New releases from The Jim Mullen Quartet, Caroline Kraabel/John Edwards, and Matthew Muneses/Riza Printup
Welsh Christmas treats
DAVID NICHOLSON, SKYLAR and BEHATI sample two Christmas productions in Cardiff
JAN WOOLF wallows in the historical mulch of post WW2 West Germany, and the resistant, challenging sense made of it by Anselm Kiefer
ANA ISABEL NUNES points to the empowering legacy of Augusto Boal’s Theatre Of The Oppressed
CARLOS MARTINEZ welcomes the publication of the writings of the great Palestinian author, political theorist and spokesman for the PFLP
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE review Cottontail, Memoir of a Snail, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, and Captain America: Brave New World
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by an account of the long history of Catholic Church’s involvement in espionage
ROGER McKENZIE welcomes an important contribution to the history of Africa, telling the story in its own right rather than in relation to Europeans
Peter Pan/Hansel and Gretel
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
CHRISTMAS entertainment for the children of Wales is in safe hands as Sherman theatre brings us two productions: their own Hansel and Gretel, and a joint production with Theatr Iolo of Peter Pan.
JM Barrie’s classic story of the boy who lives in Neverland and never grows up is a seasonal theatre favourite but writer Catherine Dyson and director Lee Lyford have given us the story in a modern setting and non-traditionally star Alex Murdoch as Mrs Darling and Captain Hook.
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