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An unexpected and singular aberration
MARY CONWAY explains her disappointment with the ‘reconfigured’ classic
(L to R) Hilton McRae as Edgar; Emily Bruni as Katrin and Lindsay Duncan as Alice,
[Alex Brenner]
KENNY MacASKILL relishes a fictionalised account of the life and death of the principled Irish anti-colonialist, executed for betraying his English imperial masters
FIONA O’CONNOR admires an ambitious first novel that loosens South Africa’s rainbow collective to examine the racial tensions within
Aussie mining corporation murder, Liverpudlian ex-cop amnesia, a naive vigilante tries to reset capitalism, and the riddle of the dead psychoanalyst
SYLVIA HIKINS is persuaded by an entertaining play that the true miracle of Lourdes would be for attitudes toward disability to change
JAMIE BRITTON recommends this fine analysis of the architectural, ecological and infrastructural destruction of the Gaza Strip
The Dance of Death
Arcola
AUGUST STRINDBERG’S hugely influential play The Dance of Death, in a new version by Oscar-winning writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz (for Best Foreign Language Film Ida, co-written with Paweł Pawlikowski) is a thrilling proposition at the Arcola. And when you add the intelligent, star-performance skills of the luminous Lindsay Duncan to the mix – not to mention the commanding confidence of acclaimed director Mehmet Ergen – you would expect a night to remember from this highly anticipated run.
So why the disappointment?
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