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Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs Nugent
GORDON PARSONS is filled with unease by the RSC’s offering of a brutal fairytale for Christmas
Nikki Cheung as Karen in the Red Shoes
GORDON PARSONS steps warily through the pessimistic world view of an influential US conservative
HENRY BELL takes issue with the assertion that basic income is a remedy for poverty when it doesn’t address the inbuilt inequality of capitalism
RON JACOBS welcomes an investigation of the murders of US leftist activists that tells the story of a solidarity movement in Chile
RITA DI SANTO surveys the smorgasbord of films on offer at this year’s festival
Reviews of A New Kind Of Wilderness, The Marching Band, Good One and Magic Farm by MARIA DUARTE, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA
SCOTT ALSWORTH foresees the coming of the smaller, leaner, and class conscious indie studio, with art as its guiding star
The Red Shoes
The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
THE RSC are taking no chances with the venue for their Stratford Christmas show this year.
Hans Christian Anderson’s gruesome fairy tale is as grim as any of those of the famous Brothers.
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GORDON PARSONS admires a version of Marlowe’s grim tragedy that strips it down to its gay essentials
GORDON PARSONS is bowled over by a skilfully stripped down and powerfully relevant production of Hamlet
GORDON PARSONS applauds a production which turns a Jacobean obscurity into a dreamlike journey