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SUSAN DARLINGTON recommends an innovative production of Oscar Wilde’s classic
NO WEAK LINKS: (L to R from top) Daniel Jacob as Lady Bracknell, Adele James, Valentine Hanson, Anita Reynolds, (front row) Abiola Owokoniran, Joanne Henry and Phoebe Campbell
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JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
MICK McSHANE rubs shoulders with Mod legend Steve Craddock and joins in with the joyous Glasgow choir
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Leeds Playhouse
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that The Importance of Being Earnest possesses some of the most famous aphorisms in the English language.
It’s therefore to director Denzel Westley-Sanderson’s credit that his production for English Touring Theatre manages to bring fresh life to Oscar Wilde’s “trivial comedy for serious people.”
Supported by a pop-up exhibition showing studio portraits of black Victorians — by London gallery Autograph — he uses the social satire to challenge stereotypes of the period.
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