ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
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A jazz age ballet with dialogue
JAN WOOLF enjoys an imaginative revival of the Anton Chekhov classic
Beth Burrows as Anna
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
MICK McSHANE rubs shoulders with Mod legend Steve Craddock and joins in with the joyous Glasgow choir
DENNIS BROE sifts out the ideological bias of the newest TV series offerings, and picks out what to see, and what to avoid
The Lady with a Dog
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
WHERE does Eros go when marriages bound by property rights and political facade throttle the libido? Or when love and commitment, rather than existing within one relationship, are found with different people?
Mark Giesser’s version of Chekhov’s famous short story The Lady with a Dog considers this in a time and context switch from Yalta 1899 to a Scottish resort in 1923. The interwar British jazz age.
Two married people holidaying alone, Anna and Damien, fall in love. The bloke has form in this regard, and Chekhov’s original looks at how tomcatting around can lead to the real thing and cause suffering for all concerned.
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