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The Guardian - Culture Edit Unfollow New music for 2023: Clavish, the quiet London rapper who lets his aloof music do the talking by Will Pritchard Jan 3, 2023 He only needed 40 seconds to light up the internet in 2018. Now the man of few words is finally releasing his debut mixtape From London, England Recommended if you like Nines, Meek Mill, Potter Payper Up next Debut mixtape, Rap Game Awful, released 13 January; touring the UK and Ireland in March Clavish’s arrival on the scene in 2018 was every bit as nonchalant as the north London rapper’s laid-back delivery: leaning out the window of a hatchback dropping slick bars over a Migos beat, flicking off lyrics like discarded responsibilities. The clip only lasted 40 seconds but it lit up the internet. The track that followed the buzz, called All These Funds, flipped the lens from portrait to landscape as he debuted a bleak, distinctly British counterpoint to Migos’s glitzier take on trap. People wanted more. But then Clavish clammed up. Continue reading... Continue Reading It's showtime! Stage sensations to watch out for in 2023 by Chris Wiegand Jan 3, 2023 Ross Willis unveils his new play Grim Brenda, Nancy Medina takes over at Bristol Old Vic and Sung Im Her has all the right moves. Here are 10 of theatre’s brightest talents today Somewhere backstage at the Barbican there’s a giant cuddly Totoro and I can’t be alone in wanting to dive on top of it. That’s testament to My Neighbour Totoro’s puppet masters, of course, but also to the warm performance of Mei Mac as the younger of the Kusakabe sisters who encounter the furry forest sprite. The scene in which she scales the sleeping creature’s tummy is a delight. As her namesake, Mei, she veers between happy-as-can-be glee, determination and distress whether through mile-a-minute dialogue or, just as effectively, in silence. Adult actors playing kids can grate but Mac fully inhabits her character and lets us see the others through her eyes. On TV, she has already starred in Call the Midwife and Nigel Ng’s sketch show East Mode. Totoro is at the Barbican for a few more weeks – it will be fascinating to see what happens next for the show and for her. Continue reading... Continue Reading

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