The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Thorny issues of sex and sentience
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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
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CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
Sex with Robots and Other Devices
Kings Head Theatre, London
MAYBE it’s out of fascination or perhaps out of of fear but robots abound at the moment, whether onstage in Thomas Eccleshare’s Instructions for Correct Assembly at the Royal Court Theatre or on TV in Westworld.
In Eccleshare’s play, parents replace their dead son with a robot equivalent while in Westworld rich clients visit a Western-themed “park” populated by robots who’ll cater to your every sexual, or violent, whim.
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