ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement
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MIK SABIERS catches the Brazilian new ravers as they wash around the globe
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews I Am Martin Parr, September Says, The Monkey, and The Gorge
RITA DI SANTO applauds a touching and witty opener that touches a hot topic in Germany: the future of the immigrant population
SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
PAUL FOLEY recommends an extraordinary double bill that packs a punch and leaves you reeling
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play about AI that results in a deadening disconnect for its audience
SIMON PARSONS applauds an insightful state-of-the-nation play that explores the growing class divide in South Africa
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Islington Assembly Hall, London
CSS first stormed the stage some 20 years ago when MySpace and the music press was still a thing. They rose to fame in part via the internet and as co-headliners of 2007’s NME Indie Rave Tour. Hailing from Sao Paolo in Brazil, they circled the globe bringing their mix of indie dance rock to the masses on a mission to party, and they partied hard.
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