MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
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Jacqueline Saphra - Ballot Box Blues, after WH Auden
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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
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
Ballot Box Blues
After WH Auden
The day dawned dry and windy, the game too close to call,
the pollsters with their reckonings had made fools of us all.
Never trust the numbers, my dear, never trust the numbers.
Meanwhile down at Morrison’s the spam was going cheap
but the price of bread and butter was enough to make you weep.
And the queues were getting long, my dear, the queues were getting long.
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