Steve Dinneen
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Es Devlin at the Design Museum: A fitting spectacle (opens the original)
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Es Devlin: Other Worlds | Design Museum | ★★★★★ As one of City AM’s theatre critics, I’ve long been blown away by the work of Es Devlin, perhaps the most famous set designer in the land (although Bunny Christie might have something to say about that). She’s one of those artists whose work you can immediately recognise: she’s drawn again and again to familiar shapes and arrangements: beams of light, rotating cubes, concentric circles. Even those with only a cursory knowledge of London theatre mig
Information wars: The digital mafia weaponising local news (opens the original)
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In part two of our investigation into the disinformation barons, Steve Dinneen dives into a world where hostile factions run smear campaigns for cash and victims have nowhere to hide. To catch up on the first part, follow this link “A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.” This is not the response I was expecting when I contacted a website I suspected of being part of an international disinformation network. I wasn’t expecting a response at all. But ov
Tilda Swinton is sublime in play about survival amid turmoil (opens the original)
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With a shock of dishevelled blond hair and the demeanour of David Bowie with an existential hangover, Tilda Swinton is perfect as the lead in Man to Man – so perfect, in fact, that this is the second time she’s done it, reprising her 1988 performance on this very stage. It may be a one-woman show but there’s no vanity behind this celebrity casting: Swinton cuts a grotesque figure as Ella Gericke, swaying across the stage in a pair of saggy Y-fronts and a grubby wife-beater vest. She’s a hard dri
Jay-Z tour review and special guests: He's still got it (opens the original)
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Who could argue that Jay-Z isn’t one of the great artists of his generation? This is a man who not only helped write the soundtrack of the 21st century thus far, but who has managed to keep his sound fresh where so many others have seen the creative well run dry. The last time I saw him perform was back in 2012 for the Watch the Throne tour. You can tell how long ago that was by the fact he had equal billing with Kanye, before… well, everything. It remains the most spectacular gig I’ve ever seen
Electra/Persona review: A dull mash-up of Sophocles and Bergman (opens the original)
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Electra/Persona | National Theatre (Lyttelton) | ★★☆☆☆ The best thing I can say about Cate Blanchett’s new play Electra/Persona is that it’s better than the last time I saw Elektra (spelled with a ‘k’ on that occasion). Last year Ms Marvel star Brie Larson took the lead in Sophocles’ tragedy, singing and yelling her way through a baffling series of one-sided conversations as robotic arms sprayed her and the rest of the cast with black paint. I described that production as “ambitiously avant gard
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