To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
Leeds: Dance
Phoenix@Home
Phoenix Dance Theatre Quarry Hill
September 26-29
As a taster to their new season, Phoenix give a short run to three of their most popular pieces, Melt, Signal and Repetition Of Change. If you haven’t seen this innovative company’s work before, this is a very good place to start.
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GORDON PARSONS salutes the apt return of Brecht’s vaudevillian cartoon drama that retains the vitality of the boxing or the circus ring
BEN COWLES samples the many sonic and social therapies of Manchester Punk Festival 2026, and is ready again to smash capitalism
DAVID NICHOLSON is thrilled – and shocked – by an opera that seethes and sizzles with passion and the depraved use of power
This is a concert of ambition and courage by organist and improviser Wayne Marshall, says SIMON DUFF


