WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
A forgotten voice in women’s fight for control over their fertility
MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds a timely revival of Pearl Cleage’s 1995 drama
(L to R) Samira Wiley as Angel, Ronkẹ Adekoluejo as Delia, Sule Rimi as Sam and Giles Terera as Guy
[Marc Brenner] 
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Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
Blues For An Alabama Sky
Lyttleton, National Theatre
IN JUNE of this year, the 1972 landmark case of Roe v Wade which gave women the right to abortion in the US, was overturned in a shocking attack on women’s rights.
Women’s fight for control over their fertility lies at the heart at Pearl Cleage’s 1995 drama which is given a timely revival in Lynette Linton’s dazzling new production.
Queer seamster Guy (Giles Terera) shares his apartment with songstress Angel (Samira Wiley) in Harlem as the great depression is talking hold. Their intimate bond owes much to their differing natures, with the diamond-hearted and hopeful Guy providing a lively sounding board for Angel’s raging vulnerabilities.
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