MICHAL BONCZA recommends a minimalist installation that prompts intriguing connotations
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Best of 2019: Theatre
John Kani's Kunene and the King, set in post-apartheid South Africa, was a highlight of the year
Mirror to life: John Kani and Anthony Sher in Kunene and the King
FIONA O’CONNOR questions the achievement of this year’s Orwell prize winner for political fiction
LEO BOIX reviews two powerful Latin American novels in which myth and crime fiction expose the deadly consequences of patriarchy, clandestine abortion and state violence
New releases from Laura Veirs, The Waterboys, and Yard Act
Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
THERE is always a place for skilful modern treatments of the classics and Tom Morris’s production of Cyrano de Bergerac, adapted by Peter Oswald, bubbled with a sparky contemporary wit.
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STEPHEN ARNELL looks back to when protesters took to the streets in London demand to Irish liberty, fair pay and free speech — and wonders what’s changed in 138 years
