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Theatre review: Talking Heads at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds
SUSAN DARLINGTON revels in Alan Bennett's challenges to the life mundane
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
Saving the best for last, Talking Heads brings the West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Alan Bennett season to a close.
Staging three of the monologues that were written in 1988 for the BBC, the actors have a tough challenge competing with roles made famous by Bennett, Maggie Smith and Patricia Routledge.
It’s to the credit of the cast that they make the roles their own and to director James Brining too for selecting pieces that have recurring themes such as death’s shadow, isolation and fear that the characters will be confronted with unimaginable alternatives if their ordinary, stagnating lives are challenged.
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