Nana's Surprise Birthday Party

Gritty and sexy, and filled with the passions and power of a beautiful Northern love story.

I confess to being a tad snooty when it comes to all this memory and movement malarkey, but I was surprised just how much difference it made not having a music stand between me and the players. Free from having to keep sheet music within their eyeline, the artists could express the music more, well, expressively

The skill of Thomas and Ward is quite remarkable; their ability to effortlessly shimmy up a Colgate lamppost and perform aerial acrobatics was jaw-dropping

Both sensitive and challenging in its treatment of the question of what is natural and unnatural.

A visceral reimagining of Mia Fisher’s novel of a young boy seduced through poverty and circumstance into the murky world of drug dealing.

Danny’s journey is interwoven with stories, facts and demonstrations involving the significant accordions throughout his life, and the result is warm, funny, comforting, worrying and, at more than one point, deeply unsettling.

We’re having more fun playing than ever before. We’re trying to treat everything like it’s a new chapter.

Their storming hits such as 'Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors' and 'Sparks' seemed as relevant as ever, and the band didn’t seem tiresome of playing them in the slightest.

She really wins me over with her penultimate track Dust & Coal, an infectious little guitar lick alongside solid harmonies.

Super Early Bird wrist bands and delegate passes are available... catch that worm!

2014’s theme ‘Beyond the Yellow Brick Road’ has Sir Elton’s lyrical country-idle in mind, so it’s back to the howling old owl in the woods, away from those city slickers who'll do you no good.

We'd been lured down their hedonistic path with melody and dancing, like Peter Piper leading us headfirst into the middle of a Vice magazine double spread.

What to say of the gig? Well, first of all, it was loud, very, very, loud.

Should've been to the gym and got fit. NS+V is here again...

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From start to finish, the show was naughty and delicious. Which are about the only dietary requirements for a Friday night, don’t you think? - Emma reviews the late-night Spiegeltent show...