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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Faith, Hope and Charity National Theatre London
Understated yet devastating account of life on the margins in the age of austerity
In tune with the times: Faith, Hope and Charity
[Sarah Lee]
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
“I DON’T want theatre to be comfortable,” writer and director Alexander Zeldin told the Morning Star last week. “I don’t want it to be consensual.”
And when the lights go up on his latest play Faith, Hope and Charity, it’s with a stark, fluorescent flicker that transforms the National’s Dorfman theatre into a run-down community centre and foodbank on the brink of closure.
At its helm is Hazel — played by the brilliant Cecilia Noble — whose weekly patchwork meals struggle to fill the gaps left by a crumbling welfare state in the age of austerity.
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