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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Theatre review: Little Revolution at the Almeida Theatre
A well-intentioned play on the 2011 riots sheds little light among all the heat, says GILLIAN PIGGOTT
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
Rating: 2/5
If any event in our recent history requires urgent political analysis, then the August 2011 riots do.
They are the focus of Alecky Blythe’s new play and her approach to theatre — verbatim recordings of events, the voices of bystanders and local residents edited together into a script — ought to prove thought-provoking and revelatory in relation to the shameful events of three summers ago.
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