KEN COCKBURN assesses the art of Ian Hamilton Finlay for the experience of warfare it incited and represents
Edge of seat multi-generational power struggle
MAYER WAKEFIELD recommends a powerful drama from Clean Break who specialise in work concerning women’s experience of the criminal justice system
SUPERB CHARACTERISATIONS: Ashna Rabheru (Leila) and Avita Jay (Aleena)
The bard gives us advance notice of his upcoming medieval K-pop releases
GORDON PARSONS steps warily through the pessimistic world view of an influential US conservative
HENRY BELL takes issue with the assertion that basic income is a remedy for poverty when it doesn’t address the inbuilt inequality of capitalism
RON JACOBS welcomes an investigation of the murders of US leftist activists that tells the story of a solidarity movement in Chile
RITA DI SANTO surveys the smorgasbord of films on offer at this year’s festival
Reviews of A New Kind Of Wilderness, The Marching Band, Good One and Magic Farm by MARIA DUARTE, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA
Favour
Holloway Theatre, Bush Theatre
CELEBRATING its 50th year, the Bush Theatre is excelling in producing quality dramas reflecting working-class life in the capital.
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