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: Doctor Faustus
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
The Swan Theatre
Stratford-upon-Avon
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE’S play Doctor Faustus presents any modern director with a key problem. How can a contemporary audience, no longer in thrall to religious mythology, take seriously Faustus’s pact with the devil and his minister Mephistophilis, trading his immortal soul for 24 years of gratification of his every desire?
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