SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
Focus on the political goal
RON JACOBS revisits the Antiwar Troupe’s 1971 Tour
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
MATTHEW HAWKINS pays tribute to the performance artist and costumier, Leigh Bowery
SIMON DUFF reviews a new composition by German composer and pianist Florian Weber that blurs the line between where improvisation ends and composition begins
New releases from The Jim Mullen Quartet, Caroline Kraabel/John Edwards, and Matthew Muneses/Riza Printup
F*ck The Army! How Soldiers and Civilians Staged the GI Movement to End the Vietnam War
Lindsay Goss, NYU Press, £30
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