Sy John the Baptist by Van Dyck in the Van Dyck in Sicily show at Dulwich Picture Gallery. © Houston Baptist University
Welcome Critics' Circle website
Who we are, what we are
President: Tom Sutcliffe
Vice-President: Simon Tait
Hon. General Secretary: William Russell
Hon. Treasurer: Peter Cargin
Trustees: Ian Herbert, Michael Billington
The Critics’ Circle, which makes an annual award for Services to the Arts, is comprised of the five sections listed above. The Circle's aims are to promote the art of criticism, to uphold its integrity in practice, to foster and safeguard members’ professional interests, to provide opportunities to meet, and to support the advancement of the arts.
Featured articles
Sondheim receives our Annual Award for Services to the Arts
He came, we saw, he conquered
William Russell
10/03/2012
Stephen Sondheim and the Critics' Circle come side by side.
general
The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2011
Winners declared
Jane Edwardes
24/01/2012
National Theatre is the big winner
drama
THE 12th NATIONAL DANCE AWARDS 2011
Winners announced at The Place
NDA Committee
23/01/2012
The Place to be
dance
32nd London Critics' Circle Film Awards
The Artist and A Separation top the winners at BFI Southbank on 19th January 2012
Rich Cline
21/01/2012
film
Taking the Stade
Jerwood Gallery opens at Hastings
Smon Tait
23/03/2012
visual-arts
Picture Gallery Six
Our events in 2012 including the Sondheim lunch
William Russell
10/03/2012
These are part of our archive - quite apart from the guest the aim is to preserve images of the critics of the day.
general
Polish Cinema Now!
Laurence Boyce looks at a study of contemporary Polish cinema just in time for the 10th Kinoteka Polish Film Festival in London
Laurence Boyce
05/03/2012
Laurence Boyce looks at a study of contemporary Polish cinema just in time for the 10th Kinoteka Polish Film Festival in London.
film
Dangle and Sneer
The critics who tell it like it is
By Dangle and Sneer of course
04/03/2012
Thoughts about things which we hope are the ones rarely put into words.
general
The Alan Smithee Column
Are young cinema audiences ruining The Woman In Black?
Alan Smithee
24/02/2012
It's not show friends. It's showbusiness.
film
Picture Gallery Five
Pictures from our 2011 Film, Dance and Drama Awards presented in January 2012
William Russell
25/01/2012
The bold, the bad and the beautiful - some of those who won Critics' Circle Awards, some of those who presented them.
history