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December 23, 2018 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Foundry 616, December 15 9/10 What a bright new force is pianist Zela Margossian. Her debut album, Transition, announced her range and fascination as a composer, splashing her Armenian heritage across the broad canvas of jazz. But whereas the album (as good as it is) felt slightly stifled by a…

December 22, 2018 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Foundry 616, December 12 7.5/10 Tim Rollinson holds his guitar very distinctively, so the fingerboard is almost facing him. It’s as if he’s having a conversation with it – which he is: one in which charm and erudition predominate over lightning bolts of wit or thunderclaps of innovation. Rollinson, best…

December 20, 2018 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

SBW Stables Theatre, December 7 6/10 Is it a play? Is it a duologue? Is it stand-up comedy? No, it’s a hybrid: part play, part anecdote of the type where two raconteurs keep interrupting each other to tell you what really happened. Devised and performed by Phil Spencer and Susie…