PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
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Music: Dublin Legends
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
Royal and Derngate Northampton/Touring
When the original Dubliners finished half a century of touring in 2012 following the sudden death of Barney McKenna and John Sheahan's retirement, they left a huge void in the world of Irish music.
That hole has been filled by this new group and between them the four members, Sean Cannon, Eamonn Campbell, Gerry O’Connor Paul Watchorn have more than six decades' combined experience of playing with the original Dubliners. This is no tribute band, more the Dubliners reborn.
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