MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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PAUL FOLEY recommends a darkly comic portrayal of misfits in Germany whose escape into playful fantasy is no defence against rampant capitalism
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
The missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
The Conquest of the South Pole at the Liverpool Everyman
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WHAT do you do when the world has turned its back on you? When you feel isolated and abandoned? When the sheer tedium of long-term unemployment gnaws at your bones?
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JAN WOLF enjoys a British revival of the 1972 come of age farce/panto Pippin
GORDON PARSONS is blown away by a superb production of Rostand’s comedy of verbal panache and swordmanship
DAVID NICHOLSON recommends a dazzling production of Bernstein’s opera set in a world where chaos and violence are greeted by equanimity