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Theatre Review: Troubled testimony
An act of storytelling and witness to the civil war consuming Syria brings an anguished human dimension to the fore, says JOE GILL
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
Oh My Sweet Land
Young Vic Theatre, London SE1
3/5
Oh my Sweet Land begins with a woman walking on stage carrying plastic shopping bags which she unloads onto a kitchen table.
While preparing the traditional Arabic dish kibbeh she begins to tell the story of how she met a Syrian man called Ashraf in Paris who is haunted by the friends and family he has left back in the war zone.
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