This year’s Venice Biennale marks a major shift in European cultural politics suggests CLARE CAROLIN
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A FIELD OF HER OWN: Esther Manito
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ANGUS REID applauds the potential of an ambitious show about Gaza, and encourages it to keep its nerve
MATTHEW HAWKINS considers the opening offering at the National Festival of Korean Dance
ANDY HEDGECOCK welcomes an effective and entertaining overview of those who see erroneous ideas as self-evident truths
KENNY MacASKILL welcomes that rare thing: a readable analysis and explanation of the capitalist economy
The world of fake news, where people don’t believe what they are fed, will lead to a demand for authenticity, suggests PAUL DONOVAN
Brighton Comedy Garden
Preston Park
DOES comedy make sense outside? This correspondent has a romantic idea of stand-up as an intimate, subversive thing, best suited to a sweaty room and an inkling that the usual rules of society have been temporarily suspended.
Which, understandably, is a difficult conceit to maintain in a fenced off bit of a public park festooned with corporate sponsorship.
Ah well. This is a really well-run event, with kind and friendly staff and a more interesting booking approach than most gigs of this size.
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