EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
Reasons to Stay Alive, Bristol Old Vic
Stylish and often amusing exploration of one man's battle with depression
Mike Noble and Dilek Rose in Reasons to Stay Alive.
[Johan Persson]
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
MATT HAIG’S best-selling book gets an assured adaptation for the stage by April De Angelis in this production, during which The Older Matt (Phil Cheadle) acts as commentator, calmly taking us through the Younger Matt’s darkest days and gradual emergence from suicidal thoughts and hopelessness.
As the physical incarnation of the voice in his younger self’s head, he’s able to supply the insight to continue living that friends and family cannot.
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