Eric Avery's year-long collaboration with Flinders Quartet bears remarkable fruit.

Every aspect of this staging works to highlight the strengths of Steel Magnolias – to a point where we don’t care about its contrivances.

A vivid tale of adolescent redemption inhabited by characters existing at the margins of reality.

Gavrylyuk's technique is flawless, sometimes astonishing. But does he overplay his strengths?

Can young love survive in modern day Cardiff? Gary Owen's warmhearted drama puts everything in its way.

Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy about gender, identity and sexuality exuberantly reinvented.

ASQ's soul-stirring touring program is one for the memory bank.

For bassoon fans this one’s the grand-daddy of them all.

Romantic giants up close and downsized for a fine drop of red.

With a highly gifted and vocally balanced cast, this is ensemble performance at its best.

MCO takes its audience on a rewarding stroll along a path connecting Vivaldi's Four Seasons to Libby Croad’s COVID-era Portraits.

Set during Northern Ireland's Troubles, Grace Chapple's tinderbox drama tells a universal story of past violence and ongoing trauma.

Salut! Baroque’s poetic mix is guaranteed to brighten your day.

Pappano saddles up a British warhorse and rides triumphantly into battle.

Echoes of Glass and Cage in Otte’s minimalist piano cycle.

Two handsome box sets unearth many unexpected gems.

Fine Vine, from the chamber rather than the cellar.

A lushly textured ode to the horizon by John Luther Adams.

Rennert embraces her inner will-o’-the-wisp in a breathtaking recital.

A superb Beethoven, with a fascinating 21st-century reflection.

Fatih Akin's latest film takes us to the coastal community of Amrum in 1945 to observe the end of the Nazi regime.

Circling its mysteries, this atmospheric film doesn’t quite stick its landing, but Jodie Foster is superb.

An engaging, quietly pointed study of autonomy, ageing and belonging starring a legend of the Spanish screen.

This film about John Davidson, who lives with Tourette’s, is compassionate, moving and very funny.

The three-time Tony nominee’s insightful memoir is an inspiration.

A fresh, lively deep dive into the hot-button issues of the opera world.

A portrait of the great Spanish guitarist from the horse’s mouth.

An illuminating memoir by the BBC director who captured musicians on film.