PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
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ROLEPLAY: (L-R) Lukwesa Mwamba and Kalungi Ssebandeke in We Need New Names
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LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
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We Need New Names
The North Wall Arts Centre
STAGE adaptations of successful novels face both pros and cons.
They automatically ensure a conversant and expectant audience but then carry the burden of living-up to those expectations.
Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker prize, this spirited, rites-of-passage story by black Zimbabwean, NoViolet Bulawayo is no exception.
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