GORDON PARSONS is bowled over by a skilfully stripped down and powerfully relevant production of Hamlet
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BEN LUNN speaks to Mexican composer Jimena Maldonado about her work for vibraphone and voice, Repeat Their Names
In which we accompany the Bard into Cymru to meet his musical accomplices, young and old
SUE TURNER is inspired by the example of a librarian’s struggle to confront the book-banning movement
ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement
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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
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