In his second round-up, EWAN CAMERON picks excellent solo shows that deal with Scottishness, Englishness and race as highlights
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Zoviet France
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Fiery words from the Bard in Blackpool and Edinburgh, and Evidence Based Punk Rock from The Protest Family
MATTHEW HAWKINS is mesmerised by a performance that dissolves the line between audience and performer
MATTHEW SHARPE recommends the essays of a Renaissance politician that instruct and unnerve after 400 years
GAVIN O’TOOLE welcomes the reissue of a seminal work of revolutionary theory that have genuine relevance in the current context
RON JACOBS rides shotgun with a member of Black Bloc on the wave of anti-capitalist protests of the 1990s and early 2000s
Autechre + Zoviet France
Barbican
A PROJECTION of trees in a forest is the only thing emitting any light at the Barbican this evening.
The backdrop is for much anticipated support act Zoviet France, legends of the early industrial scene and peers to the likes of Cabaret Voltaire.
The duo Mark Warren and Ben Ponton, from Newcastle, are almost the perfect opening act given their impressive back catalogue of distorted sound experiments.
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