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Will Stone
Kelly Lee Owens
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
Casper Clausen, frontman of Efterklang
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
Hopkins in 2022 at Sentrum Scene, Oslo.
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
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
Tanushka Marah
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
It's all great fun
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
Omar Souleyman
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
Zoviet France
Culture / 9 October 2022
A dystopian rave for the post-techno clubber
9 October 2022
Godspeed
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
Yoga workshop in the Healing Field
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
Frontman Douglas McCarthy
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
DAZZLING: Caterina Barbieri and friends
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
Nick Cave
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