STEVE JOHNSON recommends a protest album with a harder edge than many in the genre
Sexual misconduct and questions about identity examined
DENNIS BROE finds much to praise in the new South African Netflix series, but wonders why it feels forced to sell out its heroine
CARL DEATH introduces a new book which explores how African science fiction is addressing climate change
In his second round-up, EWAN CAMERON picks excellent solo shows that deal with Scottishness, Englishness and race as highlights
Fiery words from the Bard in Blackpool and Edinburgh, and Evidence Based Punk Rock from The Protest Family
MATTHEW HAWKINS is mesmerised by a performance that dissolves the line between audience and performer
MATTHEW SHARPE recommends the essays of a Renaissance politician that instruct and unnerve after 400 years
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ANNA ZIEGLER’S topical two-hander, employing a series of interwoven monologues, revolves around Princeton freshmen students and an accusation of rape brought before a university panel.
Yasmin Page’s insecure yet effervescent Jewish undergraduate, Amber, with a brief unsatisfactory sexual history, tries to overcome her awkwardness and fit in during the drink-fuelled weeks of the fresher’s party world.
Simon Manyonda’s sexually confident Tom, a black student from a low-achieving family, is also trying to come to terms with his strange, new reality in the extended, alcoholic induction to college life.
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