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WILL STONE enjoys a set by an artist too eclectic to be pigeonholed
RUTH AYLETT reviews two collections of outright political poetry
The book feels like a writer working within his limits and not breaking any new ground, believes KEN COCKBURN
PRAGYA AGARWAL recommends a collection of drawings that explore the relation of indigenous people to the land in south Asia, Africa and the Caribbean
CHRIS SEALE speaks to Palestinian sound artist BINT MBAREH
MARY CONWAY applauds a brave and timely two hander that explores the difference between intimacy and abuse
Comedy From Hell
Bill Murray pub, Angel Comedy, London
THE young men in the front row aren’t sure what’s going on.
Let me explain it to them: they’re at a brand new comedy night called Comedy From Hell, and an Estonian clown is trying to get them to do high-fives with a plastic leg.
Sunday night audiences, as Mark Silcox suggests, are sophisticated and discerning. As opposed to Saturday ones, who just want topical gags and to be asked where they’re from.
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