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Tickled pink: sheep and festivalgoers at Latitude CREDIT: Getty Images
19. Dance: Ballet Black
With strong new works by Will Tuckett and Mthuthuzeli November, this intelligently curated,
beautiful bill was just terrific: the best evening of new ballet all year. Read the full review.
18. Classical: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Searingly intense performances of two rarely heard works by the Jewish composer Mieczysław
Weinberg, alongisde Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder.
17. Radio: Nolan Investigates: Stonewall
Stephen Nolan’s 10-part investigative podcast forced the BBC to confront its own biases when it
came to Stonewall’s lobbying of the corporation. Read the full review.
16. Opera: Jenufa, Royal Opera
Janacek’s heart-rending story of mother-daughter conflict, with Karita Mattila and Asmik
Grigorian, was given a world-class, dark new production by Claus Guth. Read the full review.
15. Television: It’s a Sin
Russell T Davies’s brilliant love letter to a generation of young men who died of Aids was
heartbreaking but life-affirming, infused with moments of defiance and joy. Read the full review.
