RITA DI SANTO assesses the winners of the most politically charged festival to date
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Crooked Dances, The Other Place Stratford-upon-Avon
Engagingly old-fashioned ghost story dressed up in modern clothes
Recluse: Ruth Lass as Silvia de Zigaro
[Ellie Kurtz]
KATARZYNA KOSMALA introduces a retrospective by one of the most significant figures in contemporary US photography
MAYER WAKEFIELD is entertained but let down by an audacious production that, sadly, doesn't ring true
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by drama that, despite accomplished performances, cannot overcome an unfocused script
New releases from Sam Carter, Spell Songs and Les Thomas
ALL the conventional elements of the bog-standard chiller are present in Robin French’s Crooked Dances, with its pair of innocents caught up in a mysterious and sinister situation, climaxing in a dark and rainy night marooned in a lonely house surrounded by a wolf-inhabited forest.
The innocents are with-it media folk Katy (Jeany Spark) and Nick (Olly Mott), sent by a trendy weekend magazine to interview and photograph reclusive world-famous classical pianist Silvia de Zigaro (Ruth Lass), who’s supposedly preparing for her final concert appearance.
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