MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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Insightful reminder of society’s fragility
Abigail Weinstock (Her/Baba) and Tom Mothersdale (Him/Man)
[Helen Murray]
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 missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
Love And Other Acts Of Violence
Donmar Warehouse
A YOUNG man is overzealously shouting at a woman over the noise of a house party about the scandal of inflated university vice-chancellor pay while other staff struggle on low incomes.
It’s a very current conversation, a nod to the University College Union’s (UCU) ongoing campaign, and one of the only clues that this new play by Cordelia Lynn, finely directed by Elayce Ismail, is set in modern-era Britain.
As an opening scene to an otherwise extremely dark story, it’s hilarious in its familiarity of the social awkwardness that comes with trying to speak, least of all flirt, with anyone where the music is too loud.
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