PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
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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
THERE was plenty of activity around the bicentenary of Charlotte Bronte’s birth this year, of which Lip Service’s revival of Withering Looks (Morley Town Hall) was one of the theatrical highlights.
Promising an “authentic” look at the lives and works of the Bronte Sisters, the farcical play was self-referential, gently risque and tremendously entertaining for those familiar with the Victorian gothic genre.
Written and performed by Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding, the pair’s comedy acting and mugging were as satisfying as their obvious love of the novels they were satirising.
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