PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
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Anniversary dance amazes
Peter Lindley reviews the Richard Alston Dance Company at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London EC1/Touring
LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
MARY CONWAY admires a brave and topical study of Armageddon that is, unfortunately, unable to come to a conclusion
ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH and JAMIE BRITTON review Hanging by a Wire, I Want Your Sex, The Pout-Pout Fish, and Rise of the Foot Soldier: Retribution
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The Bard hands out medals for his Edinburgh campaign and urges us to support The Men They Couldn’t Hang
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Richard Alston’s company marks it 20th anniversary with this production of four richly diverse works, choreographed by Alston and Martin Lawrence, who some regard as his natural successor.
The latter is responsible for Burning, inspired by the music and febrile love life of composer Franz Liszt, in which Liam Riddick and Nancy Nerantzi’s duet to the Dante Sonata thrillingly captures the thrust and thunder of all-consuming passion.
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