by a performance that chooses to garble the lyrics and drown the songs in reverb
DAVID NICHOLSON recommends a dazzling production of Bernstein’s opera set in a world where chaos and violence are greeted by equanimity
JAN WOOLF is beguiled by the tempting notion that Freud psychoanalysed Hitler in a comedy that explores the vulnerability of a damaged individual