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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No joy with New Dawn
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
New Dawn Fades City Varieties, Leeds/Touring
JOY Division are as synonymous with Manchester as rain and Coronation Street. So it makes sense for any play about the influential band to feature the city as a secondary character.
But in New Dawn Fades writer Brian Gorman pays more attention to it than to the legendary outfit, dedicating more time to to local luminaries Friedrich Engels, John Dee and Roman general Julius Agricola in the first act than to the group.
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