MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
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Tomorrow They Won’t Dare to Murder Us
Moving story of one individual enmeshed in Algeria’s war of independence
Book cover set against the iconic image from Gillo Pontecorvo's film Battle of Algiers
PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
THIS austere, spare but also deeply affecting novella by Joseph Andras explores the backstory and interior life of Fernand Iveton.
Iveton was the only pied noir, those of French descent but living in the then colony of Algeria, who was executed in 1957 by the French authorities during the prolonged war of independence.
The work starts with the bungled attempt by Iveton and his cell to detonate a bomb in a factory.
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