The Star's critics ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARTIN HALL, MICHAL BONCZA, ANGUS REID reviews Holy Cow, One to One: John and Yoko, King of Kings, Panda Bear in Africa
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A clever collision of two counter narratives
MAYER WAKEFIELD recommends a show which finds the pulse of modern Britain in alarming fashion
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PATRICK JONES recommends a vital anthology from Afghan and Iranian poets where the political and personal fuse into witness-bearing and manifesto-making
WILL STONE is impressed by Hania Rani who is already making a name for herself in the male-dominated world of modern classical music
MIK SABIERS enjoys the theatrical feminist six piece who have a lot of fun that the audience feeds off as the set rolls on
New releases from Ibex Band, Lucy Dacus, and Various Artists
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by characters so un-nuanced as to be unreal, a stereotypical plot and a conceptual vampire
WILL STONE appreciates an artist who can swerve from industrial noise to clubby trance pop without missing a step
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Finborough Theatre
MY FIRST visit to the Finborough Theatre was to see a show called Fog. It was one of the first times I saw a production that really connected with me and my experiences. Now, exactly a decade on, comes another show which finds the pulse of modern Britain in alarming fashion.
Darren (William Robinson) and Mark (Corey Montague-Sholay) have just begun Year 10 at St Michael’s School in Isleworth. An area where, as Darren describes, the schools “have got the least money of like all the schools in London or some shit innit.”
It’s Mark’s first day after his mother has moved him, having been bullied at his previous school, and he’s flabbergasted by the kids watching porn in the dinner hall.
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