The Star's critics ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARTIN HALL, MICHAL BONCZA, ANGUS REID reviews Holy Cow, One to One: John and Yoko, King of Kings, Panda Bear in Africa
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Luddites recast honourably and poignantly
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PATRICK JONES recommends a vital anthology from Afghan and Iranian poets where the political and personal fuse into witness-bearing and manifesto-making
WILL STONE is impressed by Hania Rani who is already making a name for herself in the male-dominated world of modern classical music
MIK SABIERS enjoys the theatrical feminist six piece who have a lot of fun that the audience feeds off as the set rolls on
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MARY CONWAY is disappointed by characters so un-nuanced as to be unreal, a stereotypical plot and a conceptual vampire
WILL STONE appreciates an artist who can swerve from industrial noise to clubby trance pop without missing a step
There is a Light That Never Goes Out: Scenes from the Luddite Rebellion
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
★★★★★
Apparently we are in the midst of the second industrial revolution. If last week’s report into Manchester’s booming textile trade is accurate, then Yeatman and Mooney’s fabulous play is very timely.
The report highlighted a booming sweatshop industry where workers are forced into long hours, paid well below the minimum wage and non-existent health and safety.
Jump back 200 years to a similar picture faced by weavers with the introduction of automated looms.
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