EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
Sexual misconduct and questions about identity examined
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
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Trafalgar Studios
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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SIMON PARSONS applauds the timely revival of a play about solidarity and betrayal within Britain’s Pakistani community
GORDON PARSONS appreciates fine performances and a feel for ambiguity, but misses the music of the dialogue
MARY CONWAY becomes impatient with the intellectual self-indulgence of Tom Stoppard in a production that is, nevertheless, total class
GORDON PARSONS is blown away by a superb production of Rostand’s comedy of verbal panache and swordmanship