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
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A radical’s revival in Edinburgh
LEN PHELAN looks forward to a season of films by the late John McGrath, the highly influential socialist writer and producer of TV, films and theatre
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
ONE of the radical strands in this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival really couldn’t be timelier as the referendum in Scotland draws near.
Border Warfare: John McGrath’s Work In TV, Theatre And Film features a season of 10 films by the writer and director who, from the 1970s until his death in 2002, was one of the most influential figures in the left theatre of England and Scotland.
Though McGrath had a highly successful career in film and television, his main passion was theatre. He was most certainly a man with a mission — to reach as many people as possible through theatre, heighten individual and collective awareness and move politics in a left direction.
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