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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Architects of war resistance
Bent Architect’s new production England, Arise! is a welcome antidote to the Establishment narrative of WWI, says Bernadette Hyland
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
Bent Architect are not a left-wing theatre group in the traditional sense.
But with England, Arise! they have produced one of the few dramas this year which challenges the government’s propaganda about the first world war.
It is the story of the people who refused to be conscripted into the army in 1916 and the communities that supported them.
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