The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Tragicomic dilemmas of a world where the drugs don't work
Outstanding: Becci Gemmell
[Steve Tanner]
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
The Here and This and Now
Southwark Playhouse, London
THE HERE and This and Now dispenses a pharmacological mix of farce and tragedy.
Glenn Waldron’s play, in a Plymouth Theatre Royal production, begins at the “away day” of pharmaceutical company McCabe, with team-bonding exercises, chanting and rehearsed sales pitches performed with varying degrees of success.
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