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• Abba Voyage, review: A mind-blowing celebration of some of the greatest pop music ever made

  Swedish icons' CGI spectacular at the Abba Loonshit in London will have today's pop superstars looking on with green-eyed

  

• Close, review: the most plausible contender yet for the 2022 Palme d'Or

  The latest from 31-year-old Lukas Dhont is an overwhelmingly sad and tender tale of babyhood friendship severed

• Big Boys, review: coming-of-historic period comedy blends laughs, life lessons and characters to truly root for

  Derry Girls' Dylan Llewellyn stars in this bubbly sitcom that is also a sensitively handled study of friendship and loss

• The Unfriend, Chichester, review: is Steven Moffat the new Alan Ayckbourn?

  Frances Hairdresser is terrific in the Sherlock creator's effortlessly entertaining debut play

• Andy Fletcher dies aged 60: Depeche Fashion founding keyboardist passes away at UK dwelling house

  British electro-popular giants mourn expiry of 'Fletch', who added his synth sounds to band'due south hits similar Just Can't Get Enough and Personal Jesus

Annotate and assay

• Andy Fletcher was the most understated homo in rock – and the glue that held Depeche Mode together

  The inscrutable synth pioneer one time insisted his job was simply to 'bum around'. As usual, he was being small-scale

  

• Great fine art is already 'immersive' – forget all these contemporary shows

  Experiencing art in-person will always be superior to sitting in front of a screen – beware those slap-up to make you lot retrieve otherwise

  

• Netflix is non anti-trans – it'south pro-freedom of speech

  The Twitter outrage over Ricky Gervais's 'transphobic' new show is all likewise predictable – and entirely misplaced

  

• Emma Barnett's interview with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was a masterclass

  Barnett proved herself a fantabulous journalist, committed to telling all angles of a story, while being empathetic and understanding

  

Reviews

• Showing Upward, review: Michelle Williams unravels in spectacular way

  This witty tale of creative rivalry, in contest at Cannes, proves Kelly Reichardt is one of our best directors

  

• Henry VIII, review: this bawdy take on Shakespeare'south concluding play is pure theatre magic

  A clever and funny production at Shakespeare's Earth shifts the focus away from the petulant monarch and on to his first two wives

  

• RMN, review: lust, xenophobia and rage in rural Romania

  The manager Cristian Mungiu returns to Cannes with some other Palme contender, heavy on atmosphere and grit, if not political subtlety

  

• A new Samson et Dalila that puts its faith in wild colour and lethal desires

  This colourful staging of the great Saint-Saëns opera is energetic and visually impressive, if a little lacking in interpersonal chemistry

  

• Britten's State of war Requiem gains an anti-Putin air, plus the best of May's classical concerts

  Vasily Petrenko and a trio of soloists from Great britain, Deutschland and Russia paid tribute to the state of war expressionless of another era, and now our ain

  

• The Unfriend, Chichester, review: is Steven Moffat the new Alan Ayckbourn?

  Frances Barber is terrific in the Sherlock creator's effortlessly entertaining debut play

  

Behind the music

Stone's untold stories, from band-splitting feuds to the greatest performances of all time

This night'due south TV

• What's on TV tonight: Stranger Things, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and more

  Your consummate guide to the week's idiot box, films and sport, beyond terrestrial and digital platforms

Screen Secrets

A regular serial telling the stories behind film and Goggle box'southward greatest hits – and most fascinating flops

• Obi-Wan Kenobi, review: Ewan McGregor shines just Star Wars is suffering from galactic bloat

  Taking place after the maligned prequel trilogy, the Disney+ mini-series follows the Jedi Master every bit he keeps an centre on young Luke Skywalker

  

• Nature'due south torture-porn: the grotesque truth almost wasps

  Seemingly evil, wasps bankrupt Darwin's organized religion in a chivalrous god. Now comes the pro-wasp propaganda: Seirian Sumner'southward new book, Endless Forms

  

• Richard Coles'south cosy offense novel proves the Church's loss is fiction's gain

  Britain's favourite vicar might be hanging up the dog collar, but in Murder Before Evensong he proves to be the unlikely heir to Barbara Pym

  

• Roger Federer is over the hill – and a lesson to us all, says Geoff Dyer

  In The Last Days of Roger Federer, Dyer asks what the after lives of his heroes (Nietzsche, Federer, Coltrane) can teach us about bowing out

  

• Sheila Hancock's memoir Former Rage has fabricated me believe in Brexit Derangement Syndrome

  The 89-year-one-time actress rages against Brexit simply likewise says 'I want my village back' when developers impinge on her French vacation home

  

• The Roaring Twenties are back in Lithuania: welcome to Kaunas, 2022's European Capital of Culture

  Amid a year of celebrations, Republic of lithuania'southward 2nd city is grappling with its troubled history – and looking back to a renaissance in the arts

  

• The protection of our heritage has get a ghastly global version of Eurovision

  Unesco's task is to preserve our most historic sites, yet which ones are favoured tin can come down to secret alliances and national interests

  

• Love Life: forty drawings that testify David Hockney at his most irresistible

  The Holburne Museum'due south new prove of the artist's drawings from 1963-1977 is enormously rewarding

  

• Edvard Munch: Masterpieces from Bergen: thrilling glimpses of mod life's eeriness

  His depictions of women haven't aged then well, but the Courtauld's enthralling new testify makes a stiff example for Munch'south luminescence nonetheless

  

In depth

More stories

• Good tunes, bad sex – the highs and lows of Cannes 2022

  The negronis and Nespressos flowed as the film festival emerged from its ii-year hibernation – with some new bad habits

  

• Showing Upward, review: Michelle Williams unravels in spectacular style

  This witty tale of creative rivalry, in competition at Cannes, proves Kelly Reichardt is 1 of our all-time directors

  

• Henry 8, review: this earthy take on Shakespeare'south final play is pure theatre magic

  A clever and funny production at Shakespeare's Globe shifts the focus abroad from the petulant monarch and on to his first ii wives

  

• Liam Gallagher delivers the greatest tape Oasis never made – the week'due south best albums

  Def Leppard nail the winning formula, Sean Paul keeps his legacy debark, Jeshi decries austerity Great britain, Just Mustard dazzle from Dublin

  

• Andy Fletcher was the most understated man in stone – and the gum that held Depeche Mode together

  The inscrutable synth pioneer once insisted his chore was but to 'bum around'. As usual, he was being modest

  

• The Roaring Twenties are back in Lithuania: welcome to Kaunas, 2022'south European Capital of Culture

  Amidst a year of celebrations, Lithuania'southward second city is grappling with its troubled history – and looking back to a renaissance in the arts

  

• RMN, review: animalism, xenophobia and rage in rural Romania

  The director Cristian Mungiu returns to Cannes with another Palme contender, heavy on temper and grit, if not political subtlety

  

• Obi-Wan Kenobi, review: Ewan McGregor shines simply Star Wars is suffering from galactic bloat

  Taking identify later on the maligned prequel trilogy, the Disney+ mini-serial follows the Jedi Principal as he keeps an centre on young Luke Skywalker

  

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/

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