The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Painfully instructive
KATHERINE M GRAHAM recommends a tragicomic exploration of a family in denial
Instructions For Correct Assembly
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
Instructions For Correct Assembly
Royal Court Theatre, London
THERE'S a comfort in banality — an ease and a simplicity. And there’s a pleasure in saying the “right” thing to your friends and having the “right” joke or truism to hand.
But learning the social rules — what to say, what not to say — is more complicated than we might expect and what lies beneath the banal is often pain.
At the centre of Thomas Eccleshare’s new play Instructions For Correct Assembly are Max and Harry, played brilliantly by Jane Horrocks and Mark Bonnar.
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