MATTHEW HAWKINS witnesses a contemporary ballet that represents human life as subjected to artificial intelligence
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Sid hasn’t gone and got himself fooled again, has he?
ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER reveals his first-ever reggae talk-over poem
by Marwa Paikan
A misfit couple unhappily ever after, a dead man walking, dodgy journos, and trench art trucking
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PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
TONY BURKE speaks to JOEL McIVER, co-author of the biography of bluesman John Mayall
Anyone old enough will surely remember the “Tell Sid” British Gas share advertising campaign in 1986 which started off the whole Thatcherite privatisation nightmare.
Well, Sid’s 27 years older now and he’s just bought shares in Royal Mail too. But the chickens have come home to roost with a vengeance...
This is my first-ever reggae talkover poem, performed over a track from the brilliant Rebel Control sound system.
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