RITA DI SANTO assesses the winners of the most politically charged festival to date
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GORDON PARSONS recommends a sharply satirical take on what awaits us after the pandemic ends
LAVATORIAL: The Foreign Invasion
KATARZYNA KOSMALA introduces a retrospective by one of the most significant figures in contemporary US photography
MAYER WAKEFIELD is entertained but let down by an audacious production that, sadly, doesn't ring true
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by drama that, despite accomplished performances, cannot overcome an unfocused script
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Living Newspaper: Edition 3
Royal Court Theatre, London
THE ROYAL COURT’S innovatory revival of the Living Newspaper tradition, established in the US years of the Great Depression, is now settled into an assured format, with an ensemble cast of 15 presenting a kaleidoscope of sketches written by 14 writers.
They take online audiences on a daily satirical journey which explores the approaching world of “getting back to normal.”
Following the format of the popular press, the content includes a catchy musical extravaganza Front Page with a laboured Borisian headline metaphor “The Crocus of Hope is Poking Through,” underpinned by a threatening chorus of “Fuck the machine, Catastrophe reigns!”
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