ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity,  Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London

KEITH RICHMOND relishes a superbly conceived modern version of Aeschylus’ drama of murderous family succession

MICHAL BONCZA recommends a minimalist installation that prompts intriguing connotations

FIONA O’CONNOR questions the achievement of this year’s Orwell prize winner for political fiction

LEO BOIX reviews two powerful Latin American novels in which myth and crime fiction expose the deadly consequences of patriarchy, clandestine abortion and state violence

New releases from Laura Veirs, The Waterboys, and Yard Act

Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?