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GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
Holly Herndon, Barbican London
Audio-visual excellence from an electronic music pioneer
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis
PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger
ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey
FOREVER pushing the boundaries of electronic music’s potential, Holly Herndon will never settle on simply performing behind a laptop, as this show proves.
Joined onstage by a vocal ensemble and collaborator Mathew Dryhurst, Herndon gives a full run-through of her acclaimed third album PROTO, a stunning achievement that explores the relationship between humans and technology.
On the album, Herndon introduces Spawn, a singing AI that she has been developing over a number of years with Dryhurst and programmer Jules LaPlace.
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